Welcome to the Drovers Pasture and Rangeland Resource Center, sponsored by DuPont Land Management. Enhancing the value of pasture and rangeland pays off in heavier weaning weights, greater herd productivity and improved profitability. Check this resource center regularly for the latest on strategic pasture and rangeland management techniques, including pasture assessment, grazing management, weed control and rangeland conservation. Click here to learn more about DuPont Land Management.
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Grazing-pressure index could help manage stocking rates (Rangeland Management)
Researchers from several institutions collaborated to evaluate the effects of grazing pressure on efficiency of grazing on Great Plains rangelands.
Plan ahead for forage seeding (Pasture Management)
In order to establish alfalfa fields with six to eight inches growth before a killing frost occurs, University of Illinois Extension educator Jim Morrison encourages producers to plan ahead for late-summer or early fall seeding of perennial legumes.
Extending grazing in heifer development systems decreases cost (Pasture Management)
University of Nebraska researchers recently completed trials comparing heifer development in three settings — drylot, grazing dormant winter range and grazing corn crop residue.
Support herd performance, profits, with improved forage quality (Pasture Management)
Severe drought, high fertilizer prices, fluctuating livestock prices and difficult economic times have made producers even more aware of how the production choices they make affect the bottom line.
Weed control: DuPont Cimarron X-tra herbicide (Pasture Management)
Results from trials conducted in Cheyenne, Wyo., show significant grass yield increases when weeds were controlled with DuPont Cimarron X-tra herbicide compared to untreated acres.
Ready for Roundup Ready alfalfa (Pasture Management)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has received a letter signed by 75 Members of Congress urging the USDA to allow limited planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa.
Stockpiled forages: A way to extend the grazing season (Pasture Management)
Iowa State University Extension agronomist Stephen K. Barnhart offers these ideas for stockpiling forage late in the growing season for grazing into late fall or winter.
Loco logic (Pasture Management)
Keeping livestock away from poisonous locoweed during seasons when it’s a forage favorite is one way ranchers can protect their animals and their profits, according to a 20-year collaboration by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their university partners.
Plan now, graze later (Pasture Management)
We often hear that one of the best ways to control costs in a beef operation is to let the cattle do more of the work. Specifically, this means capitalizing as much as possible on the bovine’s ability to graze while reducing dependence on more expensive harvested feeds.
Selecting summer annual forage grasses (Pasture Management)
Are you planning to plant a summer annual grass, maybe to boost cattle numbers or to build hay supply? Which one will you plant?
