A NEW forage oat variety was released in Toowoomba last week with the potential to allow livestock industries to gain greater productivity. Aladdin was bred at the DEEDI Leslie Research Centre in ...

Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for producers. An oat crop can provide a quick, small-grains pasture with good forage quality that can bridge the gap until summer pasture is ...

Switching ewes in late pregnancy from pastures to forage oats has no significant impact on ewe survival, but a sudden switch during lambing could hurt lamb survival.

Fall offers the best opportunity to establish or renovate cool-season forages like tall fescue, orchardgrass and winter annuals such as brassicas, oats, wheat, rye and triticale. With strong cattle ...

Due to several issues, there will be open fields this winter that could be prime candidates for a spring forage crop. Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for farmers. Typically in ...

Wheat harvest is upon us and that leads us to be thinking about some forage opportunities after harvest is complete. There is plenty of growing season left this year and there are several forage ...

As foraging for food undergoes something of a revival, the column offers a culinary challenge - and something of a free puff - to the Good Pub Guide's North-East Dining Pub of the Year. HIS email ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wide range of forage crops could help grain and livestock producers salvage some value from their fields once the drought-ravaged corn crop has been harvested - if soil ...

When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

Striving to produce more milk from home-grown forage is part of a wider ambition to reduce bought-in feed costs and improve business sustainability for the Dilks family. Ross Dilks farms with his ...