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forage testing

Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab utilizes manure analysis to provide precise data on forage quality and livestock nutritional demands, empowering livestock producers to make informed management decisions and improve operational efficiency. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Animal Health, Arkansas, beef, Beef, Colorado, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Feeder, Forage Crops, Iowa, Kansas, Livestock, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Seedstock, South Dakota, Stocker, Texas, Wyoming

Drought challenges livestock producers

Drought-stressed forage can carry dangerous nitrate levels, requiring livestock producers to test feed and manage cattle diets carefully. Read More

Beef cattle in pasture at sunset. (iStock │ #207406680 - Steve Lovegrove)
Hay Range Pasture, Midwestern Region, Missouri, Regional Roundup

MU Extension hosts free pasture management workshops

Jake Mowrer, Ph.D., is the new director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory in College Station. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Soil Health, Southern Region, Texas

Mowrer takes helm of AgriLife Extension Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory

Hay field (Photo by Linda Geist - University of Missouri Extension)

Get better hay, better returns with small changes

  • April 15, 2026
  • By University of Missouri Extension
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Grazing sorghum stover following grain harvest 

  • August 23, 2023
  • By Brent Bean

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