“Summer annuals are a good way to add diversity and build pasture stands for the upcoming grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Summer ...
During the hot summer months, adding warm-season annuals to a grazing system can provide a high-quality forage when cool-season grasses and legumes decrease in production and quality. One available ...
Are you planning to plant a summer annual grass, maybe to boost cattle numbers or to build hay supply? Which one will you plant? It can be confusing because there are six different types of major ...
Stockpiling bermuda grass or fescue for fall and winter grazing is one of the most reliable forage practices available for extending the grazing season. Farm demonstrations have consistently shown ...
This time of year, when the sun is bearing down and our perennial pastures begin to show signs of fatigue, more and more cattle producers are looking for ways to maintain both forage quality and ...
During the hot summer months, adding warm-season annuals to a grazing system can provide a high-quality forage when cool-season grasses and legumes decrease in production and quality. One available ...
Anyone who has worked with plants can share that some grow better than others in their environment, and that is also true of forages used for feeding beef cattle, K-State Beef Cattle Institute ...
Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 87, No. 3/4 (1984), pp. 91-97 (7 pages) Forage yield and regrowth of pearl millet [Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke] were evaluated during ...
Winter swath grazing loses feed quality but strategic supplementation helps pregnant cows maintain body condition.
When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.
COLLEGE STATION - A downturn in the bioenergy industry has led one Texas A&M AgriLife Researcher to reach to new heights in the forage biomass arena. Dr. Russ Jessup, an AgriLife Research perennial ...
Stockpiling bermuda grass or fescue for fall and winter grazing is one of the most reliable forage practices available for extending the grazing season. Farm demonstrations have consistently shown ...