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Options for making your forage and grazing operation more drought-resilient

Rainfall drives forage yield, and rain‑fed systems demand working with unpredictable timing and long dry spells. Aligning forage species with soil hydrology boosts dry matter and builds drought resilience across the season.

June 23, 2026

Dirk Philipp

Take a closer look at the tools that, combined with thorough preparation, can help reduce the impacts of drought.

Managing midseason NPK fertilizer needs for better pasture performance

Midseason pasture growth slows as grazing pressure, nutrient loss and rising heat exceed soil supply. A focused N‑P‑K plan keeps forage performance moving beyond the spring flush.

June 22, 2026

Karl Wyant

Spring abundance fades fast when heat, grazing pressure and nutrient demands collide.

Stockpiling native warm-season grasses for the fall forage gap

The transition zone’s fall forage gap emerges when cool‑ and warm‑season grasses slow, tightening feed supply. Strategic use of stockpiled forages, winter annuals and, where appropriate, native warm-season grasses can help extend grazing days and minimize hay use.

June 19, 2026

Jonathan Kubesch, Kyla Neal, and Flint W. Harrelson

A region that can grow almost everything still comes up short when it matters most – fall.

Relatively speaking, is it RFV or RFQ?

RFV and RFQ were created to help compare forage quality, but decades after RFQ’s introduction, many producers still default to what they know. The two indexes use different equations and assumptions, which is why their numbers don’t always tell the same story.

June 16, 2026

Ralph Pearce

RFQ was designed to fix RFV’s blind spots – so why are producers still split on which number to trust?

Teff grass: Where it fits and where it doesn’t

June 8, 2026

Heather Smith Thomas

An ancient Ethiopian grass turned modern forage, teff delivers high yields and strong water‑use efficiency, making it a practical warm‑season option for Western producers.

Propionic acid effects on bermudagrass silage

Jiggs bermudagrass is a key Southeast forage, yet its composition often weakens fermentation and increases spoilage risk. This summary reviews whether propionic acid and microbial inoculants can improve bermudagrass silage quality.

May 13, 2026

Joao Vendramini

Jiggs bermudagrass delivers strong yields, but its high moisture and low sugars make reliable silage tough to achieve.

South Central: Forage species and grazing management impact animal performance

April 22, 2026

Jason Banta

Understanding and managing forage quality is important for cow-calf and stocker operations that rely on forage as the main component of the diet.

South Central: Improving animal performance with better forage

March 24, 2026

Jason Banta

This article will focus on the factors that affect forage quality to help producers improve animal performance and produce better-quality hay, which can reduce or eliminate winter supplementation needs.

An unusual year for cool-season forages; what have we learned?

A dry fall and repeated cold snaps limited stockpiling and slowed cool‑season annual establishment. Seedlings and early‑stage plants were most affected, widening winter forage gaps.

March 20, 2026

Marcelo Wallau and Liliane Severino da Silva

A dry fall followed by repeated cold snaps stalled cool‑season forage growth across the Southeast, exposing vulnerabilities even in normally resilient systems.

Native perennial warm-season grasses: Powerful tools for your cattle operation

Native perennial warm‑season grasses such as big bluestem, indiangrass, little bluestem, switchgrass and eastern gamagrass deliver high dry matter production with exceptional drought and heat tolerance. Their carbon dioxide capture, water use efficiency and low nutrient demands make them a durable, low‑input complement to cool‑season forages. While widely used on rangelands, their benefits remain underutilized among Eastern cattle producers.

February 12, 2026

Dirk Philipp

Native warm‑season grasses once dominated landscapes across the U.S., evolving under centuries of heat, drought and weather extremes. Their efficiency, resilience and low-input needs offer cattle producers a powerful forage option.

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Options for making your forage and grazing operation more drought-resilient

Managing midseason NPK fertilizer needs for better pasture performance

Stockpiling native warm-season grasses for the fall forage gap

Relatively speaking, is it RFV or RFQ?

Teff grass: Where it fits and where it doesn’t

Propionic acid effects on bermudagrass silage

South Central: Forage species and grazing management impact animal performance

South Central: Improving animal performance with better forage

An unusual year for cool-season forages; what have we learned?

Native perennial warm-season grasses: Powerful tools for your cattle operation

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