Planting Cover Crops after Silage Offers Several Benefits
Drying Sorghums and Millets for Baling
Leased Pastures During Drought
Are you grazing cattle on rented pastures? If so, the current drought or abnormally dry conditions may force some important decisions.
Test for Feed Value with CRP Hay
Given CRP has been released for haying and grazing in many areas of the state due to drought, how can you determine its value?
Making Silage from Dry Corn
Most dryland corn fields may be too dry for making the best silage. Dry silage is difficult to pack well enough to force out all the oxygen and it often spoils, lowering its energy and protein digestibility. It also can heat up, leading to spontaneous combustion fires.
Adjusting Forage Management for Summer Heat
The current heat wave is taking a toll on forage plants, particularly cool-season plants. Alfalfa and clovers, bromegrass, orchardgrass, fescues, needlegrasses, and wheatgrasses all struggle during hot weather, but adjusting your management can limit the stress from stressful weather.
Forage Options with Damaged Corn
Spotty rains and drought conditions in some areas of the state as well as hail and wind damage are leading growers to seek alternative uses for rainfed corn fields. Fortunately, there are several forage alternatives.