I hope you take more time evaluating what forage species and variety of that species should be purchased than the time taken to buy a vegetable at the grocery store. I
30 articles tagged "Forage".
National Forage Week (June 20 – 26) is coming to a close. The leadership team of the Indiana Forage Council, a not-for- profit organization, decided it was appropriate to share on the council’s Facebook page the contributions forage crops provide the world.
Many ruminant livestock producers have used soft red winter wheat as a forage resource, but many more livestock and row crop producers might want to consider this option, too.
I once thought that broomsedge bluestem was a southern Indiana plant only, but as the years have gone by I see the plant all over Indiana.
Purdue Extension and the Indiana Forage Council are planning two forage education events that will be a great opportunity to expand your knowledge about managing forages.
This past week was a return to high summer temperature and lack of moisture.
Almost forty years as Purdue University’s Forage Extension Specialist, there is one forage production practice recommendation that draws my ire and has become a major pet peeve; so much that every time the recommendation is offered I think I lose another hair follicle on my head and legs.
The 2020 grazing season has recently started and hay harvest is going to begin soon. As the pasture gets grazed and the forage growing in the field is mown, make sure to evaluate grazing and cutting height so perennial plants have better persistence.
What a year it has been so far! Was there mud as livestock were fed this past winter? Did winter-damaged alfalfa fields occur and did pastures where livestock spent the winter look like a mud volleyball tournament had been played?
The beginning of damage to alfalfa leaflets (note yellowing) caused by the potato leafhopper was seen on second harvest.
