DECEMBER 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Kentuckians at AFGC

- Forages at KCA

- Select Forage Varieties Wisely

- How Good is Your Hay?

- 35th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference

- Vegetative Identification of Small Grains

- 2014 UK Robinson Center Mountain Ag Week a Success

- Transgenic Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa Gains Deregulation

 

NOVEMBER 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Western Kentucky University Hosts Grazing Conference

- Kentucky Forage & Grassland Council Presents Annual Awards

- Beef Bash 2014

- National Hay Association Elects New Leaders

- 2014 KFGC Forage Spokesperson Contest

- National Alfalfa Seminar Increase Your Alfalfa Knowledge

- Dr. Temple Grandin to Open National Forage Conference

- Producers Features on 20th Forages at KCA Program

- Low- and Reduced-Lignin Alfalfas to Hit Market

- Sulfur Fertility for Alfalfa Production in Kentucky

 

OCTOBER 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Keynote Speakers Highlights Kentucky Grazing Conference

- Dr. Temple Grandin to Speak at Annual AFGC Conference

- Kentucky Cattlemen to Meat in Owensboro

- 35th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference - February 26, 2015

- Beware of Prussic Acid Poisoning as Frost Approaches

- Progressive Forage Grower - Surveys

- Farm Income is Forecast to Decline in 2014

- Annual Forage Calculator

- Kentucky Represented at National Hay Convention

 

SEPTEMBER 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Beef Bash 2014

- Advanced KY Grazing School at Eden Shale

- 15th Kentucky Grazing Conference

- Forage Quotes and Concepts:  New Book Offers Fresh Approach to Forage-Livestock Management

- U.S. Ranking in Cattle

- U.S. Alfalfa Production to Grow by 11% in 2014, USDA Reports

- Grazing Drought Stressed Corn Stalks

- Strategies to Deal with Hay Shortages

 

AUGUST 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Forage Tour Photos

- Kentucky Forage & Grassland Council Field Day

- Choose Varieties Wisely

- A Farmer's Creed

- Understanding the 'Intensive' in Intensive Grazing

- Minimize Alfalfa Yield Loss Due to Wheel Traffic

- Alfalfa Acres up 2.4%; All Hay Down

 

JULY 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Forage Legend Celebrates 96th Birthday

- Forage Field Day

- Late Summer Seedings

- Forage Extension Funding:  Changes & Challenges

- Time to Begin Stockpiling Tall Fescue

- Which Forage Events do you Prefer to Attend

- What's the Next Major Issue Facing Agriculture

- Kentucky Tied for 7th in Total Acres Harvested for Hay

- Do Foliar Fungicides Improve Alfalfa Forage Production?

- Dr. Jong Duk Kim - Visiting Scientist from South Korea

 

JUNE 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- KFGC Field Day

- KFGC Award Nominations

- Beef Bash - Hold the Date

- U.K. Forage Workers Tour

- Kentucky Grazing School

- Impact of Forage Species (Quality) on Stocker Average Daily Gains

- Southern Forages:  An Information Transfer "Success Story"

- Native Grass Perceptions:  Producer and Professionals Surveys in Tennessee

- Economics of Native Grass Forage Production:  How We Got Lucky and Where to from Here?

- Tolerance of Four Clover Species to Varying Rates of Pre and Post-Emergent Broadleaf Pasture Herbicides

 

MAY 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Kentucky Grazing School

- Milestone Forage Program Dates

- Hay Quality

- Mountain Ag Week at UK Robinson Center

- Forage Recovery from the Winter of 2013/14

- Hay Harvest Stage Impacts Quality

- KFGC Field Day

 

APRIL 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- AFGC Honors Forage Legend

- Spring Kentucky Grazing School

- U.S. Farm Economy Outlook for 2014

- USDA Releases Preliminary 2012 Census Data

- Red Clover Seed Per Square Foot at Varying Seeding Rates

- Weight per Bushel and Number of Seed Per Pound of Selected Forage Crops

 

MARCH 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Meetings, Friends and March 1

- Southern Forage Authors Make Surprise Visit at 34th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference

- 34th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference

- Kentucky Alfalfa Awards

- Hay "Evaluation" Contest

- Register NOW for the Kentucky Spring Grazing School

- Hay Awards

- New Program Available:  Grazing for Cash

- Midwest Cover Crop Council - Cover Crop Decision Tool

- Is an Acreage Comeback Looming for Alfalfa?

 

FEBRUARY 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- WKU to Host 34th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference

- Dr. Ray Smith Elected President of the American Forage & Grassland Council

- Red Meat & Health

- Kentucky Forage Light Shines Bright at National Meetings

- Forages at KCA Proceedings

- Kentucky Grazing School

- Master Grazer:  Improving Grazing Management in Kentucky

- 2012 Kentucky Equine Survey

- Water Transfer in an Alfalfa/Maize Association

- The Cold Temperatures and Alfalfa

- Value of Forage Quality

 

JANUARY 2014 (pdf version)

Issue Highlights

- Grazing, Health & Animal Rights

- Forage Workers Heading for Memphis

- Forage Variety Reports Now Available

- Heart of America Grazing Conference will help Producers Improve Forages

- Dugger Brings Cotton Council Experience to National Hay Association

- Bermudagrass Stem Maggot found in Allen County

- Farmland Value Reaches Historic $8,716 Statewide Average

- Farmer-to-Farmer Mentoring - Delivering Real Change in Practice on UK Livestock Farms

- Novel Approaches to Developing On-farm Biomass Production Systems