Forage Publications
Forage Publications
General
- Grain & Forage Crop Guide for Kentucky
- Forage Identification and Use Guide
- Improved Grass Varieties Benefit Farmers in Many Ways!
- Stocker Cattle Performance And Calculated Pasture Costs
- An International Terminology for Grazing Lands and Grazing Animals
- Ten Reasons to Make FORAGE FIRST in the ration
- Ten Keys to a Profitable Forage Program
Species
Cover Crops
- Cover Crop Benefits and Challenges in Kentucky
- Annual Ryegrass - A Deep Rooting Winter Cover Crop
- Annual Ryegrass as a Cover Crop Management Guide
- Ryegrass for Forage
Soils and Fertility
- Fertilizer Management in Alfalfa
- Profitability of Nitrogen Applications for Stockpiling Tall Fescue Pastures - 2015 Guide
- Lime and Fertilizer Recommendations
- When to Apply Lime and Fertilizer
- Taking Soil Test Samples
- Soil Testing: What It Is and What It Does
- Inoculation of Forage Legumes
- Using Animal Manures as Nutrient Sources
- Stockpiling for Fall & Winter Pasture
- The Agronomics of Manure Use for Crop Production
- Broiler Litter Production in Kentucky and Potential Use as a Nutrient Source
- Problems in Diagnosing Nutrient Deficiencies of Cool Season Grasses
- Sulfur Fertilization in Kentucky
- Estimating Carrying Capacity of Cool-Season Pastures in Kentucky using Web Soil Survey
- Nutrient Management in Kentucky
Establishment
- Frost Seeding Clover: A Recipe for Success
- Simplifying Grain Drill Calibration - Progressive Forage Grower, written by UK Forage Interns
- Alfalfa Germination and Growth - NAFA & Univ. Wisconsin Extension
- Establishing Alfalfa for Forages - Arkansas
- Establishing Forage Crops
- Inoculation of Forage Legumes
- Establishing Horse Pastures
- Grain & Forage Crop Guide for Kentucky
- "Emergency" Inoculation for Poorly Nodulated Legumes
Renovation
Quality
Pests: Weed, Insect and Disease
- Biology & Management of Bermudagrass Stem Maggot
- Sugarcane Aphid Management Guide
- Diseases in Orchardgrass
- Alfalfa Analyst
- Nodding Thistle and Its Control in Grass Pastures
- Weed Control Strategies for Alfalfa and Other Forage Legume Crops
- Weed Management in Grass Pastures, Hayfields, and Fencerows
- Broadleaf Weeds of Kentucky Pastures
- An Alfalfa Disease Calendar
- "Emergency" Inoculation for Poorly Nodulated Legumes
- Rating Scale for Brown Stripe of Orchardgrass
- Managing Diseases of Alfalfa
- Kentucky Plant Disease Management Guide for Forage Legumes
- Kentucky Integrated Crop Management Manual for Field Crops, Alfalfa
- Insecticide Recommendations for Alfalfa, Clover and Pastures - 2022
- Alfalfa Weevil Field Sampling Program
Grazing
- All-Weather Surfaces for Cattle Watering Facilities
- Economic Efficiency in Organic Dairy Operations
- Improving Small Ruminant Pasture
- Alfalfa for Beef Cows
- Producer's Guide to Pasture-Based Beef Finishing
- Pasture Finishing Worksheet for Beef Cattle (2016)
- Pasture and Grazing Management in the Northwest
- Stockpiling for Fall & Winter Pasture
- Using Soil-Cement on Horse and Livestock Farms
- Using a Grazing Stick for Pasture Management
- Extending Grazing and Reducing Stored Feed Needs
- Planning Fencing Systems for Intensive Grazing Management
- GRAZING ALFALFA: Economic and Sustainable Use of High-Value Crop
- Rotational Grazing
- Grazing Corn: An Option for Extending the Grazing Season in Kentucky
- Managing Steep Terrain for Livestock Forage Production
- Using Dry Lots to Conserve Pastures and Reduce Pollution Potential
Hay
- Utilizing Drought Stressed Soybeans on Forage
- Managing Frost Damaged Alfalfa Stands
- Best Practices to Hasten Field Drying of Grasses and Alfalfa
- Determining Forage Moisture Content Using a Microwave Oven
- Alfalfa - The High Quality Hay for Horses
- Minimizing Losses in Hay Storage and Feeding
- Understanding Forage Quality
- The Effects of Weather on Hay Production
- Quality Hay Production
- Round Bale Hay Storage in Kentucky
- Hay Preservatives
- Buying and Selling Alfalfa Hay
- Factors to Consider when Marketing Hay
- Hay Fire Prevention and Control
Sileage/Baleage
- Baleage: Frequently Asked Questions
- Round Bale Hay Storage in Kentucky
- Baling Forage Crops for Silage
- KY-A-Syst: Silage Storage
Grasses
- Managing Small Grains for Livestock Forage
- Comprehensive NRCS Eastern Gamagrass Guide
- Forage Sorghum
- Pearl Millet
- Crabgrass
- Foxtail Millet
- Sudangrass and Sorghum-sudangrass Hybrids
- Warm Season Annual Grasses in Kentucky
- Festulolium Hybrid Grass
