Purdue University, in collaboration with the Indiana Forage Council, will be hosting educational webinars about forage production and utilization on Friday noon Eastern Time beginning December 3.
Keith Johnson
What have been your challenges with forage production and utilization in 2021?
Managing pasture properly requires much skill, just like any agronomic crop.
As the season transitions to fall, it is a good time to deliberate what should be done to improve your forage-livestock business.
Plants are around us no matter where you live. I am challenged with plant identification as an agriculturalist and enjoy learning to identify plants that are not in production agriculture, too. This week I was asked to help a producer identify a weed growing in a recently seeded orchardgrass field. Purslane was the plant in question. An email request was shared this week with me about identifying plants in a pasture that may have caused several beef cattle deaths. Did poisonous plants or another concern cause cattle deaths? Learning how to identify plants is a worthy skill. Too many of us learned how to identify poison ivy from the unfortunate contact we had with it on a hike or learned how to identify it from someone else that felt itchy discomfort. Some individuals have taken an interest in foraging out food resources in the great outdoors. They took time to[Read More…]
Fall armyworm invasion was predicted in early August by Purdue University entomologists.
This past week was a return to high summer temperature for all and lack of moisture for most in Indiana.
What does the word “stockpile” mean to you? Our understanding of the meaning is to “store away for future use.”
I received a phone call from a shepherd many years ago. He was confused as to why his ewes refused to eat what appeared to be beautiful alfalfa hay.
Two forage educational events are being held in southern Indiana on August 20 and 21. Preregistration is required for both events.
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