Versatile Teff Performs Well In Pennsylvania, Specialist Says
An Ethiopian summer-annual grass called teff could be a valuable asset to Pennsylvania growers, says Marvin Hall, Penn State extension forage specialist. He’s optimistic that teff can be grown in the state as successfully as other summer-annual grass...
Growing Switchgrass As A Biofuel
The University of Tennessee (UT) has published a how-to guide on growing switchgrass for ethanol fuel in an effort to educate growers and consumers...
Carbo-Loaded
High-sugar perennial ryegrasses are said to supply more energy to the rumen, converting more of the grass protein to meat and milk. High-sugar grasses...
Tennessee Offers Hay Storage Cost-Share Program
Tennessee farmers looking to improve hay quality and to better manage forage resources have until Oct. 1 to apply for cost-share assistance toward construction of a new hay storage ...
Cut Alfalfa-Grass At 2"
If you harvest an alfalfa or alfalfa-grass mix at 4", it may be slightly higher in quality than the recommended 2" cutting height. But a 2" cut will produce higher yield per acre and ...
Endophytes Hold Key To Improved Forages
A new tall-fescue variety containing a beneficial or friendly endophyte should be released in 2009 by the Noble Foundation, says Joe Bouton of its Forage Improvement Division in Ardmore, CA...
Great Year For Grass
It looks like the supply of dairy-quality alfalfa hay will remain tight as a drum through next winter, despite USDA's prediction that hay acreage will...
Pennsylvania: Cereal Rust Mites
Cereal rust mite larvae are feeding on timothy leaves across southeastern Pennsylvania...
Alfalfa-Grass Mixes Reduce Leafhopper Damage
Planting a cool-season grass with non-potato leafhopper-resistant alfalfa will reduce leafhopper damage and increase yield compared to...
Digestible And In Demand
Its yield and quality will never knock your socks off. But bromegrass is dependable, almost always producing respectable yields of highly digestible forage...
