forage production

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Full Circle Jersey Dairy will host Southwest Dairy Day on Sept. 2 in Dalhart. (Kay Ledbetter/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Dairy, Livestock, Southern Region, Texas

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Southwest Dairy Day set for Sept. 2 in Dalhart

Southwest Dairy Day will give participants a look at dairy technology, herd management, nutrient management and forage production. Read More

Ag News, Disease

OSU study links Eastern redcedar spread to higher tick populations

Herd of grazing cows on a vast field. (Adobe Stock-#168421307 │ Maryna Konoplytska)
Central Region, Forage Crops, Hay Range Pasture, South Dakota

Conservation, grazing, and forage situation

Male and female pasture mealybugs side by side on blades of grass. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Pasture mealybug raises alarm for Texas livestock producers

  • By Adam Russell │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Photo courtesy of Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management.

Center helps ranchers with their grazing lands

Limited rainfall makes grass turnout a difficult choice  

Strategies to consider when dealing with drought, cow herds 

The field is blooming alfalfa. (Adobe Stock-#278624616 │ orestligetka)

New herbicide for alfalfa growers

PARTNER CONTENT HPJ Talk Don Miller Mountain View Seeds drought tolerance and drought resilience

HPJ Talk: Don Miller on breeding alfalfa for drought, salinity and stand persistence 

A bumper hay crop is starting to dwindle as supplies are being used in the wake of dry weather. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife)

High demand dwindles hay supplies as dry weather persists

Cattle move between a field planted to a cover crop and a grass pasture. Producers in the Southern Great Plains must balance forage type and quantity with grazing duration to make grazing cover crops economically viable. (Paul DeLaune/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Texas A&M AgriLife releases cover crop grazing guidance