The author is an extension beef program specialist with Iowa State University.
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Aug. 29 2025 As the end of the growing season is on the horizon and there is less forage regrowth, grazing hayfields, rather than harvesting a final cutting, is a cost-effective strategy where feasible
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Oct. 8 2024 Producers in the Upper Midwest are looking at the tail-end of the growth period for summer annuals, prompting some final harvest decisions
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Aug. 21 2023 As we wrap up the 2023 growing season, it’s easy to focus on other areas of farm and ranch enterprises, but there are still opportunities to make improvements to pastures
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Aug. 10 2022 With high feed costs and areas plagued with drought, cow-calf producers are looking at options like early weaning, early pregnancy diagnosis to market open females sooner
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April 27 2021 Current hay and forage inventories are approaching their annual low
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May 12 2020 Spring is officially here. Some beef producers have finished calving while others are just getting started. Regardless, understanding how to match your available forage to your herd’s nutritional...
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May 21 2019 Over the past few years, we have seen many instances where cattle grazed annual forages that, when tested for nitrates, were considered toxic, and yet the cattle had no adverse health ef