The window to frost-seed opens soon. Adding diversity to a pasture can make it more productive than growing tall fescue alone. Diversity can also aid in reducing or diluting the effects of fescue ...

Add legumes to grazing pastures to improve cow performance, soil health and forage production, says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist in Cedar County. Now is the ...

Webster’s dictionary defines a weed as “a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially: one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants.” ...

Beef cattle producers should be reminded that the winter pasture planting season is near and with that, producers should make plans now to be ready when the time arrives. As most of you know, winter ...

The presence of legumes in the pasture improves the protein available to animals and also helps to fix nitrogen in the soil, to the benefit of the grass component of the pasture. Legumes ranging from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract During the 2015, 2016, and 2017 growing seasons, weed and weed-free mixed tall fescue and legume forage samples were harvested from 29 ...

Growing tropical and temperate legumes and pastures side by side with success - sound illogical? Well for a small unique pocket of northern NSW, their proving it is possible because of their ...

Daniel R. Kidd, Megan H. Ryan, Rebecca E. Haling, Hans Lambers, Graeme A. Sandral, Zongjian Yang, Richard A. Culvenor, Gregory R. Cawthray, Adam Stefanski and Richard J. Simpson Aims The legumes most ...

PRESTON, Minn. — Forty cows and their calves grazed in the pasture by Camp Creek while people gathered up the hill talked about the characteristics of high-quality pastures. Bob Joachim, a soil ...

The question for many ranchers across Texas striving to improve pastureland is this: What do I do with land that’s been farmed and grazed for generations and is virtually depleted of its nutrients?

Allowing dairy cows to graze on fresh grass in open pastures for a significant proportion of the year seems more natural and sustainable. And there are proven advantages for the environment: stable ...