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Once again, many beef producers are being faced with a serious summer drought that has dried up pastures across much of the region.
There are many short-term issues that must be addressed, such as nitrate toxicity, whether or not to sow any annuals this fall and marketing of some animals to reduce herd size.
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three articles. Part 1 can be found in the Issue 8, 2011 Progressive Forage Grower, or click here to read Part 1. Part 2 can be found in the Issue 4, 2012 Progressive Forage Grower, or click here to read Part 2.
Electric fencing is the fastest and most economical way to contain livestock.
Electric fencing is more cost-effective, easier to install and repair, and requires fewer posts in the fence than barbed wire fencing.
Rotating alfalfa with corn can increase corn yield potential through improved soil physical properties that enhance water infiltration and root extension, a reduction in disease and pest pressure (i.e., corn rootworm) and an enhanced soil microbial community.
Reports of pasture or hay stand losses or decline seem to be on the rise. Are you wondering if you are making management mistakes or experiencing a new pest?
Hay producers in the Southeast rarely have to look far for fertilizer. With billions of broiler chickens in production, there’s usually plenty of poultry litter around.
The mixture of chicken droppings and used bedding material has routinely been spread on hay fields as fertilizer. The hay is harvested and fed to cattle. It’s a beneficial relationship that’s worked for decades.
With the year coming to an end, that also means the holiday season is quickly approaching. Although every day is a day to give thanks, the holiday season is also a great time to sit down and think about the past year.
Milk Specialties Global Human Nutrition Division announced new developments in dairy protein and nutraceutical ingredients.
Whey Protein Hydrolysate powder for tablets allows for compaction into tablets with unprecedented ease and delivers high quality, easier to digest whey protein in a quick ingestible form.
A new product in the Dairymaster range is the platform teat sprayer for rotary parlors, which provides both pre-spray and post-spray of teats.
For the pre-spray, the cow walks onto the rotary and when her CowID is displayed on the milk meter the intelligent software activates so that she is sprayed for a predefined time.
For the post-spray, once the cluster is removed from the cow again the intelligent software activates and there is a spray delay time.
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three articles. Part 1 can be found in the Issue 8, 2011 Progressive Forage Grower, or 
