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The concept of creep grazing is based on the fact that the nutritional requirements of suckling calves are much higher than those of cows. Calves creep grazing on high quality forage that provides high intake of digestible energy and protein make extra growth while the cows are grazing lower quality pasture. Learn more in this revised 4-page fact sheet written by Y.C. Newman, D.E. Mayo, J. Vendramini, and C.G. Chambliss and published by the UF Department of Agronomy, March 2011.
SS-AGR-211/AG193: Creep Grazing for Suckling Calves—A Pasture Management Practice (ufl.edu)
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Foster, J.L. 2008. Improving the productivity of livestock with warm-season legumes. PhD diss., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Ocumpaugh, W.R., and G.A. Dusi. 1981. Creep grazing for calves using warm-season legumes. Forage and Grassland Progress. 22: 3-4.
Williams, M.J., C.C. Chase, Jr., and A.C. Hammond. 2004. Performance of cows and their calves creep-grazed on rhizome perennial peanut. Agronomy Journal. 96:671-676. https://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2004.0671