Louisiana State University AgCenter scientists and specialists will present ways to improve pasture at a forage field day at the center’s Southeast Research Station in Franklinton on May 31....More
It takes fast germination and decent harvest weather, but a fall oats doublecrop in central Wisconsin can yield well and give good digestibility, says Wayne Coblentz, USDA-ARS research agronomist and dairy scientist at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center.
Coblentz and colleagues studied the viability of planting oats in late summer for use as a fall emergency forage....More
Pete Kappelman googled to find a small grain he could drill into last summer’s winter wheat stubble and use as silage at his Two Rivers, WI, dairy....More
Planting forage sorghum with silage corn can reduce the risk of low silage yields in years with below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures, says Chris Teutsch, Virginia Tech forage specialist...More
Hay growers and livestock producers in Arkansas are used to dealing with fall armyworms, often as early as July. This year, a different version of the pest, the true armyworm, is already showing up in hayfields and pastures. says Kelly Loftin, entomologist with University of Arkansas Extension....More
Forage trial results, alfalfa diseases information, links to tax information and Western conference proceedings. We’ve searched the Internet for forage-related topics so you don’t have to....More
Indiana farmers may want to consider planting an annual forage crop after their winter wheat harvest, says Keith Johnson, Purdue Extension forage specialist...More
Ohio farmers who didn’t get all of their corn and soybeans planted because of this spring’s record rainfall may want to plant oats for a fall forage harvest on unplanted fields...More
