Tag: grazing
Sorghum-sudangrass a summer alternative for feed and fuel
By CHRIS PENROSE and CLIF LITTLE
Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are warm season annual forages that look like sudangrass in growth but are generally taller, with larger...
Harvesting stockpiled fescue and improving forages and soil health
Stockpiled fescue is forage allowed to grow and accumulate for future use, often during a forage deficit. It is common practice to harvest and...
Are your fields tired? Give them a rest
How are your hay and pasture fields doing this summer? There has been so much rain in many areas this year that some may...
Intensive grazing takes management with a capital M
The amount of proper Management is what determines how successful forage production will be in a grazing system.
Bad news: Yes, it’s been a cold spring; good news: possibly...
I’ve been hearing many complaints about the weather. We all know to expect variable weather in early spring, so I decided to look up...
Your pastures took a beating last year, do they need some...
And ask neighbors not to throw clippings from shrubs over the fence. They could be poisonous.
As the last blasts of winter are covering our...
Plan to add value to your pasture
Pasture is a valuable forage resource. Like any resource, it responds to management. What is your plan to add value to your pasture in 2013?
Graziers challenged to plan, take action
DALTON, Ohio — The 50-plus venders present for the North Central Ohio Dairy Grazing Conference — held Jan. 24-25 in Dalton — offered a...
Your forage yield won’t improve if you don’t do anything differently
Are you getting adequate forage production from your pastures and hay fields? Are you getting maximum weight gains from your livestock with the forage...
All About Grazing: Developing a grazing system could change your life
Well, it has been just over a year ago that I retired from my job as Ohio NRCS state grassland conservationist, but I am...
