Pasture Aeration
Aeration -- a process by which soil is mechanically disturbed -- is commonly used to renovate established pastures with the objective of increasing forage production. Aerator machines include coulters, which make narrow slits in the soil, rollers with...

Pasture Management: Measure Forage Dry Matter
For livestock producers wanting the most out of their pastures, measuring forage dry matter content before and after livestock grazing is the most effective way of managing an intensive grazing system, writes Candace Pollock, Ohio State University Extension....

Grass-fed Beef: a US Consumers Perspective
The American Grass-fed Association defines grass-fed as “food products from animals that have eaten nothing but their mother’s milk and fresh grass or grass-type hay from birth to harvest—all their lives”, says this University of Wisconsin Extension’s...

Implications for Reducing Chemical Fertilizer Inputs in Beef Production
Lynne Dawson, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) Hillsborough examines the effects of zero Nitrogen (N)fertilizer input on grass growth and animal performance.

High Quality Grasses Fit Well in Rations of High Producing Dairy Cows
Improved management for high quality, advances in equipment, and innovations related to bale silage and other storage options have made grass silage a more attractive option for dairy farmers, write Dr. Jerry H. Cherney, Professor, Dept. of Crop and...

Calendar for Pastures in 2009
Many of us make resolutions or use a calendar for planning the coming year when January rolls around, writes Dennis Johnson, University of Minnesota Dairy Extension.

Frost Seed to Renovate Pastures
Frost seeding is one method that producers can use to renovate pastures and improve pasture quality and/or the species mix within the pasture, writes Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator, Athens County. This feature was published in the Ohio State University...

Reducing Nitrogen Costs Using Clover - Teagasc
White clover has a number of useful attributes. Rhizobia bacteria live in nodules on the roots of white clover and have the capacity to make Nitrogen (N) available in the soil for pasture production, reports A.Boland, J. Humphreys and A. Lawless, Teagasc...

Utilization of Biosolids for Pasture Fertilization
Biosolids are solid, semi-solid, or liquid materials resulting from the treatment of domestic sewage sludge, writes Maria Silveira, Assistant Professor, Range Cattle Research and Education Center, UF/IFAS. This publication is part of the IFAS, 2008 Beef...

Greenhouse Gases and Environmental Impacts of the Livestock Industry
The livestock sector is not only contributing to global warming, it is suffering from it as well, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, TheCattleSite.

Cow Size - Effects of Cow Size on Pasture Management
By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist, North Dakota State University Extension Service. The effect of cow size and expected production from pasture management directly impacts expected outcomes that translate into income. This relationship was discussed in...

Some Pasture Management Do's and Don'ts
By Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator, Athens County and published in the Ohio State University Extension Beef Team Newsletter, Issue #590. To this point, (end of May) the 2008 growing season has been good for the cool season forages that make up...

Attention to Detail Vital in Turning Grass into Profit
By the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. Although the autumn and winter period have seen milk prices improve on the back of a buoyant world market, the first few months of 2008 have seen concentrate and fertiliser prices also increase substantially....

Maximising Beef Output from Grazed Grass
By Francis Lively, AFBI, Hillsborough - Grazed grass is the cheapest source of feed available for beef cattle in Northern Ireland.

Pasture Management Tips For The Coming Season
By Jack Kyle - Provincial Grazier Specialist/OMAFRA - A well managed pasture will provide the lowest cost feed source for beef cows.