Roundup Ready Foe Will Scrutinize USDA Document
The environmental-protection group that filed the lawsuit leading to the injunction against Roundup Ready alfalfa seed sales may or may not try to keep...
Alfalfa On The Rocks
It's just a big pile of ground rocks. But a taconite tailings basin is a good place to grow alfalfa when biosolids from a municipal waste treatment facility...
Ag Engineers Prepare Net-Wrap Standard
A draft standard on net-wrap for round balers is expected to be finished by early 2010, according to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological...
Dairyland Seed Debuts New Alfalfa Hybrid
A new alfalfa hybrid from Dairy-land Seed, West Bend, WI, offers even better yield and persistence than earlier hybrids, say company officials. HybriForce-2400...
New Endophytes Will Expand Non-Toxic Fescue Choices
In about two years, livestock producers who want to replace toxic-endophyte-infected tall fescue with non-toxic varieties will have more options to choose...
Urgent: First-Cutting Hay Could Be Moldy, Specialists Warn
Watch for mold in this season’s first-cutting hay, say forage specialists from around the country. Mold in hay can cause dry-matter and total digestible nutrient (TDN) losses, spontaneous combustion and hay fires and may produce mycotoxins that can, among other things, reduce animal intake and growth...
Bluegrass Damages Michigan Alfalfa-Timothy Fields
An aggressive perennial weed called roughstalk bluegrass (pictured) is overtaking alfalfa-timothy fields in primarily the middle and thumb regions of Michigan, according to Wes Everman, weed scientist at Michigan State University. “I’d never heard of it before the last few weeks...
Bale Lush Tall Fescue In Pastures
Surplus tall fescue growth in pastures will jeopardize interseeded legumes if not harvested as hay, says Craig Roberts, a University of Missouri extension forage...
Stock Conservatively When First Grazing Former CRP Ground
Producers may want to graze livestock on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) ground coming out of contract, says Walt Fick, Kansas State University research and extension range and pasture management specialist. But stock lightly, he advises. “Most CRP stands coming off contract are initially not in condition for full grazing pressure...
Grazing On The Wedge
A good rotational grazing system for a grass-based dairy or beef herd continually keeps livestock on the best pasture available. Cows graze one paddock...
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