Tag: forage
Forage and grasslands council explores grazing, sheep production at field day
Attendees at the Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council July 9 field day visited Lone Pine Pastures and Leroy Kuhns farm in Wayne County. The council also presented several awards at the event.
Winter forage production options
Winter annual cereals utilize six to seven months of the year and capture an additional 33% of the crop production potential. Learn more about options.
Reducing your winter feed cost by stockpiling
Planning the winter grazing and supplementation program has tremendous impact on farm profitability.
Summer annuals can combat decreased forage production
Summer annuals can be great crops to grow during the summer slump. With relatively low input costs, they can have a very high return on investment.
Spring forage: Looking beyond rye
Winter wheat, barley, triticale and rye planted in the fall can produce high-quality forage in the spring when harvest is in the boot stage.
Testing quality of forage
Having your forages analyzed is the only way to determine if hay will meet an animal's nutrient requirements during the winter.
Can veggies stand in for poor hay this year?
Learn how to meet the nutritional needs of ruminants, lacking in this year's hay crop, by planting some veggies to graze this fall.
Forage-related disorders in cattle
Learn more about common forage-related disorders — bloat, grass tetany and nitrate poisoning — to prevent livestock from getting ill or dying.
Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council annual meeting Feb. 8
The Ohio Forage and Grasslands Council annual meeting will be Feb. 8 at the Ohio Department of Agriculture in Reynoldsburg.
What’s lurking in your forages?
Are you scouting your forage crops for disease this fall? This may not be the first item on a producer's to-do list, but it's important.
