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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....
BATESVILLE, Ark. – 300 Days of Grazing is a program designed by Animal Science Extension faculty of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture to help Arkansas livestock producers evaluate their forage practices and attain 300 days of grazing with only 65 days of hay feeding annually....
The long-term success of glyphosate, the main component of many weed control products, is hindered by diquat, a common additive, according to a study recently published in Weed Technology. This finding is significant because it contradicts the widely held belief that diquat improves the efficiency of glyphosate by increasing the speed of its phytotoxic effects....
A new study published in Weed Science reports that weed seed destruction and predation are practical alternatives to the use of herbicides as a weed population management technique. Because persistent weed seeds survive longer than their next vegetation period, unlike transient weed seeds, it is important to identify management approaches that address the problems associated with seed dormancy....
HEREFORD – Manure may not be as stable or spreadable as commercial fertilizer, but it is right on the price, a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist said. “When we apply manure, it comes out in chunks and we don’t know the exact analysis,” said Dr....
Louisiana-based fertilizer plants sustained mostly minor wind damage from Hurricane Gustav and remained closed while officials work to restore utility service, company representatives said Wednesday. Terra Industries Inc....
COLLEGE STATION – Along with driving up the costs of inputs such as nitrogen fertilizer, high fuel prices are raising the cost of seed for ryegrass and other small grains, according to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist....
A combination of pathogens, pesticides and parasites may underlie such a massive disappearance of honeybees that agricultural production may be threatened, says a Purdue University researcher. Greg Hunt, a Purdue apicultural researcher and geneticist, is collaborating with 19 scientists from around the country to launch an in-depth study of bees' behavior, lives, illnesses and deaths to define the syndrome known as colony collapse disorder (CCD)....
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The farm landscape can significantly influence how crops respond to different types of nitrogen fertilizer, said Doug Ludwig, University of Missouri soil science graduate student. Ludwig studied nitrogen-use efficiency in corn at the MU Greenley Memorial Research Center and found that slow-release fertilizers boosted yields in low-lying areas prone to pooling water, while conventional urea outperformed other fertilizers on well-drained farm soils....
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