There is profit potential in a dual-purpose wheat-grazing plan. Right now, in a grain-only plan, a farmer could lose from $80 ...

A NEW forage oat variety was released in Toowoomba last week with the potential to allow livestock industries to gain greater productivity. Aladdin was bred at the DEEDI Leslie Research Centre in ...

With dry subsoils and pastures weakened by last year's drought, producers may want to consider planting oats this spring for extra forage. Oats are a good choice because they can be grazed earlier ...

Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for producers. An oat crop can provide a quick, small-grains pasture with good forage quality that can bridge the gap until summer pasture is ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wide range of forage crops could help grain and livestock producers salvage some value from their fields once the drought-ravaged corn crop has been harvested - if soil ...

Wheat harvest is upon us and that leads us to be thinking about some forage opportunities after harvest is complete. There is plenty of growing season left this year and there are several forage ...

As foraging for food undergoes something of a revival, the column offers a culinary challenge - and something of a free puff - to the Good Pub Guide's North-East Dining Pub of the Year. HIS email ...

When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

Hay and forage aren’t as fertilizer-intensive as row crops, so the rise in fertilizer prices won’t affect forage and alfalfa as much as corn and soybeans, said Plastina. Equipment costs are also ...

But posing a question like that can stimulate serious debate about the qualities of the various food plot forages and whether you are doing what’s best for the deer on your land. And that, in the end, ...