By mid-August the options for boosting forage inventory are limited. A winter small grain (rye, triticale, or wheat) can be planted immediately after corn silage harvest for early spring forage harvest. A second option ...
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June 14, 2022 – Grazing dairy heifers on pasture can reduce the cost of production and, for bred heifers, improve health at calving. Allowing the heifer to harvest its own forage and spread its ...
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After being involved with grazing livestock for much of my life, first on my family’s dairy then owning a grazing dairy, and finally working here at CCE, I am surprised that more grazing doesn’t ...
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By Betsy Hicks, CCE Dairy Management Specialist & Troy Bishopp, Upper Susquehanna Coalition/ Madison County SWCD From May to November 2021, several farms participated in a pasture regrowth monitoring project. Troy Bishopp of the ...
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In my work, first as a grazing dairy farmer and now as a Cornell University Cooperative Extension educator working with graziers across New York State, I have been aware of pasture soil compaction but ...
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Project Objective: Graziers who participate will fine tune their grazing skills to help improve pasture output by learning how weather conditions (rainfall, temperature) interact with management decisions (residue height, rest) to affect regrowth in ...
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I had a pasture soil compaction epiphany while working in a St. Lawrence County pasture on a NE SARE-supported project. The project was to plant radishes and other brassicas into established pasture swards. The ...
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Pasture Rangeland and Forage (PRF) crop insurance was developed for producers that produce forage for their animals or for sale. It covers the single peril of drought. The basis of this insurance is on ...
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Farmers that raise animals know that June is when flies start to be a nuisance, and by July, if a control program is not in place, production losses occur. The information from this pasture ...
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Through program evaluation, producers consistently let us know that offering a variety of program formats and lengths is necessary to reach a wide audience. This season, our Dairy Program utilized discussion groups, on-farm meetings, ...
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