Other Livestock Archive
Pastured Chickens Lay Nutritious Eggs
A study by Penn State University researchers has shown that eggs produced by chickens allowed to forage in pastures are higher in some beneficial nutrients...
Rubber Water Diverters Protect Pasture Roads
Robert Kilian was tired of seeing temporary fixes on eroded rangeland, hayfield and pasture roads where weeds tended to flourish. So he found what he...
Dairy’s Long Road Back: Alfalfa's Top Market To Recover Slowly
Keeping tabs on dairy-industry developments is a large part of Jon Hill's job as sales manager for Nevada Hay Growers Inc., a cooperative representing...
Insect Thresholds Outmoded?
Alfalfa growers should be vigilant in scouting for yield- and quality-robbing insects and may need to consider spraying at lower thresholds than those currently recommended....
Super Silage
The corn silage portion of the milking ration at Vreba Hoff Dairy 2, Hudson, MI, is about one-third brown midrib (BMR) corn and two-thirds conventional...
NFTA To Create Blind Sampling Procedures
The National Forage Testing Association (NFTA) is putting a constructive spin on a recent brouhaha over blind-sample testing of selected laboratories....
University of Nebraska Closes Testing Lab
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Soil & Plant Analytical Laboratory has closed its doors, says Mark Lagrimini, head of the university's agronomy and...
NFTA Plans Blind Sampling, Asks Members For Feedback
Recent attempts to blind sample forage-testing labs and results showing wide variations within and among labs have led the National Forage Testing Association...
Super Memories
When Carl Stiemsma won the World's Forage Analysis Superbowl, he was a young dairyman striving to improve milk production in his registered Holstein herd,...
Superbowl Shows Diversity Of Quality Forages
The World's Forage Analysis Superbowl was started to create an awareness of the differences in forage quality and of the value of forage quality to the...
