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Drought Managing pastures in the Western U.S. can be challenging during “normal” weather conditions, but during drought, management is absolutely critical to forage plants’ long-term survival and health.
Did you get up enough hay this year? What was the quality of your hay? The drought of last year and the excessive rains in many parts of the country this year have left us with two forage problems going into the winter: not enough hay, and the hay made will be of very poor quality.
Diversifying our transportation fuels beyond just petroleum to use homegrown energy sources gets a lot of attention about this time in Washington, and this year is no different.
We were living on a ranch in White Pine County, Nevada, nearly 60 miles from Ely the summer our first daughter was born. My wife and I were wise and seasoned parents at that time, with a 2½-year-old son.
In May 1804, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, embarked on a transcontinental trek.
Sorghums grown as forages include sorghum-sudangrass, forage sorghum and grain sorghum hybrids. Sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are used mainly for pasture or hay.
Many graziers spend a lot of time making their pastures right for their beef herds.
Father and son Jason and Jordan Klinge not only do that but also breed their beef herd to be better grazers in Farmersburg, Iowa.
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