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Weed Management in Pastures - June 20, 2023 - Franklin County

Area horse owners and livestock producers are invited to join Cooperative Extension for weed management program next Tuesday, June 20th, at N.C. Cooperative Extension, Franklin County Center. See…

International Grassland Congress (IGC),14 - 19 May 2013, Kentucky, USA

This is the first time, after 1981, that IGC will meet in the USA, specifically in Covington, Kentucky. For details please visit the IGC Website

Grazing Heights for Rotational Stocking

We have published a new article (see here) addressing grazing heights when implementing rotational stocking.

Forage Field Day, July 15th, 2022. 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. at Piedmont Research Station, Salisbury, NC.

Forage Field Day, 15 July 2022, Salisbury, NC

Join us to see forage variety plots and hear about establishment and management of perennial warm- and cool-season forages in NC Piedmont.For registration, please call (704-216-8970) or email…

June 1, 2016: patchy sparse grass on bare soil; July 1, 2016: dense green grass

Research Brief: Evaluation of Sprigged Bermudagrass Cultivars in Spray Fields

There are several vegetatively propagated bermudagrass cultivars readily available to producers in North Carolina; a.k.a., sprigged bermudagrass cultivars. We frequently get asked which is the best…

National Forage Testing Association Meeting (ONLINE)

Join us on June 9, 2020, for the Annual Meeting of the National Forage Testing Association. Agenda details are below and you can use this Zoom link to join.We will present the results of our work…

Video: How to Sample Hay Bales for Nutritive Value Analysis

Hay is defined as forage conserved under aerobic dry or limited moisture conditions. Hay is critical to feed livestock during periods of shortage caused by limited pasture growth or inadequate…

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2020 Southeast U.S. Hay Harvest Survey

Extension forage specialists with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and in the Southeast U.S. would like your help in gathering information on hay harvest methods and time required…

Foxtail Is Taking Over My Hay Field. What Can I Do to Control This Weedy Grass?

Answer: Foxtail is an annual grass that germinates in the spring when soil temperature averages 65 degrees for three consecutive days. Alexander County soil temperature data from 2009 to 2018 shows…

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Training in Forages for Extension Agents and Research Station Personnel (Morning Session), Feb. 13, 2019

Forage Recovery Plan 2019A wet fall 2018 not only delayed, and in some cases completely prevented, timely fall-plantings of cool-season annual and perennial forages in North Carolina. In addition,…