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Managing forage in the face of more frequent extreme weather events

March 12, 2024

The list of notable weather events in 2023 is long and varied — from drought conditions in parts of the Midwest, to extreme flooding in portions of New England, to smoky skies from Canadian wildfires.

Frost seeding clovers into tall fescue pastures provides multiple ecosystem services

Ball, crimson, red and white clovers can be successfully frost seeded into tall fescue pastures as a strategy to create a grass-legume mixture and to improve pasture and livestock responses.

December 12, 2023

Miguel Castillo

Tall fescue-clover pastures have a long history of improving livestock performance in the U.S. transition zone as well as mitigating the effects of fescue toxicosis.

Southeast: Forages, frost and prussic acid poisoning

October 23, 2023

Kim Mullenix

Forages such as johnsongrass, sorghum, sudangrass and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids can contain toxic concentrations of hydrocyanic acid (HCN) after a frost event or during periods of drought.

Maximize seeding yield: Plant early

Inspect new alfalfa stands about a week after freezing temperatures. If populations are inadequate for long-term productive stands, no-till alfalfa seed to thicken the stand.

April 10, 2023

Craig Sheaffer

Spring seedings provide optimal temperatures and moisture for the establishment and growth of alfalfa.

Giving the best nutrition in winter grazing

December 1, 2020

Caitlin Hebbert

The greatest percentage of a cow’s annual maintenance cost is almost always allocated toward her feed bill, which can include supplement, mineral and hay.

5 adverse silage scenarios and how to deal with them

August 18, 2020

Emma Ohirko

When weather and growing conditions are less than ideal, it can be hard to know what steps to take to make the most of a subpar forage crop.

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Managing forage in the face of more frequent extreme weather events

Frost seeding clovers into tall fescue pastures provides multiple ecosystem services

Southeast: Forages, frost and prussic acid poisoning

Maximize seeding yield: Plant early

Giving the best nutrition in winter grazing

5 adverse silage scenarios and how to deal with them

Accelerating livestock methane mitigation and monitoring technologies

Increasing metabolizable protein supply: A strategy to increase early lactation performance

Dairying in Colombia: Grazing cows contending with subclinical hypocalcemia

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