Harvest of cool-season perennial grasses and perennial legumes is beginning. Getting a standing forage crop that measures 75 percent moisture or more to a safe baling moisture of 18 to 20 percent moisture is “easier said than done”.
Keith Johnson
The 2021 grazing season has recently started and hay harvest is going to begin soon.
Livestock producers can get first-hand tips from experts on how to incorporate management-intensive grazing techniques during two-day seminars in June that will run in both northern and southern Indiana.
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.
Keith Johnson, Purdue University Extension Forage Specialist, answers questions from the past week about cold temperatures, foxtail, and buttercup
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.
A new program, the “Midwest Grazing Exchange”, was developed to match landowners and livestock owners.
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.
Have a forage resource without livestock?
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a native perennial warm-season grass that is adapted as many ecotypes across North America.
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