Grazing Practices
Management tips for drought-stressed forages
The Midwest U.S. has seen some of the most extreme drought conditions of recent memory. Some precipitation has come over the fall and winter for much of this area, but not enough for most of us to feel comfortable about.
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Forages for summer grazing
Livestock producers and horse owners who use summer annuals for grazing and/or haying are probably thinking about what to plant this year.
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Grazing Improvement Act gives ranchers much needed certainty
In Wyoming and throughout the West, we understand the important role our ranchers play in providing safe, high quality beef and lamb for America’s dinner table.
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Pasture recovery options discussed at conference
Beef producers should be mindful of preserving available forages for grazing, particularly as parts of Texas recover from historic drought.
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Can you graze cover crops? Yes!
Hay prices are still high and supply is still short. Many Michigan livestock producers are desperate to stretch forage supplies until spring green-up of pastures or the first cutting of hay.
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Grazing and pasture management during and after drought
Thus far the winter has been warmer and drier than many were hoping for in Nebraska. The months that are historically the wettest are still ahead of us and hopefully will bring significant moisture.
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Cattle grazing: Order summer forage seed early
Cattle producers are being urged to buy early after last year’s drought caused shortfall of seed for summer forages such as sorghum, sudangrass, millet and crabgrass.
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Figure costs before selecting nitrogen rates for pastures
Much of the nitrogen applied to tall fescue and smooth bromegrass hay meadows and pastures goes on in January or February in eastern Kansas.
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Controlling grass tetany
Grass tetany can become a problem during the months of February, March and April.
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Can we have more drought related problems ahead this spring?
The unique conditions leading into the spring of 2013 may be leading us into even more potential problems. A dry growing season last summer combined with poor forage growth in the fall has left almost no standing forage in many pastures.
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Getting started with grazing
Beginning farmers have opportunities to utilize grazing systems to harvest high quality forages at a lower cost and with lower capital investment as compared to mechanical harvesting systems.
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