Author: Gary Stockton
Planning Unit: Boone County CES
Major Program: Forages
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Initial Outcome
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 responded to a short survey and 22 of those producers managed pastures that were 10 acres or less. When asked how many soil tested, only 11 out of the 27 did. All of the 27 were concerned about wee pressure and all of the 27 producers stated that they will use what they learned in the pasture management class on their own pastures. When asked what is one thing that they learned during the program, I received comments such as: proper fertilizing helps, soil test!!, spraying weeds at the wrong time can cause issues, weed killers shouldn’t be our first option, maintain proper pH, and build up soil health. This program has led to the knowledge that we need to conduct more in-depth pasture and hayfield weed management programs.
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