Grazing Practices
Future forage potential for cattle on pasture
It's time to face reality. It's dry, chances of significant rain are slim, and even if it does rain you still will be short of pasture. Let's discuss reality in a moment.
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Arkansas Grazing Lands Conference
The Arkansas Grazing Lands Coalition will host its first grazing conference in August in North Little Rock Arkansas. The conference, scheduled for August 21 and 22, will provide ranchers and landowners some of the latest information on grazing strategies, best management practices and incentive programs.
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Prescribed fire and ticks
Terry Bidwell explains how to use prescribed fire to control ticks and other insects.
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Nebraska ranch offers biological monitoring workshop
Participants will develop biological monitoring skills critical to maintaining a highly productive and sustainable grazing operation.
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Drought Monitor: Rains in Georgia, cold front hits Midwest
Early in the week, Tropical Depression Beryl tracked northeastward from southern Georgia to along the Georgia and Carolina coasts before moving into the open waters of the Atlantic.
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Portable equipment aids farmers’ forage decisions
Mississippi State University has the South’s first portable forage tester that can give hay and cattle producers immediate decision-making information and enable them to improve their profit margins.
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Understanding wet hay
Each night that follows a rainy day in Oklahoma is filled with many bedtime prayers of thanks from farmers and ranchers who have too often experienced drought and short hay supplies.
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Drought still challenges pastures, producers this year
When it comes to spring of 2012, looks can be deceiving.
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Replacing summer pasture with feeds for cows grazing pasture
Managing a cow herd in drought conditions is a challenge. An alternative to dry lotting beef cows in drought conditions or when pasture is expensive or in short supply would be to "substitute" some of the pasture with another feed.
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BeefTalk: Integrating a new grass and beef production model
In recent years, much discussion has been held regarding grass and beef production. The concept of integrating the two production activities seems like a no-brainer.
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Video series offers livestock farmers access to grazing school
A new series of videos produced by Ohio State University Educators offers livestock producers detailed information on a wide variety of grazing management techniques.
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- Commentary: New rules un-COOL
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
- NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
