Pasture-Forage
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.
Learn how to add grazing days to your operation.
Beef producers should be on the watch for grass tetany in cattle that will be turned out on spring pasture.
Grazing season is here for much of the country, so make sure you’re cattle are ready to combat pesky insects like flies this summer.
Improving the amount of green leaves capturing sunlight begins with proper stocking rates.
Beef producers interested in learning more about fescue management and comparing fall versus spring calving should plan to attend one of two upcoming beef management update sessions in southern Iowa.
The issue of cedar tree invasion into South Dakota’s rangelands tends to be a regional conversation, explained Pete Bauman, SDSU Extension Range Field Specialist.
In the production world, producing beef from grass depends on the development of grazing plans that allow plants to fully utilize their genetics that have evolved for centuries.
Scientists have found “prescribed fire” used in the summer was much more effective, particularly after a wet spring, at controlling the invasive weed purple threeawn and giving perennial, sod-forming grasses a chance to regrown on rangeland.
The recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announcement, listing the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species, brings to mind how agricultural producers, livestock ranchers and those with land enrolled in CRP could be affected.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Denton County and the Denton County Extension agriculture committee will hold a spring pasture weed identification and control workshop.
Broadleaf plants and other pollinators play a significant role grassland success.
The second annual Upper Gulf Coast Ranch Expo scheduled May 13 in Simonton, Texas, will feature presentations on the basics of pasture leases, according to organizers.
Grazing fescue before it goes to seed and providing plenty of water and shade during the summer can help ranchers minimize the effects of endophyte-infected fescue forage.
Proactive fly control, water access and a supplementation program can help promote consistent cow performance through spring and summer.
Topics ranging from dried distillers grains to fescue to alfalfa and more will be covered at Kansas State University’s Beef Cattle and Forage Crops Field Day on Thursday, May 1 in Mound Valley, Kan.
Cattle producers need to watch out for grass tetany.
Mesquite can be an invasive brush species throughout the Texas, and the time to control this plant with herbicide foliar applications is right around the corner, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has renewed and expanded a partnership to provide expert advice to farmers and ranchers to help protect the habitat of the lesser prairie chicken.
The Colorado Legislature on Friday once again delayed a vote on a bill aimed at preventing agricultural fires from starting wildfires.
The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association hail the passage of the Water Rights Protection Act (WRPA), H.R. 3189, by the U.S. House of Representatives by a 238 to 174 vote.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Wilson County and others will present the Pasture Management Workshop from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Floresville Event Center.
Is deferred grazing the best option for maximum production?
Larkspurs are toxic to cattle, but a group of researchers is looking to genetically select animals that can readily digest the poisonous plant.
Landowners in eastern New Mexico say they still have questions over the lesser prairie chicken and its possible listing as a threatened species