2011 Forage News
DECEMBER 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Heart of America Grazing Conference
- UK Forage Variety Tests
- Forage Dynamics and Calf Behavior in Two Creep Grazing Systems
- Testing and Feeding Tobacco-Brown Hay and Silage
- World Population Hits Seven Billion
- Farmers Use of Broadband Internet
- High Cattle Prices to Continue, Analysts Say
NOVEMBER 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Brent White is Kentucky Forage Spokesman
- KFGC Presents Awards
- KFGC Nominating Committee Report
- AFGC Coming to Louisville
- Forages at KCA
- Selling & Shipping Hay to Texas and Other Southern Tier States
- Hay Production Changes in Kentucky
- Climate Change Effects on Forage Quality of Kentucky Hay Fields
- Be Alert to Health Risks When Grazing Turnips
OCTOBER 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- 12th Kentucky Grazing Conference
- Frost Approaching: Beware of Prussic Acid!
- KFGC Field Day
- Don't Overgraze Warm-Season Grasses
- Freeze Tolerance of Forage Bermudagrass
- Performance by Spring and Fall-Calving Cows Grazing with Full Access, or No Access to Toxic, Wild-Type Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue - 3-Year Summary
- The Determination of Switchgrass Growth Curves
- Chemical Suppression of Seedhead Emergence in Toxic Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue for Improving Cattle WEight Gain and Physiology
-Reducing Feed Costs with Grazing Management
SEPTEMBER 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- KFGC Awards and Forage Spokesman Nominations
- Kentucky Grazing School
- Kentucky Grazing Conference
- Heat Damage to Moist Hay
- Forage Quality, Ergot Alkaloid Concentrations, and Species Composition from Toxic Wild-Type and Non-Toxic, Novel Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue Pastures Grazed by Cow-Calf Pairs
- Yield Response of Summer-Dormant and Active Tall Fescue to Stockpiling
- Round-Bale Feeder Design Affects Hay Waste and Economics During Horse Feeding
- Determining Profitability is a Cost Thing
AUGUST 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Grazing School
- KFGC Forage Field Day
- Variety Test Information
- U.K. All Commodity Field Day
- Kentucky to Host National Forage Meeting
- Low Hay Acres, High Hay Prices
- Orchardgrass Stand Persistence in the Mid-Atlantic Region
- Effects of Co-Grazing Dairy Heifers and Goats on Forage Intake, Botanical Composition, and Dry Matter Yield of Mixed Species Pastures
- Species Evenness has Limited Influence on Weed Invasion of Forage Mixtures
- Performance and Carcass Parameters when Meat Goats were Finished on Chicory, Birdsfoot Trefoil, or Red Clover Pastures
- Effects of Cutting Height and Variety on Switchgrass yield in Tennessee
- Ergovaline Recovery from Digested Residues of Grazed Tall Fescue Seedheads
JULY 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- UK All Commodity Field Day - July 21
- KFGC Forage Field Day - September 8
- Kentucky to Host National Forage Meeting
- Dr. Dougherty Retires
- Forage Tour Photos
- KFGC Members Place in all AFGC Contests at the Annual Meeting
- Arkansas 300 Day Grazing Program - Demonstration Results
- Arkansas 300-Day Grazing Program - Whole Farm Projects
- Beef Cow Reproductive Performance is Negatively Impacted by the Grazing of Toxic Tall Fescue
- Producer Attitudes Toward Renovating Toxic Fescue with Novel Endophyte Fescue
JUNE 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- American Forage and Grassland Council Annual Meeting
- UK All Commodity Field Day
- Equine Exhibit Expanded for UK All Commodity Field Day
- Clover PowerPoint Released
- Kentucky Grazing School
- Alfalfa Intensive Training Seminar
- New Page added to Forage Website
- New Native Warm-Season Grasses Publications Available
- Filming Completed on Forage DVD
- Harvesting and Managing Flooded Forage
- Spraying Roundup Ready Alfalfa
- Net Wrap Cuts Losses, Saves Time
- Keys to a Profitable Forage Program
MAY 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Alfalfa Conference Photos
- 32nd Kentucky Alfalfa Conference Date Set
- Grazing Conference set for Bowling Green
- American Forage & Grassland Council Annual Meeting
- Grazing School
- Mob Grazing Misconceptions
- Letter to the Editor
- Kentucky Land Values and Rental Rates
- Economic Study Proves Value of Legumes & Non-toxic Fescue in Pastures
- Low Soil pH Reduces Fertilizer Efficiency
- Terminology for Grazing Lands and Grazing Animals
APRIL 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Kentucky Alfalfa Conference Wins Outstanding Extension Program Award
- April Grazing School
- Best Practices to Hasten Field Drying of Grasses and Alfalfa
- Maturity Determines Forage Quality
- UK Switchgrass for Biomass Project Online Learning Modules now Available on our Website
- Invasive Species' Abundance Similar at Native and Introduced Sites
- NAFA Descends on DC to Talk Alfalfa
- Beef Cow Numbers Decline During 2010
MARCH 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Kentucky Alfalfa Awards
- KFGC Update
- Grazing School Offers Classroom and Field (Hands-on) Activities
- Roundup Ready® Alfalfa
- Ash Content in Hay
- Caution Advised with Grazing & Cutting Heights of Orchardgrass
- Heart of America Grazing Conference Proceedings and Photos
- Agriculture Returns as a Bright Spot in the Economic Recovery
FEBRUARY 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Kentucky Alfalfa Conference in Lexington
- Ag Development Board Approves Fertilizer as Forage Cost Share
- Value of Legumes in Pasture
- AFGC Annual Meeting June 13-15
- New Service for KFGC Members
- AFGC National Hay Contest
- Kentucky Grazing School - April 13-14, 2011
- Forages at KCA
- USDA Decision Clears the Way for Forage Genetics to Sell Seed for Spring Planting
- Proceedings on Website
- KFGC Update
- Heart of America Grazing Conference
JANUARY 2011 (pdf version)
Issue Highlights
- Forages at KCA
- Small Ruminant Grazing Conference
- Mid-South Stocker Conference
- Kentucky's Agricultural Economy
- Forage Variety Test Results
- Regional Grazing Conference Coming to Louisville - Register Now!
- Alfalfa - Tall Fescue Row Orientation / Compatibility Comparisons on Establishment and Persistence Under Grazing
- Why Graze