Look ahead to winter feeding season
What will this summer's forage season do to your feeding plans next winter? This week's "All About Grazing" column reminds you of the little things that have lasting importance.
Make your animals a picture of health
This winter is the most expensive period of livestock production. Cold, wet weather increases the nutrient requirements of farm animals and the grass has stopped growing.
Graziers should act like people in any profession to succeed
The start of the growing season is a good time to reflect on the characteristics of successful graziers.
Spring grazing in 2011 proves to be challenging for producers in region
Grazing management has certainly been an interesting challenge this year. Who would have dreamed during last year’s dry weather that nearly everyone reading this...
A roundup of 4-H news for the week of Oct. 1, 2009
BARNESVILLE, Ohio — The Barnesville Progressive Home Helpers held a meeting Sept. 19 at the Main Street United Methodist Church in Barnesville.
The fair...
Timing is everything to stockpiling
If the weather cooperates, stockpiling can produce an extra 2,000 pounds of forage to be grazed.
Calculate your forage fertilizer needs
Are you wondering how much to invest in fertilizer this year? We will soon be approaching the period of the forage growing season critical for stockpiling pastures.
Stockpiling has risks when high costs
Stockpiling fescue and orchardgrass is generally considered an economical way to extend the grazing season and cut feed costs.
Got strategy? Plan grazing now for fall
Grazing expert Pat Dyer says it's time to get serious about management for the rest of the year.
