How Freezes Affect Forages
Drying Sorghums and Millets for Baling
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.
Options for Forage Following Wheat
Cover Crop and Annual Forage Field Day June 29 near Sidney
Plan the Timing of Grass Hay Harvest
Native meadows will soon start growing rapidly and bromegrass is about to head out. Here are some tips to make your grass hay suitable for your animals.
Annual Forages and Windrow Grazing as an Alternative to Cash Grain Crops
The relationship between current grain prices and forage/pasture prices in western Nebraska is creating a scenario where forage crops may provide an economically viable alternative to a cash grain crop. From an economic perspective, at current market prices, 1.5 tons per acre of annual forage is competitive with cash grain crops in terms of generating gross dollars per acre.