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Yearly Archives: 2016

How Do I Handle My Hay Fields and Pastures in Severe Drought?

First we need to clarify what sort of perennial forage stand we are managing.  The answer will be different for pure or very dominant...

Exercise Realities

Expectations vs. Reality. Somedays our superpowers have us flying. Other days....well.... (Beware - loud, heavy metal music! I recommend muting. :-)) Thanks to The Rock FM in...

An Animal’s Early Experience Outside Can Change Its Body Inside

The animals you've got could behave and eat differently and even have different internal adaptations if you give them different experiences when they're young.

Texting With Mom Part Deux

Sometimes we're all a little forgetful, right? (I've actually done something very much like this one!) Save

Beware of Grazing Tall Fescue During Hot Months

Duane Dailey of University of Missouri Extension put together this important information for reducing heat stress for cattle grazing tall fescue.

Drought Recovery Assistance

Not getting the moisture you need? USDA Farm Service Agency can't send rain, but they can help with the monetary impacts.

Will Cloned Cattle Give Us What We’re Looking For?

If you followed the three part pictorial history of cattle size and type by Dr. Harlan Ritchie (see Part 1 here), you may have...

The Benefits of Country Living

I wrote this piece in 2001 and in my opinion little has changed. When I got out of bed this morning it was pretty much...

Is Corn Sweat to Blame for the Heat Wave?

Back in July of 2016 when the U.S. was experiencing a heat wave, CNN's news ticker said that corn sweat was to blame for...

Using Pasture Pro Posts as Corner Braces

Jim Gerrish experiments with fencing supplies so you don't have to. Here are the results of a 5-year test to see how different size fiberglass posts hold up when used as braces so you'll know when you ought to spend just a bit more to get the results you're looking for.

From Big to Small to Big to Small: Part 3 of A Pictorial History of Cattle Over the Years

Just like cattlemen couldn't seem to stop making animals smaller and smaller, now they couldn't seem to stop heading the other direction either. Here's what happened in the last half of the twentieth century.

Leasing? Put It In Writing.

That's what Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, AgriLife Extension agriculture law specialist, says. "You never know what might happen between two folks with an oral lease,...

Should You Opt for the Legume? Adding Cowpeas to Forage Sorghum

Cowpeas are a viney summer annual legume that can climb, tolerate some shade, and fill in the spaces in a summer annual grass, so...

Should We Mow/Clip Pastures? It Depends.

We talked about clipping pastures in June. I’m still getting questions and comments by email about it; all good. There certainly are two sides...

Texting With Mom

Do you have trouble texting? These Moms do!   Save Save

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