American Forage And Grassland Council Increases Membership
The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) has increased its membership by 21% in the last year, says its president, Bill Tucker of Tucker Family...
Times Call For Management Fine-Tuning
With credit markets tightening everywhere, it’s more important than ever for farmers and ranchers to polish their management skills, says Texas A&M extension ag economist Danny Klinefelter. Among his suggestions for operating in tough ...
Clovers Offer Nitrogen Saving But Aren’t A ‘Silver Bullet’
Forage legumes can save livestock producers some of the costs of adding nitrogen fertilizer to pastures, says Ray Smith, a Texas AgriLife Research scientist (pictured). But there is a lot of "hype" surrounding forage legumes such as crimson or arrowleaf ...
Carbo-Loaded
High-sugar perennial ryegrasses are said to supply more energy to the rumen, converting more of the grass protein to meat and milk. High-sugar grasses...
Land Re-Enrolls In CRP Contracts
An estimated 23.2 million acres are expected to be re-enrolled into Conservation Reserve Program contracts out of 27.8 million acres eligible for retirement between 2007 and 2010, according to...
Oats Lengthen Alfalfa Stand Life
Tom Barcellos, Tipton, CA, gets an extra year out of aging alfalfa fields by interseeding oats. "We plant 25 lbs of oats per acre in a weakening third- or fourth-year conventional alfalfa stand...
Spring Oats Supply Quick Forage
Great Plains livestock producers whose hayfields and pastures have been hurt by dry weather in recent years may want to consider planting oats this spring...
Turning To Turnips
Two Canadians are finding that turnips can be a high-quality, tasty grazing option for their livestock. Manitoba cattleman Ray Bittner says the brassica...
Cup Plant Almost Cuts It
Cup plant can't match corn silage or alfalfa haylage for yield or feed value, and at this point its seed is very expensive. But it potentially offers...
Teff Takes Off
Darwin Lawson was looking for a fast-growing forage to seed after cutting winter rye in late May. His seed supplier suggested teff. I had heard it could...
