Pasture-Forage
On September 10th and 11th, SDSU and the SD Grassland Coalition hosted Allan Savory for two days of grassland related teaching, seminars, and a field day.
Cattle producers drove as far as 100 miles to get the latest research-based information that included pharmaceutical best management practices, buying and retaining replacement heifers and pasture weed control.
Bermudagrass growers have been over‐seeding pastures successfully for many years. Can this practice also work with native grasses?
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Tuesday that he is pushing the federal government to assume some costs for protecting the lesser prairie chicken.
The Iowa Beef Center is hosting several different grazing events this summer throughout Iowa.
The average rental rates per month for cow-calf pairs are about 20 to 25 percent higher in 2014 compared to 2013 in Nebraska.
Extending the grazing season can help reduce costs for producers.
The fall is great time implement a three step program (evaluation, planning, and action) that will benefit your grazing program.
Is it possible to increase the amount of grass produced in the same pasture? The answer is “maybe”.
Pasture leases can be a tricky business or a great opportunity for both the land and livestock owners.
Don’t rule out grazing small grain stubble this fall and winter.
Improving forage conditions provide more options for Oklahoma cattle producers.
Manage grazing use in riparian areas to prevent damage.
Now is the time to start thinking about stockpiling forages for this fall.
The annual Eastern Kansas Grazing School will be on Sept. 10 and 11.
In spite of recent rains, livestock producers may be considering adding a layer of protection against drought loss on annual forage crops, and the deadline to sign up for that insurance is approaching.
The summer is filling up with excellent opportunities for rangeland education and fellowship.
Often grazing plans and recommendations use terminology such as Animal Unit Months (AUMs) to describe the carrying capacity of a given forage or pasture.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the 2014 Range and Pasture Management Program in Coleman, Texas.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is using goats to prevent future wildfires in New Mexico.
When the calf is off the teat its time for the cow to get in prime shape for the birth.
America’s food producers, who help keep the country’s supermarkets well supplied, rely on grazing rights, whose fees are a tax paid by the individual ranchers. They are not a government subsidy.
USDA research looks at how global warming will affect native grassland.
Research at Kansas State University has found that sheep will voluntarily graze, and therefore could help sustainably control, sericea lespedeza, a noxious weed in parts of Kansas and neighboring states.
Make sure you know what the cost will be of your leased pasture before heading into grazing.
It is difficult to estimate how many dollars a year flies cost the cattle industry per cow or yearling but it’s substantial.
Even William Shakespeare would agree that this past winter was not “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
How do you determine a stocking rate?
Knowing how to estimate loss of livestock production due to redcedar encroachment can be a major benefit for cattlemen.