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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....
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation's researchers and agronomists are studying the possibility of using legumes to offset the need for costly fertilizers. The research could provide a financial savings to farmers and ranchers....
LINNEUS, Mo. - Instructors at the management-intensive grazing school at the University of Missouri Forage Systems Research Center (FSRC) must remain flexible in their teaching, says Craig Roberts, MU forage agronomist....
WASHINGTON, August 2, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that producers in counties approved for emergency haying and grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land because of drought will have rental payments cut by 10 percent instead of the standard 25 percent....
Landowners often have incomplete perceptions of prescribed fire, thinking of the practice as dangerous or wasteful. However, in many rangeland ecosystems, prescribed fire is necessary to maintain balance in plant species composition and to promote biodiversity....
ARLINGTON – The Texas Animal Nutrition Council has set the annual Mid-South Ruminant Nutrition Conference for April 7-8, organizers said. It will be held at the Hilton Arlington Hotel, 2401 East Lamar Blvd....
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 14, 2008—Participants in Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s 2008 School For Successful Ranching will have the opportunity to join the great debate and decide for themselves what’s in a name when it comes to generic versus name-brand herbicides....
OVERTON – There is a way to beat high nitrogen fertilizer costs for pastures when it comes to putting pounds on calves. This according to a four-year study comparing different pasture management systems with cows and calves by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station....
VERNON – A pasture improvement research program by Dr. Dariusz Malinowski has him looking at summer-dormant tall fescue grasses as an alternative to winter wheat pastures. But these aren’t the typical tall fescue grasses grown in many parts of the nation, said Malinowski, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station forage agronomist in Vernon....
OVERTON – Private pesticide applicators will have the opportunity to earn five continuing education units at upcoming training session on either Nov. 29 or Dec. 4. Both training days will be conducted at the Texas A&M University System Agri-cultural Research and Extension Center at Overton....
AUSTIN, Texas -- Last year’s Texas deer hunting season was considered text book by state wildlife biologists. This season, hunters may have to throw out the book. Indicators leading into the Nov....
AUSTIN, Texas — While tempering expectations, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists say favorable range conditions should make for good quail hunting this season, particularly in areas that held birds last year....
OVERTON—Home-owners across Texas are concerned their landscape trees may be diseased, but "don’t panic," said a Texas Cooperative Extension expert. "We are getting quite a few calls from people who are seeing the leaves on their trees turn brown, and they suspect that their trees are dying from disease, " said Dr....
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