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High quality forage is essential to beef cattle’s nutrition and beef producers’ bottom lines, said University of Georgia Extension forage specialist Dennis Hancock.
Growing forage and baseball have a lot of similarities.
Hybrid pearl millet may be a suitable replacement for forage sorghums susceptible to sugarcane aphid, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension experts.
During the summer months grazing ruminants may show signs of distress with only short periods of grazing from mid-morning to late afternoon and spending other times in the shade.
Proper soil sampling depth is critical for pasture soil testing.
The early warm temperatures we experienced this spring are favorable for insect activity and we have already seen army cutworms feeding in winter wheat and alfalfa fields.
Windrow Grazing Annual Forages in the Growing Season to Increase Harvest Efficiency and Productivity
Windrow or swath grazing annual forages in the spring and summer offers two potential advantages over direct grazing.
First-cutting of hay from fescue fields fizzled after a promising start, say University of Missouri forage specialists.
Does anybody like musk thistles? If not, let’s do something about them.
“Now is the time to kill toxic tall fescue,” says Craig Roberts, forage specialist.
After hauling feed to cows all winter, there is no better thing than turning cows out to spring pastures. However, spring pastures are very lush and high in protein.
With the grazing season in almost full swing, University of Arkansas forage experts are reminding growers to consider which grazing methods will best help them get the most out of their forage stands and pastures.
Northern Utah ranchers already dealing with low water supply are now facing a larger than normal infestation of a black grass bug that kills grass needed for cattle to graze.
New forage planting and harvesting equipment, plus demonstration plots, will be featured at the 29th annual O.D. Butler Forage Field Day scheduled May 15 at Circle X Land & Cattle Company Camp Cooley Ranch Division.
Producers should be proactive in case drought is a problem this year.
NDSU research shows early intensive grazing has reduced bluegrass growth.
The extremely wet spring has kept many ranchers out of their pastures so now is the time to control pasture weeds.
April showers that drive corn farmers crazy make better grass, and hay, for livestock farmers.
Understanding and implementing grazing strategies can help maximize producers’ economic return.
A K-State beef cattle scientist discusses a new approach to suppressing growth of a noxious weed, sericea lespedeza.
Advocates of managed grazing say that makes for healthier pasture, healthier soil — and a healthier bottom line.
Familiarize yourself with the declared noxious weeds for your area.
Although the disease known as grass tetany typically peters out by April, Arkansas cattle ranchers should keep an eye out for the disease well into the late spring months this year, due to heavy rains and cool temperature trends in the region.
Warm, dry conditions in the month of March have dried out the top soil in many parts of central and western Nebraska.
Scout alfalfa now for alfalfa weevils, says a University of Missouri Extension entomologist.
Registration is open for one of the University of Kentucky’s most anticipated grazing education events of the year.
Timing is crucial when controlling winter annual weeds in alfalfa.
Bermuda grass pasture stands can be very sustainable without nitrogen.
How can cover crops and annual forage crops be included in pasture re-establishment on clay soils? Should they be?