Pasture-Forage
USDA and partners complete first of its kind sale of carbon credits from working ranch grasslands.
As late spring approaches, livestock producers should evaluate and select pasture fly control options available for their specific management system.
Montana ranchers embrace holistic management to improve the natural resource.
Pasture, Rangeland and Forage, or PRF, insurance is a risk policy designed to provide annual protection for farmers and ranchers through USDA. Policies covering 2021 have a signup date of Nov. 21, 2020.
At Walmart’s Sustainability Milestone Summit, World Wildlife Fund, the Walmart Foundation, McDonald’s and Cargill announced they will join forces to make improvements to the grasslands of the Northern Great Plains.
The Kansas Department of Agriculture is considering a quarantine that ranchers say could have a dramatic effect on their ability to raise and harvest hay to feed livestock.
Most of cattle country has had abundant to excessive moisture this year—as evident from my travels from Oklahoma to Montana.
While there are many positives to incorporating forage cover crops into existing forage systems, differences in production, nutritional value, and animal gain exist.
A few Florida ranchers and consumers prefer grass-fed beef.
What do you think of when you hear the phrase ‘intensive grazing’?
The grass fed beef industry is a growing industry and many producers are searching for information on current market prices. This article will shed some light on sources of information for the grass-fed beef producer.
Hawaii is seeing a changing of the guard when it comes to local beef consumption.
Drought is starting to recede in many of the top beef producing states.
Pastures are in better condition this summer than anytime in past 10 years, that’s a good sign for herd rebuilding.
Forage and livestock producers who want to learn about the role forage quality plays in meat quality can attend the Indiana Forage Council seminar.
The feed cost environment for 2013-2014 is dramatically different compared to last year.
Feed and forage represents your largest annual production costs, and they provide the greatest opportunity for you to make significant changes in a short period of time.
With rising feed costs, the cattle industry looks at shifting to a forage-based production system.
Cattle producers might need to test, supplement poor-quality forages
Unless the production system is irrigated, drought will always be part of the risk associated with forage and livestock production.
While more optimistic, Texas ranchers remain extremely cautious when it comes to rebuilding herds and holding onto forage stocks.
Cooler temperatures and the return of rain have caused a springlike regrowth in pastures that can present some health risks for cattle.
Fall frost increases potential for prussic acid toxicity in livestock.
While it’s tempting to turn cows onto new fall growth when rains return after a drought, holding off can help pastures and cows.
When plants freeze, changes occur in their metabolism and composition that can poison livestock.
The new varieties should be available to producers for planting in fall 2013.
Recent rains have given producers hope that they will be able to plant wheat this fall for cattle to graze..
Many are asking that during this drought, but if farmers wait to apply fertilizer until it rains, a major part of the benefit will be lost.
Drought always presents a major challenge, but there are ways to get through it and survive another year.
Currently, cattle movement is limited to shuffling to new pastures, with no major herd sell-offs occurring yet.