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Heat stress is severely affecting alfalfa seedings, yet growers can help make sure new stands survive, suggests University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist Bruce Anderson....More

High heat and low moisture are drying up many Kentucky horse pastures made of cool-season Kentucky bluegrass and orchardgrass. That means horse owners should be monitoring those pastures and considering supplementing with hay, according to Laurie Lawrence, an animal nutritionist at the University of Kentucky....More

Cattle producers need to think twice before turning herds out onto drought-stricken pastures, according to University of Arkansas (UA) System Division of Agriculture forage experts....More

Changes in dairy-ration formulation and feed management can help prevent reductions in dry matter intake during hot weather, advises Alvaro Garcia, South Dakota State University Extension dairy specialist....More

An early growing season led many Wisconsin hay growers to dream of an extra hay cutting. But June’s below-normal rainfall ended such musings for those in the southern part of the state, says Bill Bland, University of Wisconsin-Extension ag climatologist. He’s concerned that a drought nears....More

If short, drought-stricken alfalfa starts blooming, it may be wise to wait until the crop approaches full bloom, then cut it at normal stubble heights, suggest Rory Lewandowski and Mark Sulc, Ohio State University Extension educator and forage specialist, respectively....More

A perfect storm of events that appear to have caused the deaths of 15 head of cattle consuming Tifton 85 bermudagrass in the Texas county of Bastrop is brewing a tempest in other bermudagrass-growing areas....More

Summer annual forages, recent research findings, the pros and cons of herbicides, tall fescue management and ultra-high density grazing. These are all topics to be featured at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture’s first Advanced Kentucky Grazing School, July 10....More

Unusually warm weather has attracted insects to hayfields a mite earlier than usual. These regions are reporting pests that growers may want to monitor....More

Improving pasture management can be an effective way to stretch forage supplies during the dry conditions that encompass most of Arkansas, says John Jennings, University of Arkansas Extension forage specialist....More

With pasture rental rates on the rise, it’s more important than ever to compare per-acre rates to those figured on a per-animal-unit (AU) or other basis, says Ken Olson, South Dakota State University Extension beef specialist....More

The Saskatchewan Forage Council’s (SFC) 2012 Pasture School will take place June 13-14 at the University of Saskatchewan Agriculture Building Atrium in Saskatoon....More