- Best Practices to Hasten Field Drying of Grasses and Alfalfa
- Bermudagrass -- A Summer Forage
- Tall Fescue
- Producing Corn for Grain and Silage
- Kentucky Bluegrass as a Forage Crop
- Native Warm Season Perennial Grasses for Forages in Kentucky
- Prechilling Switchgrass Seed on Farm to Break Dormancy
- Grazing Native Warm-Season Grasses in the Mid-South
- Native Warm-Season Grasses for Mid-South Forage Production
- Big Bluestem
- Eastern Gamagrass
- Indiangrass
- Switchgrass
- Sudangrass and Sorghum-sudangrass Hybrids
Legumes
- Possible Causes of Yellowing Alfalfa
- Managing Frost Damaged Alfalfa Stands
- Growing Alfalfa in the South
- Winter Survival, Fall Dormancy & Pest Resistance Ratings for Alfalfa Varieties
- Producing Red Clover Seed in Kentucky
- Growing Red Clover in Kentucky
- Alfalfa The Queen of Forage Crops
- Growing Lespedeza in Kentucky
- Growing White Clover in Kentucky
- Kura Clover for Kentucky
- Grazing Alfalfa
- Managing Legume-Induced Bloat in Cattle
Horse
- Blackpatch of Forage Legumes: Cause of Slaframine Toxicosis or "Slobbers" in Animals
- Alfalfa High-Quality Hay for Horses
- Improving Kentucky Horse Pastures
- Tall Fescue Toxicity for Horses: Literature Review and Kentucky's Successful Pasture Evaluation Program
- Forage Use and Identification Guide
- Soil Sampling and Nutrient Management in Horse Pastures
- Estimating Carrying Capacity of Cool-Season Pastures in Kentucky Using Web Soil Survey
- Forages for Horses
- New Recommendations for Perennial Ryegrass Seedings for Kentucky Horse Farms
- Understanding Endophyte-Infected Tall Fescue and Its Effect on Broodmares
- Choosing Hay for Horses
- Establishing Horse Pastures
- High Traffic Area Pads for Horses
- Temporary Fencing for Horse Pastures
- Composting Horse Muck
- Improving Kentucky Horse Pastures
Dairy
- Economic Efficiency in Organic Dairy Operations
- Understanding Forage Quality
- Baled Silage: Frequently Asked Questions
- Recommended Principles for Proper Hay Sampling
- Managing Small Grains for Livestock Forage
- Baling Forage Crops for Silage
- Forage-Related Cattle Disorders
- Pasture for Dairy Cattle: Challenges and Opportunities
- Using Drought-Stressed Corn: Harvesting, Storage, Feeding, Pricing and Marketing
- Interpreting Forage Quality Reports
Poultry
Livestock Disorders
- Guide to Plants of Kentucky Potentially Poisonous to Livestock
- Tall Fescue Sampling Guidelines for Ergovaline Analyses
- Blackpatch of Forage Legumes: Cause of Slaframine Toxicosis of "Slobbers" in Animals
- Cyanide Poisoning in Ruminants
- Forage-Related Disorders in Cattle: Nitrate Poisoning
- Forage-Related Cattle Disorders: Hypomagnesemic Tetany or "Grass Tetany"
- Fescue Toxicosis
- Managing Legume-Induced Bloat in Cattle
- Forage-Related Cattle Disorders: Brassicas: Be Aware of the Animal Health Risks
- Forage-Related Cattle Disorders: Ergotism
- Forage-Related Cattle Disorders: Staggers (Tremorgenic Syndrome)
- Forage-Related Cattle Disorders: Acute or Atypical Interstitial Pneumonia (AIP)
- Cyanide (Prussic acid) Field Test using Cyantesmo Paper
- EMD Nitrate Test Strip Instructions
- Drought-Stressed Corn Silage Valuation - 2012 Guide
Tall Fescue
- Comparison of Commercially Available Novel-Endophyte Tall Fescue Forage Varieties
- Guidelines for tall fescue sample collection for endophyte-associated toxin testing
- Sampling for the Tall Fescue Endophyte in Pasture or Hay Stands
- Wondergrass
- The Facinating Tale of Tall Fescue
- Endophyte Test Submittal Form
- Tall Fescue Endophyte Concepts
- Tall Fescue On-line Monograph
- Tall Fescue
- Alternatives for Fungus Infected Tall Fescue
- Understanding the Tall Fescue Endophyte
Teff
- Teff - Old Plant, New Use
- Teff as Emergency Forage
- Teff Grass - Crop Overview and Forage Production Guide
- Managing Small Grains for Livestock Forage
- Annual Ryegrass
Forbs
Native Grasses: Forage and Biomass
- Native Warm-Season Perennial Grasses for Forage in Kentucky
- Farm Scale Biomass Production for Electricity Generation and Community Development
- Project Summary for Expanding Opportunities for Biomass and Hay Production in Northern Kentucky - 2007-2011
- Planting and Managing Switchgrass as a Biomass Energy Crop
- Switchgrass for Biomass
- Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop
- Switchgrass for Biomass Production in Kentucky
- Wildlife Benefits of Switchgrass Production in Kentucky
- Prechilling Switchgrass Seed on Farm to Break Dormancy
