Dr. Mark Renz, UW-Madison Extension Weed Scientist, offers several recommendations for those pasture managers who want to address pasture weed issues during the fall months. Check out his recent post in the Wisconsin Crop Manager newsletter: Fall is a great time to manage pasture weeds http://bit.ly/o4R9Yq  

Last fall a group of Michigan State University students interviewed several Michigan dairy producers about their transition from confinement to pasture-based systems and have created a video series titled “Pasture-Based Dairies: Why and How to Switch”.  The 3-part video series can now be found on the MSU Kellogg Biological Station YouTube channel as well as a video […]

Check out this new UW Extension publication by collaborators Paul Daigle, Ken Barnett, Tom Cadwallader & Dennis Cosgrove on constructing lanes for dairy cattle.  Lanes that Keep Dairy Animals High & Dry is illustrated with both photos and construction diagrams, offers options for designing and building quality cattle lanes.

Most pastures contain a wide variety of plants, and sometimes there are a few species that can be toxic to livestock. Start by educating yourself about what plants are in your pastures—both the beneficial forages as well as the weedy species. UW Extension has publications on the common Wisconsin pasture grasses, legumes and weeds available […]

How do foliar applied nutrients work and are they an effective way to apply nutrients to pastures?   Plants can absorb water and dissolved nutrients through their leaf and stem tissues, although not as efficiently as through root tissues. There have been many studies on a wide variety of plants looking at the efficiency and effectiveness […]