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Understanding Soils With the Help of Sensors
Noble researchers are using sensors to gain a better understanding of the effects of tillage and cover crops on soil moisture, temperature, erosion and organic carbon.
The Ins and Outs of Making Stockpile Bermudagrass Work
Stockpiling defers a forage from grazing to allow it to accumulate forage mass for grazing during fall and winter.
The Search for Forage-Efficient Cows
A study suggests that current selection tools, such as genomic testing and expected progeny differences (EPDs), for feed intake should be useful in selecting low-intake replacement females for forage-based production systems.
Hay Alternative: Are You Ready to Graze Bermudagrass in Winter?
Hay can be expensive, but here is a strategy for cattle producers with bermudagrass pastures to extend the grazing season.
Cover Crop Grazing Research Leads to Ideas for Future Research
A research study investigating the use of cover crops and tilled and no-till beef cattle grazing systems leads to more questions about crop rotations, species, economics and soil health.
Switchgrass as a Dual-Purpose Grazing and Bioenergy Crop
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 set U.S. renewable fuel standards requiring the production of 16 billion gallons of ethanol from cellulosic biomass feedstocks by 2022. Switchgrass...
Tall Fescue: History, Application, Establishment and Management
Tall fescue [Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh = Festuca arundinacea] is an introduced, cool-season, perennial grass that is native from Europe to Siberia and into North Africa. The date of the...
Drought Management
Updated February 2018*While the years and numbers mentioned in this publication may be outdated, the strategies and principles listed are still accurate.*
Drought can be defined simply as 75 percent...
Switchgrass Establishment
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), is a native, warm-season (C4) perennial grass that can be found growing over the eastern two-thirds of the United States, Central America and southern Canada....
Researcher studies cover crop effects on winter pasture
Noble Research Institute researchers are studying how cover crops could be part of a year-round grazing system that provides economic and environmental benefits to farmers and ranchers.