Organic forage production system is one of the most important aspects in organic livestock production. Animals in the organic farming system are also essential for manure to be used for organic forage production. Both organic forage and animals are essential to maintain the cycle of organic agriculture system. In this paper we introduce the organic forage production system in Korea. Summer and winter crops are getting popular in Korea because of their high forage yield and cultivation in double cropping systems. Common cropping system for forage production in Korea is the double cropping system with legume and grass mixture. Forage sorghum and sudangrass are the most popular ones of annual summer forage corps because of their high production with low cost in the double cropping systems. In the mixture of forage crops, inter cropping is more suitable in the corn and sorghum cropping system because of high lodging resistance and forage yield, and low weed population. Forage sorghum and sudangrass are difficult to preserve as direct-cut silage due to the fact that its high moisture content causes excessive fermentation during ensiling. Corn grain addition to sorghum silage could be recommended as the most effective treatment for increasing quality and reducing production cost. It is recommended that corn grain could be added up to 10% of total amount of silage. And agriculture by-products also can be added at the time of ensiling to minimize losses of effluent and have the additional advantage of increasing quality. Agriculture by-products as silage supplements increased DM content and quality, and decreased the production cost of sorghum silage. Field pre-wilting treatment of forage crops also increased DM content and quality of the silage. Wilting sorghum×sudangrass hybrid before ensiling was the effective method for reducing effluent and increasing pH and forage quality more than direct cut silage. Optimum prewilting period of sudangrass silage was 1 or 2 days. In organic forage, the most important factor is the enhancement of organic forage sufficiency in relation to the environmental-friendly and organic livestock. Consequently, there are many possibilities for animal production and organic forage production in Korea. No forages no cattle concept should be emphasized in organic farming system.

하천부지에서 청보리와 월년생 두과작물을 혼파하여 사초 생산성과 토양 특성을 조사하였다. 안산천 하천부지에서는 청보리와 헤어리베치의 혼파조합이 다른 조합보다 건물 및 TDN 수량이 많았다. 그러나 수확 시 건물률은 청보리 단파가 가장 높았으며, 혼파조합 중에서는 청보리와 크림손클로버 조합이 다른 조합보다 높았다. 혼파조합의 조단백질 함량은 청보리와 헤어리베치 조합이 가장 높았으나 조지방과 TDN 함량은 가장 낮았다. 조사료 생산에 포함된 수질오염물질의 제거량은 청보리와 헤어리베치 조합이 유기물과 인산 모두에서 유의적으로 높았다(P<0.05). 안산천에서 청보리 혼파조합의 토양특성은 질소 고정능력이 우수한 청보리와 헤어리베치 조합이 다른 조합보다 토양의 전질소(TN) 함량이 높았다. 반면 토양의 유기물 함량은 청보리 단파가 가장 많고, 혼파조합 중에서는 청보리와 크림손 클로버 조합이 유기물 함량이 높았다. 토양의 유효인산 함량은 청보리와 크림손 클로버 및 유채 조합이 높고, 청보리와 헤어리 베치 조합은 낮았다. 토양의 CEC 함량은 청보리와 헤어리 베치 조합은 우수하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 청보리와 헤어리베치 조합이 사초 생산성이 우수하고, 조단백질 함량이 높고, 토양의 인산 함량이 낮아 하천변의 환경개선에도 효과적인 것으로 판단되었다.