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Competition, success, pasture

August 25, 2022

Woody Lane

Competition is a wonderful thing. Competition has produced Michael Jordan, Billie Jean King and Secretariat. In a pasture, however, competition can work against a farmer by destroying clover and producing a mat of low-yielding bentgrass. Why?

Estrogen and the single plant

Livestock producers need to be aware – but not scared – of phytoestrogen-producing forage legumes and how grazing them can affect their herds’ reproductive health.

August 25, 2022

Woody Lane

Fifty years ago in Australia, soon after subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) became a popular forage there, farmers and scientists observed a dramatic decline in the fertility of ewes grazing subclover pastures

Yield is not yield is not yield

May 30, 2022

Woody Lane

Why can’t a forage be like a car? If I want to buy a car, I scan the catalogs, go to car dealers, search the internet and read Consumer Reports.

Calculating density

April 30, 2022

Woody Lane

This might be a good time to reflect about one of the most useful tools in our grazier’s toolbox: stocking density.

Bloat, a risk equation

Concentrations and rates of change form an equation with a relatively predictable set of factors. Each factor carries some risk, and when these risks converge, the result is legume bloat. Mathematical. Inevitable.

April 25, 2022

Woody Lane

Imagine it’s early morning on a warm summer day, a delightful pastoral scene. You see a herd of cattle grazing hungrily through a lush green field of alfalfa or white clover.

Nitrate toxicity and the metabolic traffic jam

December 24, 2021

Woody Lane

Young cattle can jump fences. There’s nothing new about that. We usually blame the fence – for being old and in the way – or the heifers and steers, for being … well … heifers and steers.

A methane lover’s delight: Garlic

September 28, 2021

Woody Lane

Methane emissions from ruminants do play a factor in a warming planet. But there are feeding options being researched that could help reduce that impact.

Tale of two grasses

August 31, 2021

Woody Lane

Photosynthesis is a little like Ben & Jerry’s ice cream – it comes in a variety of flavors. Some folks can probably recite all the ice cream flavors from memory, but how many folks know the types of photosynthesis?

The pasture waltz

May 31, 2021

Woody Lane

Do you know how to waltz? Ah yes, you answer. You remember the time when you took a dance lesson and learned the box step.

Water, water: Wouldn’t it be nice?

April 30, 2021

Woody Lane

Let’s talk about water – irrigation water – specifically, the things affected by irrigation water: summer forage, business risks and the possibilities for change.

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