Editors Note: This comes to us from Dennis O'Brien and the Agriculture Research Service. It was orignally published in the February 2015 issue Agricultural...
Are you adding grass or legume seedings to your pastures? Here's an idea for a companion crop that will help you get through the first, slow stages of pasture establishment.
Cover crop profits range from $200-400/acre, depending on the crop Jeff Rasawehr plants. When he grazes those cover crops, he makes even bigger profits, and some scientists in Georgia back that up. Jeff has some suggestions for them, too!
Jeff Rasawehr (pronounced "Raise -a- veer") farms 1500 acres in West Central Ohio, raising corn, soybeans, wheat, hay, and some beef. His goal is to...
Thanks to Steve Elliot, Agricultural Research Service Office of Communication, for this article.
Every year, stable flies and other blood-feeding pests take a $2.2 billion...
Thanks to Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications for this article.
Who doesn’t like a two-for-one deal, or a double-double, win-win?
A team of USDA scientists...