When it comes to forage and cover crops, winter rye offers rock-star versatility that makes it easy to love. Agronomy experts at the University of Vermont, North Dakota State University and the ...

Annual ryegrass in the pasture—if you love it, keep it. If you hate it…well, that may be a problem. A cool season grass, annual ryegrass has very good forage quality for early grazing and is part of ...

University of Idaho Extension researchers see promise in hybrid rye and teff as potential forage crop options that could fill important niches for Idaho farmers. Hybrid rye — a cross of two rye ...

A forage-based diet can be provided through late fall, winter and early spring by cool-season grasses planted on tilled land, sod-seeded into warm-season perennials or double-cropped with a summer ...

Dairy farmers in the Northeast can improve water quality and boost the profitability of their operations by changing the timing and method of applying manure to their fields in the fall, along with ...

KIMBERLY — University of Idaho Extension researchers see promise in hybrid rye and teff as potential forage crop options that could fill important niches for Magic Valley farmers, especially during ...

David Karki of SDSU underlined that planting cover crops like rye is not so much about big yield increases, but it will make the land more tolerant of fluctuations in weather. David Karki, a South ...

It’s been a good start to cereal harvest, with forage rye now safely into the clamps before the end of June. Unfortunately, the cold spring and lack of moisture had a detrimental effect on yield, ...

Hybrid rye offers several benefits to arable rotations, not least because of the ability of its extensive root system to extract soil nutrients, potentially cutting nitrogen fertiliser requirements by ...

image: Dairy farmers in the Northeast can improve water quality and boost the profitability of their operations by changing the timing and method of applying manure to their fields in the fall, along ...