USDA-ARS researchers working in the southeast report on outcomes of a 7 year study on potential benefits and impacts of grazing cover crops with cattle in the most February 2015 issue of Agricultural Research. Researchers were interested in whether opportunities to include cover crops for grazing would increase overall use of cover crops on southeastern USA farms.

Dairy farmers who are considering their options for increasing flexibility in their forage production systems may want to review a new SARE factsheet, Alternative Continuous-Cover Dairy Forage System for Profitability, Flexibility and Soil Health. In a SARE-funded study in New York, a cooperative team of farmers, researchers and consultants addressed these constraints in dairy farm […]

A research report on grazing  two warm-season annual grasses (sorghum sudangrass and teff grass) has been posted on the Research Updates page.  The research was conducted during 2010 and 2011 at the UW-Lancaster Agriculture Research Station in southwest Wisconsin.  To access the report directly, click here…  

Ag engineers from Michigan State recently reported on the use of manure slurry seeding of red clover for grassland renovation. Slurry seeding is an innovative process that combines low disturbance aeration tillage, manure slurry application and the seeding of cover crops in one efficient operation.