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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

  • Forage Identification and Use Guide

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

  • Renovating Hay and Pasture Fields

Quality

  • Understanding Forage Quality
  • Quality Hay Production

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

  • 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)
  • Pastured Poultry
  • 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

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

  • Chicory:  An Alternative Livestock Forage

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

Economics

  • Buying and Selling Hay and Straw
  • Economics of Alfalfa and Corn Silage Rotations
  • Factors to Consider When Marketing Hay
  • Paying for Unexpected Feed Expenses
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