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More than 2 million feral hogs roam Texas. Managing them will take more than just a few hunters, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said. “From 1993-2003, the damage from feral hogs that was reported to AgriLife Extension’s Wildlife Services increased an average of 105 percent per year,” said Ken Cearley, AgriLife Extension wildlife management specialist in Canyon....
Seventy-six years after the invention of the modern sprinkler helped revolutionize farming, a professor of environmental engineering is pointing a laser beam across an alfalfa crop in Southern California's bone-dry Imperial Valley, looking for a better way to conserve the millions of gallons of water sprayed each year on thirsty crops....
Plans” for prescribed burns need to be turned into “actions” before a wildfire occurs, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist. “I believe that we often plan in our minds to make proper preparations, but these ‘planned thoughts’ never seem to materialize until the crisis arrives, and then we are forced to hastily make decisions and preparations after the fact,” said J....
Moldy hay. No matter how hard you try, eventually you have mold in some of your hay and need to decide about feeding it. Feeding moldy hay to livestock is a tough decision. Although all hay contains some mold, when mold becomes noticeable the decisions become important....
Looking ahead to the Spring 2009 crop season, producers will have to sharpen pencils and farm to the highest of efficiencies to boost profit margins, according to an economist. “You’re going to have to squeeze every ounce of efficiency from inputs,” said Dr....
Fall, winter and early spring are ideal times to conduct many pasture management chores that will pay big dividends in forage quality, animal growth and weed control next summer, says Gerald Alexander, Hempstead County extension agent for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
A Texas Cooperative Extension range expert said pastures need protection now from wildfire. Dr. Wayne Hanselka, Extension range specialist , said high temperatures, low humidity, high winds and moderate to extreme drought combine for wildfires....
– Agriculture producers may find they don’t have to bottle their water from the Seymour Aquifer in the Rolling Plains to make it more valuable, according to Texas AgriLife Research scientists....
California won’t be the only state with wildfire issues if drought conditions persist or worsen across Texas, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialists. Preparation and prevention are much better than mitigation and recovery, said Dr....
Extra grain left behind by the combine can be a bonus for cattle grazing corn stalks, but too much grain can cause health problems. Any time more than about eight bushels of grain per acre is left in the field after harvest, grazing cattle risk getting acidosis and founder....
COLLEGE STATION – A deluge of saltwater from Hurricane Ike that ravaged the southeast Texas Gulf Coast has left some ranchers little options for wintering cattle, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts....
Brush management may seem like a place to cut corners in tough economic times, but Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialists say doing so will cost ranchers more in the long run. “The cost of doing nothing is very expensive,” said Stan Bevers, AgriLife Extension economist....
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN (Purdue) - When the weather turns cold and frost covers the landscape, cattle producers need to be conscious of prussic acid poisoning and bloat, said a Purdue University Extension beef management specialist....
Most Oklahoma producers find themselves in a better situation as far as the hay stacks and hay barns look this year as compared to recent falls and winters. Hay, however, is not a "one size fits all" commodity....
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Increasing fertilizer cost, particularly phosphorus, makes good management more critical, said a University of Nebraska–Lincoln specialist. Soil testing can help producers apply only the amount of expensive nutrients that are necessary, said Bob Klein, cropping systems specialist at UNL’s West Central Research and Extension Center....
DALLAS (AP) — Texas farmers are once again battling armyworms and the voracious creatures are attacking fields and pastures in formidable numbers. "There are probably more armyworms this year than in previous years," Allen Knutson, an entomologist with the Texas A&M University System, said Thursday....
RENO, Nev., Oct. 3, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today said that USDA would fully implement President George W. Bush's directive to offer incentives to farmers and ranchers for opening up their land in the Conservation Reserve Program to the public for hunting, fishing, bird watching and other recreational activities....
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. - While the harvest of corn and soybean is underway, perennial crops such as alfalfa begin the cold-hardening process. Producers can increase the ability of plants to withstand cold temperatures by implementing several key strategies, said a University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist....
With prices and input costs fluctuating, people need to review their lease arrangements and adjust for the year ahead, said a Purdue University agricultural economist. "Determining a fixed cash rent in the current environment is a difficult task and will likely require multiple discussions between landlords and tenants," said Craig Dobbins, Purdue Extension farm lease and business arrangements specialist....
ALDER, Mont. - Cattle grazing can provide efficient and effective weed management alternatives to chemical control when trained properly, according to trainer Kathy Voth of Livestock For Landscapes. “It is cheaper, more efficient and just as effective as herbicides,” said Voth of Loveland, Colo....
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