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The silver lining of drought

If nature has hit the reset button for you, then this is an opportunity to put your perennial pastures on a new and better trajectory.

April 24, 2024

Kate Smith and Keith Berns

Drought has plagued many parts of the country over the past couple years. Dust storms, sweltering heat, raging wildfires, failed crops – all effects of an ecosystem lacking adequate precipitation.

Proper timing of pasture turnout critical for optimal forage production

Grass is our primary source of forage, whether it be rangeland, pasture or hay. It is important to carefully select species to plant because not all grass is created equally.

March 13, 2024

Miranda Meehan and Kevin Sedivec

While we carefully select species to plant in our fields and utilize as cover crops or plan a total mixed ration, many ranchers do not know the primary grass species being consumed by their livestock.

Midwest/North: Summer annuals can help solve forage shortages

February 20, 2024

Travis Meteer

Are you short on hay? Are your pastures struggling? Do you need an emergency forage if it turns dry this summer? If you answered yes to any or all these questions, you should investigate planting a summer annual forage.

Filling the holes in your forage calendar

Stretching out grazing season with careful forage management strategies, thus shortening the time you have to feed stored forages, is the most direct way to reduce feed costs.

January 22, 2024

Woody Lane

Feed costs comprise 60% to 80% of the typical farm budget. If we can reduce those costs by 20% or even 10%, it will happily lower our break-even price. Read more about some grazing strategies to lessen the need for stored feed.

Annual clovers for poorly drained soils in the southeast U.S.

Livestock producers need to evaluate such factors as the seed cost and availability, forage production, reseeding ability, level of winter hardiness and bloat potential of these clover species before making their decision on which species to plant.

June 27, 2023

Ed Twidwell

Annual clovers that can be planted in the fall and grazed during the winter and spring months are popular additions to many livestock programs in the Southeast region of the U.S.

Forage management: Salad bar or salad bowl?

April 2, 2021

Sam Groce

Have you ever stopped and considered which you prefer, a salad bowl or a salad bar? If you get salad from a salad bowl, you reach in with the tongs and pull out whatever vegetables the chef decided to put in the salad.

Grazing to target invasive annual grasses

March 24, 2021

Melinda Ellison

Invasive annual grasses have become problematic across the Western region because they readily outcompete more desirable perennial grasses, especially in areas that have been recently burned or where the soil and vegetation have been disturbed.

Items Tagged with 'annual grasses'

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The silver lining of drought

Proper timing of pasture turnout critical for optimal forage production

Midwest/North: Summer annuals can help solve forage shortages

Filling the holes in your forage calendar

Annual clovers for poorly drained soils in the southeast U.S.

Forage management: Salad bar or salad bowl?

Grazing to target invasive annual grasses

West: The value of records

South Central: Heifer development from weaning to breeding

Southeast: BCS – one of the best tools you have

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