1072 - Forages | ||
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1072.7) | 0 |
Number of producers who planted or started using any alternative forage for grazing |
1072.5) | 5 |
Number of producers who used temporary fencing |
1072.4) | 0 |
Number of producers who developed or implemented a grazing plan |
1072.3) | 5 |
Number of producers who used Extension recommendations to improve quality of haylage/silage storage |
1072.2) | 5 |
Number of people who made decisions based on Extension research including interseeding clover/legume, using cover crops and/or alternate forage species |
1072.1) | 48 |
Number of people who gained knowledge of forage production, management and/or profitability which could include species, best management practices for species, forage harvest and storage, pasture renovation |
1072.6) | 0 |
Number of producers who conducted on-farm demonstrations or applied research trials |
Author: Gary Stockton
Major Program: Forages
Weed management in pastures and hayfields continue to be an area of importance to livestock producers. There are several factors that tend to lead to this such as fertility, overgrazing, and just an overall lack of a pasture management plan. Newsletter articles are written on a regular basis about weed management. Also many farm visits tend to focus on weed issues in the pasture or hayfield. Thirty-six producers attended a pasture weed management program in March. Twenty seven of those producers