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Woody Lane

Woody Lane is a certified forage and grassland professional with AFGC and teaches forage/grazing and nutrition courses in Oregon. His book, Capturing Sunlight, Book 1: Skills & Ideas for Intensive Grazing, Sustainable Pastures, Healthy Soils, & Grassfed Livestock, is available on Amazon and through his website.

Lane Livestock Services / Roseburg, Oregon

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K is for coagulation

December 12, 2016

Woody Lane

This is a story of bureaucratic bungling, a Nobel Prize, three brilliant scientists, two countries, moldy hay and rat poison. I am talking, of course, about the discovery of vitamin K.

Wales scientists create sweet perennial ryegrass

November 14, 2016

Woody Lane

There is something new under the sun, literally, in the world of forages. Some very clever scientists in Wales have tailored the genetics of perennial ryegrass to slow the conversion of newly minted sugars into other compounds, causing the accumulation of sugars in those cells.

Keep a healthy appreciation for nutritional fats

September 23, 2016

Woody Lane

Consider the lowly fats. Since they are only a small fraction of most rations, they get no respect. We measure them, note them, neglect them and move on.

Forage fiber may not be a dinner table topic, but it’s important to understand

September 12, 2016

Woody Lane

In an article earlier this year (“Fiber site map: Something to hang your hat on”), I outlined the general system of the modern fiber analysis and described two main values from that analysis: neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and non-fiber carbohydrates.

Fiber site map: Something to hang your hat on

June 10, 2016

Woody Lane

In 1970, when Keith Goering and Peter Van Soest published their USDA Handbook No. 379, “Forage Fiber Analyses (Apparatus, Reagents, Procedures and Some Applications),” they turned the nutritional world on its ear.

Stocking rate, stocking density: One word makes a difference

May 26, 2016

Woody Lane

Recently, I attended a seminar where the speaker said, “Stocking rate, stocking density … whatever,” as if these words meant the same thing. They don’t.

Crimp, pellet and roll – but do you need to?

April 25, 2016

Woody Lane

When someone asks me about feeding grain, the question usually consists of two parts. The first is: “Should I feed grain to my cattle?” The second follows quickly: “Should I roll it or pellet it or feed it as whole grain?”

Just for kicks: What does my hay really cost?

March 31, 2016

Woody Lane

Each summer, nearly every farmer spends weeks making hay or silage and then during the rest of the year either feeds it to animals or sells it to willing buyers.

Grass staggers with a grain of salt

January 25, 2016

Woody Lane

Every spring, during first grass growth, many producers grapple with a disturbing problem: Healthy adult cows on young grass become extremely excitable and go down with convulsions.

Modest beginnings for ag research – 22 years after Civil War

December 11, 2015

Woody Lane

I have a file drawer marked “miscellaneous” where everything that doesn’t fit anywhere else fits.

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