Forages

Time 2020-09-17 14:08:21

Web Name: Forages

WebSite: http://georgiaforages.caes.uga.edu

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The UGA Forages website is your window to information on a wide variety of forage management issues.This information is extended to you by scientists from the University of Georgia, who continue to research all aspects of forage and livestock management. The recommendations found here are based on peer-reviewed research conducted in Georgia and throughout the world. The website provides accurate and up-to-date information about all forage management issues facing producers in Georgia and the Southeast.Please check this website regularly for updates, upcoming events, and hot topics. UGA Forage Extension Team Posted by Savannah Tanner, Emanuel County on Sep 16, 2020 Fire Ant Control To be so tiny, ants can cause lots of turmoil in our hayfields and pastures including equipment damage, employee harm (i.e. loading square bales), and just plain aggravation. Many times we as livestock or hay producers have what we consider more pressing things to attend to: fertilizing, armyworm control, or... UGA Forage Extension Team Posted by Roger Gates, Whitfield County on Sep 16, 2020 Bale Grazing 101 The late Alan Nation, longtime editor of ‘The Stockman Grass Farmer’ was fond of encouraging readers to identify any “unfair advantage” they had and to use that advantage to the fullest. Those advantages may be very specific to a particular operation or they may be more regional. In the Southeast,... UGA Forage Extension Team Posted by Steve Morgan, Harris County on Sep 16, 2020 Minimizing Hay Storage and Feeding Losses Hay is the most widely grown, mechanically-harvested agronomic crop in the United States. According to USDA, in 2019, the United States produced more than 57.7 million acres of forage crops harvested for hay. Annual production from this acreage is over 140 million tons of hay valued at more than 18... CAES News UGA researchers seek targets to mitigate fescue toxicity in cattle Posted on 09/10/20 by Maria M. Lameiras, Alec Lee A $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow researchers at the University of Georgia to examine the minutiae of cattle and fescue microbiome interaction to find targets that will help mitigate the effects of fescue toxicosis, a forage-related condition that costs the U.S. beef industry more than $1 billion each year. CAES News UGA researcher uses 'cotton cake' as protein supplement in dairy cattle diets Posted on 12/06/19 by Maria Sellers John Bernard, a professor and dairy scientist at the University of Georgia Tifton campus, has found that a type of cottonseed meal is an effective protein supplement for dairy cattle. CAES News Winners announced in Southeastern Hay Contest Posted on 10/29/19 by Clint Thompson A record 380 entries were submitted in this year’s Southeastern Hay Contest (SEHC), and the grand prize was awarded to Yon Family Farms of Ridge Spring, South Carolina. The winner received $1,000 from Massey Ferguson and the choice of the use of a new Massey Ferguson DM Series disc mower or RK Series rotary rake for next year’s hay production season.

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