Feeding livestock and managing forage waste
Loss associated with feeding hay to livestock may be much more than just storage loss if precautions are not taken to reduce waste during the feeding operation.
Cover crops as alternative forages can be beneficial
What if planting a cover crop or alternative forage could provide an ecological, environmental and economic advantage to livestock and grain producers?
Harvesting crops isn’t the only thing you should be doing this fall
The costs of having a forage analysis are well worth the expense and effort when feeding, selling or purchasing forages.
Cover crops can also offer your livestock another grazing option
Not only do cover crops improve soil quality and protect against leaching and nutrient runoff, but also they can make a great second crop.
Still time to prepare your forage inventory before winter
Winter is quickly approaching, but there's still time to get your forage inventory in order.
Forage establishment success can be accomplished in late summer
The next few weeks provide an opportunity for seeding forages.
Managing summer pastures
Beginning in June, we tend to see a transition on our pasture management.
Poisonous plants: What’s the risk to livestock?
Every year I get questions from livestock owners regarding poisonous plants; either for identification or for information on how to manage around a known poisonous plant.
Graziers, your livestock are telling you how to increase pasture intake
Chew on this: Animals, regardless of species, will adjust their bite size to harvest about 50% of the existing pasture height in front of them.
Electric fencing can be a great grazing management tool for farmers
As I have fielded phone calls and made farm visits since my last article, the two main topics seem to be the lack of early spring growth leading to the overgrazing of the late winter pasture, and electric fence problems.
