Grazing Practices
Time of day of harvest and impact on nitrate concentration
Summer annuals are often used by cattle producers for summer grazing or harvested for hay. Plants such as Sorghum-Sudan hybrids, Sorgo-Sudan hybrids, Sudan-Sudan hybrids, and millets, all fall in this category.
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Cattle deaths point up dangers of drought-stressed forage
The deaths of two cows point up the deadly nature of drought-stressed forage, said Tom Troxel, associate head-Animal Science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
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Ranchers, farmers seeking solutions to U.S. water worries
Across the globe, water consumption has tripled in the last 50 years, and at least 36 U.S. states are anticipating some water shortages by 2013, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Cow-calf corner: Testing summer annuals for nitrates
Cow-Calf Corner is a collection of timely management tips of interest to cow-calf producers in Oklahoma. This week, Glenn Selk explains the importance of testing summer annuals for nitrates.
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Drought-stricken forages a threat to livestock
Drought-stricken forages that accumulate nitrates can kill grazing livestock, quickly, warns a University of Missouri plant scientist.
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Drought Monitor: Hot, dry weather replaces early weak cool front
A cool front brought showers and thunderstorms to the central and northern Plains and Upper Midwest early during this U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) week, but it weakened as it scraped against high pressure over the eastern U.S., dropping minimal precipitation in the Ohio Valley. Another front brought limited rain later in the period.
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Alfalfa management considerations in a drought
An established alfalfa plant has a deep taproot that enables the plant to extract moisture from the soil and continue growing even under drought conditions.
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Drought can turn some forage deadly
Grasses that are normally a valuable forage can turn deadly when the rain stops falling and cattle producers need to think twice before turning herds out on to droughted pastures.
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Texas crop, weather: Many areas backsliding into drought
While crops were doing reasonably well in Central Texas, much of the rest of the state is backsliding into drought pretty quickly, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert.
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Drought-stricken pastures concern for cattle
Calf deaths attributed to weed toxicity
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This year test the forage before you cut!
Summer has definitely arrived in Oklahoma! Hot dry summer weather brings about heat and drought stress on summer annuals.
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