All About Grazing

Do your math! Manure smells more like money

Extension agent does th e math for the value of organic fertilizers.

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Rotational grazing is easy, beneficial

Grazing columnist Mark Landefeld writes from personal experience: Getting started is the hardest part.

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Time, patience, could make Kura clover a permanent pasture

Kura establishment has been characterized this way: “First year it sleeps, second year it creeps, third year it leaps.”

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Getting ready for spring grazing

Developing and managing what you have is often more cost effective than trying to completely renovate a pasture or grazing system.

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Winter thoughts include whether to plant new forage this spring

Knox County Extension Agent Jeff McCutcheon finds the biggest problem in pastures is not the plant, but the plant-er.

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Planting the right forage this spring

Deciding on which species of new forage seedings to plant this spring can be difficult because it is influenced by many factors.

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Looking at the genetics for grazing

Does breeding make a difference when it comes to grazing dairy cattle? At least one researcher says, yes, as Wayne County Dairy Agent Tom Noyes reports in this week’s “All About Grazing” column.

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Managing your fall, winter forage

With this being a unique and challenging year for grazing management, producers need to seriously look at their quantity and quality of stored feed.

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The Forgotten Forage: Corn Residue

With the break in the weather, life is good again for graziers, but the question still persists: What could I be doing now to ensure I will have enough feed for winter? The answer may be in the corn field.

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In same boat: Forage inventory time

This year’s dry weather has put every dairy or beef farmer in a similar predicament, and most livestock producers are faced with tight, if not outright insufficient forages to feed during the winter period.

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Because of hot, dry summer, this will be an interesting fall for grazing

Graziers are asking how to extend the grazing season and still get ahead of the game with solid fall pasture management. OSU Extension Agent Tom Noyes shares some tips in this week’s “All About Grazing.”

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