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  • Mar. 10, 2012
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    Pasture Budgets Give Management Edge

    Denny Pogue will increase his beef cow numbers this year by 30% – adding a spring herd to his established fall herd of 70 cows. “This will allow us to utilize lower-quality forages with dry cows twice a year instead of just June through August and use the higher-quality forages for cow-calf pairs or weaned calves,” he says....More
  • Mar. 10, 2012
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    Wintering Cows For $1/Day

    “It takes about 10 minutes to feed 160 cows, and we don’t burn a drop of fuel,” says Wayne Heinrichs in describing his herd’s winter feeding program. The Brandon, Manitoba, cattleman figures he can feed a cow for $1/day...More
  • Mar. 6, 2012
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    West Tennessee Grazing Conference Is March 19

    Managing forages to improve cattle performance and cut costs will be the focus of the West Tennessee Grazing Conference, scheduled for March 19 at the University of Tennessee’s (UT) West Tennessee Research and Education Center in Jackson....More
  • Feb. 24, 2012
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    Wisconsin Grants Promote Grazing

    Grants for grazing assistance and education will be provided through the Wisconsin Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, which aims to expand the use of profitable, grazing-based livestock production systems that foster environmental stewardship....More
  • Feb. 16, 2012
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    Rain Delivers Cautious Optimism To Texas

    Texas livestock producers are optimistic after rain fell on much of the state last week, further im-proving pastures and rangeland and raising soil moisture levels for spring planting....More
  • Feb. 14, 2012
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    Graze Winter Pastures In Early May

    Grazing winter pastures for short periods early in the growing season won’t hurt, and may even help, their productivity, says Robin Salverson, a South Dakota State University Extension cow-calf field specialist....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
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    Toxic Fescue Hurts Cattle Conception Rates

    Research shows that taking cattle off toxic fescue and onto novel-endophyte fescue around breeding time will increase conception rates....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
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    Prepare For Drought While It’s Wet

    Ranchers can prepare for drought well ahead of the event to minimize its impact on land and finances....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
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    Novel-Endophyte Fescues Unveiled

    Company representatives tell what's new in the way of novel-endopyhte tall fescues....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
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    Fighting Tall Fescue Toxicity

    Forage specialist John Jennings surveyed Arkansas producers and found interest was slowly increasing toward adding novel-endophyte tall fescues into endophyte-infected pastures....More
  • Feb. 9, 2012
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    Managing Spring Forage Profitably

    Check out these spring pasture management tips....More
  • Feb. 6, 2012
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    Fertilize Pastures Using Legumes

    February and March are good months to start adding legumes to pasture and save on fertilizer costs, says Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist....More
  • Feb. 2, 2012
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    Forage Kochia Can Bolster Winter Range

    Forage kochia can provide more nutritious winter forage than traditional rangeland vegetation in the western U.S., USDA-ARS research in Logan, UT, suggests....More
  • Jan. 10, 2012
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    Winter Forage Meetings Slated For Virginia

    “Integrated Weed Management: Putting Science Into Practice” will be the focal point of Virginia Cooperative Extension’s 2012 Winter Forage Conference to be held at four locations this month....More
  • Jan. 10, 2012
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    Bloat-Free Legumes Show Pasture Potential

    Purple prairieclover contains more condensed tannins than most legumes – enough that bloat is not a concern....More
  • Jan. 6, 2012
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    Be Prepared For Summer Drought 2

    MInimize pasture damages early in case the upcoming growing season turns droughty, says Nebraska forage agronomist....More
  • Jan. 6, 2012
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    Indiana Grazing Conferences Coming In February

    Grazing experts offer livestock producers ways to improve the productivity of their pastures at two Indiana grazing meetings early next month....More
  • Jan. 5, 2012
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    Manage Grazing To Reduce Fescue Toxicity

    Studies have shown that frequent, close grazing can reduce concentrations of the harmful alkaloid in fungus-infected tall fescue....More
  • Dec. 23, 2011
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    Grazing Conference Slated For Jan. 25-26

    The Jan. 25-26 Heart of America Grazing Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, Mount Vernon, IL....More
  • Dec. 5, 2011
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    Kansas Hay, Grazing Meeting Is Dec. 7

    Stretching your forage supplies and year-round grazing are among several topics that will be covered at the 2011 Kansas Hay and Grazing Conference, set for Dec. 7 at the Webster Conference Center in Salina...More
  • Dec. 5, 2011
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    Grazing May Reduce Wildfire Risk 1

    Targeted grazing of range cattle may reduce the risk of wildfires like the record-setting 2011 fires in the Southwest, says Derek Bailey, a New Mexico State University (NMSU) range scientist...More
  • Nov. 4, 2011
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    Graze Canola, Then Harvest Grain

    Winter canola would be more valuable to growers if they could utilize it as a dual-purpose forage and grain crop, says Mike Stamm, Kansas State University canola breeder. But more information is needed about its forage potential and the effects of grazing on grain yield, Stamm adds...More
  • Aug. 29, 2011
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    What Grasses Horses Prefer

    A mixture of fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, smooth bromegrass and perennial ryegrass will likely whet horses’ appetites and maintain productive pastures. That’s according to a first-year equine grazing grass preference and persistence trial conducted by University of Minnesota (U of M) forage and equine specialists...More
  • May 3, 2011
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    Grading Mob Grazing

    Mob grazing has increased the carrying capacity of Bruce Anderson’s pastures, but he hasn’t seen any of the other benefits frequently claimed for the method also known as ultra-high stock-density grazing...More
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