Tag: grazing
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...
To farm successfully, it’s all about who you know
Editor Susan Crowell shares the importance of seeking others' advice when it comes to improving your farm. Grazing councils are a great example.
Improving forage: Lessons to learn
It looks like the drought of 2012 is in the record books. Rainfall is back and we actually have seen pastures and hayfields recover...
Don’t risk prussic acid poisoning
COLUMBUS — Fall frost can raise the potential for prussic acid poisoning in livestock.
In addition to taking measures to prevent livestock toxicity, producers can...
Buy hay by weight, not by bales
Recently, a local hay producer asked what hay was worth. Of course, each forage producer will have a different cost of production.After he told...
Move over, Kardashians! Farm Kings are the new reality TV stars
MERCER, Pa. — Grab a bowl of popcorn and turn on the television. There is a new reality series in the making, but it’s...
New economics in commodity market favor better forage management
Higher corn prices raise the value of forage; it is cheaper to put cattle gains on grass rather than in the feedlot.
Managing weeds in pastures isn’t the same as managing weeds in...
More than 95 percent of weeds can be controlled through good management practices.
