Grazing system helps young farmers enter cattle business.

This grazing enterprise matches Missouri's tall fescue growth curve and could lead to opportunities for producers with limited capital and equipment to enter the cattle business, Bailey says. Eric Bailey, University of Missouri Extension beef nutrition specialist, is looking at how to graze the same number of calves in half the time for better weight gains. It is part of a three-year study with researchers at the University of Missouri's Southwest Research Center in Mount Vernon on determining if beef producers can improve profits through a "double" calf stocking and grazing plan. [Extracted from the article]