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Productivity, Nutritive Value, Nitrates, and Stem Maggot Damage for Five Forage Bermudagrass Cultivars in Spray Fields

IntroductionIn the coastal plains of North Carolina, bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] is a widely grown forage in land receiving swine effluent application (also known as spray fields). In…

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2024 Forage Webinar Series

Save the date for the 2024 Forage Webinar Series. Registration details will follow. Forage & Grassland Management Webinar Series Once a month in July, August, September & October 2024

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Silvopasture Tours; Sept. 5 & 6, North Carolina

Save-the-date. Join us for the opportunity to visit and discuss two typical silvopasture systems in North Carolina.

Different arrangement of trees in pastures

Silvopastures in North Carolina, What Have We Learned?

Silvopastoral systems can provided multiple ecosystem services – the benefits people obtain from ecosystems –, for example, forage production, wildlife viewing, meat, milk, carbon sequestration.…

Grazing (beef steers) and foraging (pollinators) grass-clover pastures

Consider Frost-Seeding Clovers Into Tall Fescue Pastures

Tall fescue-clover pastures have a long history of improving livestock performance in the U.S. transition zone as well as mitigating the effects of fescue toxicosis. In addition, clovers in tall…

Cattle walking in single file along a dirt path in a grassy, hilly pasture

Video: I Have Land and Livestock. Are the Amounts Balanced....?

A critical decision for land and livestock managers is the amount of land needed for a given number of livestock. This decision is not trivial, and in fact has the most influence on the outcomes of a…

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Video: Meet Ashley Robbins, Area Specialized Dairy Agent - Commercial Dairy

Meet Ashley Robbins, the new Area Specialized Dairy Agent - Commercial Dairy. Welcome Ashley, we are so happy you joined the team.

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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…

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Training in Forages for Producers and Land Managers (Afternoon Session), Feb. 13, 2019

A 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, areas that remained flooded…

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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,…