Avoiding Forage Shortages
John F. Grimes, OSU Extension Beef Coordinator (originally published in The Ohio Farmer on-line) Any successful beef producer understands the importance of effective management of grazed and harvested...
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Common Mullein, an Invasive Weed on Nebraska’s Horizon
Common mullein stand, Gary Stone Photo. By Gary Stone, Karen DeBoer, and Jack Arterburn; Nebraska Extension Educators Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) is a concept to identify potentially...
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Grazing Trampled Grass
How should you graze regrowth in pastures that had tall growth trampled during a previous grazing? Photo courtesy of Troy Walz. By Bruce Anderson, Nebraska Extension Forage Specialist How should you...
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Yaupon Presents Problems for Range Pasture Management
Butler forage field day includes yaupon clearing demonstration Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu FRANKLIN – Yaupon, yaupon and more yaupon. The war for ranchers against this...
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Is That Tree or Shrub Poisonous? What You Don’t Want Your Cattle to Eat (Part...
Michelle Arnold, DVM (Ruminant Extension Veterinarian, UKVDL) and a special thanks to JD Green, PhD (Extension Professor (Weed Scientist), UK Plant and Soil Sciences Department) Poisonous trees and...
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Fall Burning Demonstration Planned Sept. 11 Near Thayer, Kansas
Site is former CRP land that will return to livestock production FORT SCOTT, Kan. — The K-State Research and Extension Southwind and Wildcat Extension districts, the Natural Resources Conservation...
View ArticleLeveraging Forages for Livestock, Soil Health Focus of Field Day
COLBY, KS – Producers and researchers will share experiences integrating grazed forages into dryland crop rotations at a field day in Bird City on Sept. 13. The program will begin at 9 a.m. at the...
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Don’t Forget to Rest Your Roots!
Ted Wiseman, OSU Extension Educator ANR, Perry County (Previously published in Farm and Dairy) Overgrazing in the fall reduces the plant’s rate of carbohydrate production, potentially reducing root...
View ArticleBefore the fire: Large-scale study aims to improve burning management of...
MANHATTAN — Kansas State University researchers are part of a large collaborative project that is using unmanned aircraft to improve the Kansas Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan. The three-year project...
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A Walk Through the Pasture is Time Well Spent!
Chris Penrose, Extension Educator, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professor, OSU Extension, Morgan Co. (originally published in the late fall issue of The Ohio Cattleman magazine) When large...
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Ag-note: The Benefits of Rotational Grazing
Matt Blose, Marissa Friel, Courtney Hale, Maureen Hirzel, OSU Animal Science Undergraduate Students, and Brady Campbell, Program Coordinator, OSU Sheep Team While in this Ag-note the benefits of...
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Biennial and Perennial Weed Control is Best in the Fall
Dwight Lingenfelter, Extension Associate, Weed Science, Penn State and William S. Curran,Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Weed Science, Penn State Problem weeds in a pasture setting. (Source: Penn State...
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Fall 2018 OK-FIRE Training Workshops Announced
Four training workshops are scheduled this fall to help wildland fire managers learn how to use the OK-FIRE website. OK-FIRE is a weather-based, decision support system of the Oklahoma Mesonet. (Photo...
View ArticleMU Extension Novel Fescue Field Day Set
JACKSON, Mo. – Farmers can learn how to lower costs and boost animal performance at an Oct. 18 novel fescue field day in Cape Girardeau County. University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist...
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Year-Round Forage Options
The ultimate goal for every forage producer is to have high-quality forage in a sufficient quantity to feed livestock every day all year long. Current research at the Noble Research Institute aims to...
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Winter Grazing On Upland Rangelands
Mitch Stephenson, UNL Range Management Specialist Fall and winter grazing on warm-season grasses is the least detrimental time to graze these species. Photo credit Troy Walz. Year-round cattle grazing...
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Scotch Thistle
Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Educator Scotch thistle patch, Gary Stone Photo. Scotch Thistle a.k.a. – Cotton thistle, Heraldic thistle, Scotch cotton thistle Scientific name: Onopordum...
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Controlling Weeds in Pastures and Rangeland
Ben Beckman, Nebraska Extension Educator Early and correct identification of pasture weeds is the first step in maintaining a healthy pasture. Photo credit Troy Walz. As temperatures finally warm up...
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Kansas State Officials Celebrate Prescribed Burning Success
K-State’s Olson says number of acres burned increased, with fewer air quality problems MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas State University range management scientist said the state’s landowners should be...
View ArticleJune is Key Time for Controlling Brush
K-State’s newest Chemical Weed Control publication is a good guide MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas State University range management specialist says the state’s landowners are approaching a key window of...
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