Another forecast for a rainy weekend means another opportunity for ranchers to speed-plant some cool-season forages, said ...

With dry subsoils and pastures weakened by last year's drought, producers may want to consider planting oats this spring for extra forage. Oats are a good choice because they can be grazed earlier ...

Drones can help producers establish cover crops earlier in the season and achieve both fall and spring grazing from the same ...

Corn harvest is underway in most of North Carolina and tobacco fields are being stripped as harvest season kicks into high gear. That means it is time to get those ...

Oats are the least winter-hardy of the cool-season annual grasses. They can be planted in early fall and usually produce more early spring forage than most wheat varieties, since their production ...

It’s almost August and fall is just around the corner. Could you use some extra pasture or hay in late September and October? Oats might be the answer. Oats may be one of our most under-used fall ...

Small grain growers may be able to double the value of their crop ground by planting forages after harvest, but this depends on growing environment and forage blend. Last season, researchers at South ...

Wheat harvest is upon us and that leads us to be thinking about some forage opportunities after harvest is complete. There is plenty of growing season left this year and there are several forage ...

There is a lot of interest in haying or grazing a cover crop planted on prevented planting acres. This is mostly the result of projected lower yielding 2020 hay production due to a late freeze and ...

A few years ago, I ran a series of articles on understanding agriculture, designed for anyone in the general public who had an interest in understanding more about various agricultural crops and ...

Oats are the least winter-hardy of the cool-season annual grasses. They can be planted in early fall and usually produce more early spring forage than most wheat varieties, since their production ...