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Articles by Glenn Shewmaker

Grazing investigation

Grazing investigation: Have we robbed the grass bank?

January 2, 2015
Laura Hooper and Glenn Shewmaker
As Steve Fransen, forage specialist and pasture guru from Washington State University, states, “That lower several inches does not belong to the livestock or a hay producer; it belongs to the grass plant.”
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Hydroponic forage system: Too good to be true?

January 24, 2014
Glenn Shewmaker
Cattlemen, there are no worries, according to the following claim: “Start saving over 50 percent of your feed costs and take control of the quality and availability of your feed supply by growing hydroponic fodder.”
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Preventing hay fires

May 15, 2013
Glenn Shewmaker
In the last 25 years, there may have been more hay fires than in the past because high moisture is retained longer in the more dense and massive types of bales.
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Plan for summer slump with warm-season annual forages

March 29, 2013
Christi Falen and Glenn Shewmaker
Warm-season forages are a good option for summer forage production to fill in the summer slump of cool-season pastures and to extend the grazing season into fall and winter.
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Interpreting forage quality tests

August 24, 2012
Glenn Shewmaker
Forage should be sampled to determine moisture and forage quality. Knowing forage quality allows allocation of forage to the proper class of livestock and indicates nutrients needed or in excess of requirements.
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Vole

Vole management

April 1, 2011
Danielle Gunn, Ronda Hirnyck, Glenn Shewmaker, and Sherman Takatori

Vole populations have increased exponentially in many states. Increased populations have significantly damaged and reduced yields in rangeland, alfalfa, pastures and other crops.

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Extend the grazing season with unconventional forages

April 1, 2011
Glenn Shewmaker
Evaluations to extend the grazing season look promising for: spring grazing of winter cereals; summer and/or fall grazing of pearl millet, teff, cereals, vetch or rapeseed combinations; and fall/early winter grazing of turnips or rapeseed with stockpiled pasture/pearl millet/cereals.
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