DOVER, Minn. — Alan Bedtka has experienced the financial and environmental benefits of incorporating livestock with a cropping operation on his farm in southeast Minnesota. "We do crops and pasture, ...

“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 ...

MORRIS, Minn. — Staff at the University of Minnesota's West Central Research and Outreach Center hosted an organic field day Aug. 12 to showcase recent research and hear about Cowsignals. Part of the ...

Livestock owners need to be aware that frost and freezing weather can result in some forage species becoming toxic with ...

Most of the sudangrass and sorghum-sudan hybrids planted this spring will be ready to graze soon, but they contain a compound called prussic acid that is potentially poisonous. Prussic acid often is ...

When grazing alfalfa in the fall, bloat remains a potential problem, especially during the first three to five days after alfalfa has been exposed to freezing temperatures. In general, the risk of ...

When you picture a horse, you may imagine it grazing contentedly in a grassy pasture. Grazing lets horses move around naturally outdoors and socialize with other horses. And grass is an easily ...

Despite recent heavy rainfall, warmer, drier conditions are on the way, and this means it is time for ranchers to prepare their pastures, said David Fernandez, Ph.D. Fernandez is an Extension ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Shelby Gruss, Purdue Agronomy postdoctoral researcher, will share results from a 2021 calf performance trial at the Indiana Forage Council’s annual meeting and seminar on Feb.

Horses in less temperate zones may get some extra grazing. A new study shows warm-season annual grasses have good potential for use in horse pastures. When you picture a horse, you may imagine it ...