Tag: pasture management
Quick! Do you know where your livestock are now?
Using management-intensive grazing or rotational grazing can help producers maintain healthy forages in their pastures.
Is your pasture ready for a drought?
Ag and Natural Resource Technician Kirstin Roman explains how to determine if a pasture can handle a drought and how to make pastures more resistant.
Determining pasture fertility and lime needs
If it’s been a while since you’ve evaluated the lime and fertility needs of your pastures, it's time to develop a plan to collect samples.
Understanding the physiology of pasture grasses
Understanding the physiology of grasses in your pastures can help you make good decisions throughout the growing season.
Where should you fence out cattle?
Fencing cattle out of wooded areas and water sources is a good conservation practice to keep these ecosystems healthy and thriving.
How to deal with pasture and forage pests
Ohio State Extension educator shares best practices for managing pests in pastures and forage fields.
Optimizing high forage yields
Ohio State Extension educator Clif Martin share tips for optimizing your forage yields and preventing overgrazing.
Determine the needs of pastures in June to be ready for...
Continually scouting pasture fields for forage levels will help us stay ahead of the perspective fall-off in production.
OSU launches calendar for planting warm-season forages
A collaborative effort has yielded a forage and pasture planting calendar for forages.
How to defeat cressleaf groundsel
Cressleaf groundsel is considered a noxious weed in Ohio due to its aggressive growth and because it produces a chemical toxic to livestock and humans.
