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Emeritus Professor / Extension Forage Specialist / University of Nebraska – Lincoln
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field of oats

Oats for fall pasture or hay

August 1, 2017
Bruce Anderson
It’s August and fall is just around the corner. Could you use some extra pasture or hay in late September and October? Oats might be your answer.
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cows grazing pasture

Increase pastures through cropland conversion

March 7, 2017
Bruce Anderson, Daren D. Redfearn, and Jerry Volesky
Production costs remain high as crop prices decline. Cattle numbers increase and compete for scarce pastures. Converting cropland to pasture might make sense, but plan ahead and do it right.
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Turning cropland into grassland

Turning cropland into grassland

January 25, 2016
Bruce Anderson
Seven dollar corn. Fourteen dollar beans. Bring out the plow and disk. Tear up the hay ground, pasture and CRP. Let’s make some real money. Sound familiar? All across much of North America, farmland devoted to forage production was rapidly converted to row crops to take advantage of attractive grain prices.
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musk thistle

Prevent spring weed growth: Control winter annual weeds this fall

October 21, 2015
Bruce Anderson
This has been a nice fall. Abundant moisture and moderate temperatures have blessed many areas. Alfalfa has winterized well, and pasture growth has finished for this season.
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fall alfalfa field

3 options for late-season alfalfa: Cut it, graze it or leave it?

September 23, 2015
Bruce Anderson
What should you do with fall alfalfa? Leave it? Cut it? Graze it? Each of these options can be correct under appropriate conditions. Making the best decision requires balancing the associated rewards and risks with each option.
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field of rained-on hay

The rest of the story: How exact data can be misleading

September 4, 2015
Bruce Anderson
Data can be a dangerous thing. Once you put numbers to a situation, it’s easy to misinterpret or misrepresent them so they say something quite different from what they originally meant.
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rain damaged hay

Losses from rain damaged hay unpredictable

July 16, 2015
Bruce Anderson
It has been difficult to make good hay across a large geographic area this spring and summer. Repeated rains, high humidity and reduced sunshine have prevented many growers from finding long enough dry spells to get hay dry, or even to dare cut their hay.
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When mob grazing is not mob grazing

June 17, 2015
Bruce Anderson
Mob grazing is popular. If you aren’t mob grazing yourself, you know someone who is mob grazing. Or are they?
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It's not that simple: Choosing summer annual forage grasses

May 14, 2015
Bruce Anderson
This should be easy. “Just tell me what to plant for summer forage.” Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Each type of summer annual grass has characteristics that make it most suitable for various uses – pasture, hay or silage.
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Weed or feed? How to turn pasture weed into feed

April 17, 2015
Bruce Anderson
April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? If you’re a fan of riddles, you already know the answer – Pilgrims. For graziers throughout North America, however, this riddle may have a different answer – weed seeds. If grass is your crop, May flowers usually mean a bumper crop of weeds waiting to go to seed, unless you have lots of legumes in your pasture.
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