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VERSAILLES — The upcoming 2023 Fall Kentucky Beginning Grazing School, hosted by the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, promises an immersive learning experience for livestock
Soil testing is important when fertilizer prices are high because it allows farmers to fine tune and target applications to meet fields’ needs
The Hardin County Cattlemen’s Association will be holding a two-part hands-on cattle/forage grading demonstration beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Livestock Events Center beside the Hardin County Extension Service
T.J. Adkins Forage may be stored for winter feeding when pasture production is limited, for use in confinement feeding systems, or for cash hay. Dry hay is the most popular storage method since it stores well for long periods and is better suited for cash sale and shipping than high moisture forages. However, silage may be more suitable in situations where hay curing is difficult. Storing wet forage, as baleage, will allow more timely harvest and less leaf shatter loss, resulting in consistently higher quality. Baled silage retains initial protein and in vitro digestibility levels of the fres...
The Maryland-Delaware Virtual Forage Conference will be held over two days, Jan. 14 and 19, beginning at 9 a.m. each day. The featured speakers are Drs. Chris Teutsch and Dan Undersander. Teutsch will speak on "Strategies to Boost Summer Production Using Warm Season Forages." Undersander will speak on "Drying Hay When Mother Nature Doesn't Cooperate." Other presentation topics will include pasture renovation, weed management for pasture and hayfields, maintaining forage stand persistence, and optimizing soil fertility for forages. Free, but registration is required at https://go.umd.edu/fora...