“Summer annuals are a good way to add diversity and build pasture stands for the upcoming grazing season,” says Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist. Summer ...

During the hot summer months, adding warm-season annuals to a grazing system can provide a high-quality forage when cool-season grasses and legumes decrease in production and quality. One available ...

This time of year, when the sun is bearing down and our perennial pastures begin to show signs of fatigue, more and more cattle producers are looking for ways to maintain both forage quality and ...

Are you planning to plant a summer annual grass, maybe to boost cattle numbers or to build hay supply? Which one will you plant? It can be confusing because there are six different types of major ...

Anyone who has worked with plants can share that some grow better than others in their environment, and that is also true of forages used for feeding beef cattle, K-State Beef Cattle Institute ...

A downturn in the bioenergy industry has led one Texas A&M AgriLife Researcher to reach to new heights in the forage biomass arena. Dr. Russ Jessup, an AgriLife Research perennial grass breeder in ...

Stockpiling bermuda grass or fescue for fall and winter grazing is one of the most reliable forage practices available for extending the grazing season. Farm demonstrations have consistently shown ...

Producers in central and western South Dakota facing poor stands or hailed wheat have some options for re-seeding alternate grain and forage crops. SDSU Extension Extra 8120, “Emergency Late-Seeding ...