The window to frost-seed opens soon. Adding diversity to a pasture can make it more productive than growing tall fescue alone. Diversity can also aid in reducing or diluting the effects of fescue ...

Frost-seeding legumes now can pay big dividends later, University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy Terry Halleran says. Frost-seeding is a low-cost method of broadcasting legumes ...

In Indiana, pastures are generally (but not always) relegated to land that is too steep and rocky for row crops. The soils tend to be shallow, low in fertility, and droughty. The dominant plant ...

It is difficult to grow warm-season legumes in association with warm-season perennial grasses because the warm-season grasses are so well adapted and competitive. High intensive stocking rates in a ...

The research was conducted in areas of low to medium rainfall in northern inland and central-west New South Wales, which included areas around Tamworth and Trangie. NSW DPI senior research scientist ...

One of the best management practices that beef producers can utilize is the addition of legumes into their pastures. Legumes are helpful for a number of reasons. For example, a stand of 30 percent ...

Beef cattle producers should be reminded that the winter pasture planting season is near and with that, producers should make plans now to be ready when the time arrives. As most of you know, winter ...

Researchers are delving into how legume pasture systems can improve sheep production and are looking for more producers to get involved in the project. National sheep and wool writer for ACM's ...

Murdoch University researchers have delivered a new cultivar of French Serradella that is set to increase the sustainability of Wheatbelt crop-pasture rotations and lower the carbon footprint of ...

There are several ways to minimize the risk of bloat when cattle graze legume pastures, such as timing of grazing, paying attention to plant maturity, moisture, and weather. Choose a dry day and wait ...