Corn harvest nearing completion with record yields reported in food corn and feed grains, corn and grain sorghum. Wheat pasture (market) cattle are moving slowly due to slow development of wheat pasture and high wheat prices, said Dr. Because of needed rain, some winter pastures are on hold until some moisture is received; in other areas, winter and spring pasture seeding is underway. Planting has all but stopped as producers wait on moisture before resuming field activities. Producers...

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Throughout the day you will get to informally discuss what all these producers have experienced with the dry conditions this year and what kind of adjustments they have had to make. nacdnet.net There is no charge for the workshop, but reservations need to be made by Friday so that enough food will be prepared. Cooks are using grazing and forages to supplement the feed for their buffalo. Before being published on our web site, your comments will be considered and approved by our staff. You...

Currently in Montana, we have many pleasure horses on small acreages that subsist on hay 365 days a year, and their only involvement with "pasture" is a place to exercise. At the other extreme, full access to early bloom alfalfa hay can lead to weight problems in lightly-used pleasure horses, due to the high intake potential of the alfalfa. For example, if you have late-maturity grass hay, no matter if it is timothy, orchard grass, or brome, it will be deficient in protein. What are the...

Three years ago, the National Gardening Association polled consumers on their use of chemicals in gardening and found that although only 5 percent said they used strictly organic fertilizers and pesticides, 13 percent said they probably would go organic, according to Bruce Butterfield, the association's research director. In this season of lawn repair, Tukey wants people to throw away the chemicals and switch to organic methods of establishing and maintaining turf grass. For half a century...