Rangeland Management
Producers encouraged to scout, treat fields for grasshoppers
From the Old Testament to Pixar's A Bug's Life, grasshoppers have always played the villain.
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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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Texas crop, weather: Drought conditions ease, herds rebuilding
Though the areas of extreme and severe drought shrank further, large parts of Texas remained either in one stage of drought or abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports.
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Plan for drought before it happens
With just a couple of days left in May, it appears that the January-May period will be the warmest on record in Oklahoma.
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Thinking about cover crops
Over the last four years, it has become a lot more common for producers to grow a “cover crop” after winter or spring wheat has been harvested or on acres that have been deemed “prevent plant” due to wet conditions.
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Recovery by native grasses
Last year’s severe drought severely affected most of the state’s native warm season perennial grasses.
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Combined treatment most effective for brush management
Sometimes a one-two punch is needed to control brush effectively on rangeland, according to a Texas AgriLife Research brush management scientist.
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Controlling serecia lespedeze in cattle grazing fields
K-State animal scientist K.C. Olson talks about ongoing research into supplemental feeding of cattle, to encourage them to graze serecia lespedeza.
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Pasture Management: Timing prescribed burning
K-State range and pasture management specialist Walt Fick comments on the impact of the warm early spring on prescribed pasture burning.
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Forage Focus: Don't let spring yard cleanup kill your cows
It's the time of year when lots of people are outside trimming, pruning and generally cleaning up in the yard and around the farmstead.
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High winds complicate chances of drought recovery in some areas
Many areas received rain last week, further improving pastures and rangeland, filling farm ponds and stock tanks, and vastly improving the chances of successful spring planting, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service reports.
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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
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
