Crop Watch, July 21, 2006: Market Journal: Using low quality forages<p>

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

July 21, 2006

On this week's Market Journal:

Using low quality forages

This week Market Journal program host Doug Jose visits with Rick Rasby, UNL beef specialist, about what producers need to do when using low quality foages. One option is to ammoniate hay, which increases digestibility 10-15% and makes a product that is good to feed with an alfalfa supplement just prior to calving.

Also on this week's Market Journal Jose, a UNL Extension ag economist, and guests also will discuss:

the current wheat market with Paul Burgener, UNL ag economist research analyst;
heat stress in cattle with Dee Griffin, UNL extension feedlot veterinarian;
toxic algae with Tadd Barrow, UNL extension lake water quality educator;
weather forecasts with Al Dutcher, Nebraska state climatologist.

On next week's Market Journal Extension Ag Economist Darrell Mark will report on the mid-year livestock reports and Market Journal will look at a new EQIP incentive program which allows Republican River basin irrigators to permanently retire their irrigated acres.

Market Journal — UNL Extension's television for ag business decisions — is broadcast Fridays at 12:30 p.m. on Dish Network NAUHS 9411 and Time Warner Cable Channel 21 in Lincoln; Saturdays at 7 a.m. on NET1; and Sundays at 9 a.m. on NET2. Show segments and podcasting are available on the Market Journal Web site.

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Copyright 2006 by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. All rights reserved.

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Copyright 2006 by the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. All rights reserved.

Published by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperating with the counties and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, race, color, religion, marital status, veteran's status, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation.