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Pasture Management

Are There Profit Robbers in Your Pasture Production Enterprise?-Keith D. Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University 

Cut Feed Expenses By Utilizing Corn Residues, Stockpiled Pastures, and Cover Crops- G. S. Premachandra, Keith D. Johnson, Miles E. Kuhn, M. Neary, K. S. Hendrix, Purdue University

Integrated Livestock and Forage Production Through Multi-Species Grazing:  Progress Report-Neary, Johnson, Hendrix, and Trotter, Purdue University Animal Science and Agronomy Departments. 

Let's Look at the Pasture-Ed Heckman, Wayne County Extension Educator

Productive Management and Utilization of Forages on Small Acreage-Keith D. Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University

Things to Consider as You Walk the Pasture- Ed Heckman, Wayne County Extension Educator

Why Rotational Stocking Makes Dollars and Sense- Victor Shelton and Jerry Perkins, NRCS Grazing Specialists

Forage Crops

Brown Midrib Sorghum-Sudangrass - Tastes Better, Less Filling-Keith Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University

Dollars Lost with Use of "Dirty" Fescue Pasture; An Economic Comparison between Endophyte-Infected Fescue and Other Forage Alternatives-Patsy Schmitt, Graduate Student, Dept. of Ag Economics, Purdue University (may take up to 46 seconds to load)

Establishment Techniques- Jerry Cherney, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University

Forage Performance Trials At Feldun-Purdue Ag Center-Ben Carter, Research Agronomist, Purdue University

Forage Production: Compromises Among Yield, Quality, and Persistance-Jeff Volenec, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University

Improving Winter Survival of Alfalfa Without Sacrificing Yield- What we Know-Darrin Haagenson, Graduate Research Asst, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University

Less Common Forage Crops That Fit A Niche-Dave Nuhring, Grazing Systems Supply & Griewe Seed 

New Glandular-Haired Alfalfa Cultivars Show Potential to Reduce Potato Leafhopper Injury-Larry W. Bledsoe and John L. Obermeyer, Dept. of Entomology, Purdue University

Our Experiences with Brown Midrib Sorghum-Sudangrass-Kirk Vanzant, Beef Unit Manager, Purdue University

Recent Experiences with Brown-Midrib Sorghums- Mike Northcutt, Vice-President of Sales & Operations, Production + Seeds, Plainview, Texas

Taproots - The Key to Alfalfa Survival-Jeff Volenec, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University

Weed Control in Alfalfa-Gary Horner, Fulton County Extension Educator, & Keith Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University

Why Annual Forage Crops Should be Considered-Craig Williams, Cass County Extension Educator

Hay & Silage Management

Appraising Forage Quality-Chris F. Parker, Morgan County Extension Educator

Are there Profit Robbers in Your Hay Production Enterprise?-Keith D. Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University

Baling Quality Hay Using Preservatives-Jeffrey S. Roberts, President, Harvest Tec, Inc.

Beating the Weather with A Bale Wrapper- Jason Tower, Superintendent of Southern Indiana Purdue Agriculture Center

"Better Than Snowballs" But How Much?-Ben Carter, Research Agronomist, Purdue University

Biosecurity Issues For Forage Producers & Buyers-Dr. Tom Conner, Director of Cattle & Ruminant Division, Indiana State Board Health

Calculating Hay Yields- Danny Greene, Stephen Hawkins, Keith Johnson, Agronomy Department, David Petritz, Department of Agricultural Economics, David Trotter, Clark County Extension, Purdue University

Can Balage Benefit Your Forage System?  Dave Forgey , Dairy Producer, Logansport, Indiana

End of the Hay Marketing Year Perspective May 2001-David C. Petritz

Forage Harvest Management: A Compromise Between Yield, Quality, and Persistence-Jeff Volenec, Department of Agronomy, Purdue University 

Improving Hay Drying Rates- Jeremy Sweeten, Department of Agronomy, Graduate Student, Purdue University

Keeping Senecio, Horsenettle, and Other Weeds Out of My Hay Crop-Tom Bauman, Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University

A Lesson in Forage-Quality for Us Today and for Our Youth Tomorrow-Jim Peter, Dubois County Extension Educator

Potato Leafhopper Resistance - The Beginning-Richard E. Shade, Dept. of Entomology-Purdue University

Producing Quality Forage-Mark Sulc, Dept. of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University

Reducing the Risk of Rain-Damaged Hay-Michael Collins, Department of Agronomy , University of Kentucky

What We've Learned About Storing Feed in Bags -Cecil Koons, Agri-King & Michael Schutz, Dept. of Animal Sciences, Purdue University

Why Forages Need Rest Too!-B.S. Ruff, J.J. Volenec, and K.D. Johnson Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service 

Watering Systems

Developing a Water System for Livestock on Pasture-How we did it here and How you can do it, too-Kirk Vanzant, Don Jones, Steve Hawkins, Scott Cronk, Purdue University & Del Hall, NRCS

Getting Water From Here to There-Steve Hawkins, Assistant Director, Purdue Agricultural Centers & Richard Huntrods, Superintendent, Feldun Purdue Agricultural Center

How To Deliver Water To The Paddock-Del Hall, Grassland Conservationist, Jerry Lish, District Conservationist, Indiana Natural Resources Conservation Service

Water System Maintenance-Stephen Hawkins, Assistant Director, Purdue Agricultural Centers

The Watering Hole; Nose Pumps-Del Hall, NRCS

Fertility Issues

Low Fertility Robs Alfalfa Profits -Kess Berg, Graduate Research Asst, Dept. of Agronomy, Purdue University

Manure as a Nutrient Source for Alfalfa-Brad Joern and Jeff Volence, Purdue Agronomy Department

Seeding Alfalfa with Fluid Fertilizer-Keith D. Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University 

Beef

Beef Cattle Stress Caused by Forages- What I have Seen and How to Avoid Them-W. Mark Hilton, DVM, Dept. of Veterinary Sciences, Purdue University

Finishing Beef Cattle-Corn & Alfalfa or Pelleted Supplement-Kern Hendrix, Purdue Department of Animal Sciences, John Sieberns, Crawford County Extension Service, Frank Potts, Southern Indiana-Purdue Ag. Center

Influence of Forage Species on Performance of Two- and Three-Year Old Cows and Their Calves- Keith D. Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University 

Performance of Beef Cattle Fed Specialty Corn Hybrids-Ty Petty and Kern Hendrix, Purdue University, Department of Animal Sciences

Dairy

Dairy Cattle Stresses Caused by Forages-What I have Seen and How to Avoid Them-Jon Townsend, Veterinary Clinical Sciences

A Healthy Cow has a Happy Rumen-Simon Kenyon, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University

Perfomance of Dairy Cattle Fed Specialty Corn Hybrids -Shawn S. Donkin, Ph.D. Animal Sciences Department, Purdue University

Horses

Forage Principles for Horses and their Owners - Crop Perspectives-Keith D. Johnson, Forage Crops Specialist, Purdue University 

Sheep

Our Experiences With Annual Forages For Sheep-Gerald Kelly, Sheep Unit Manager, Purdue University

Parasite Control While Grazing-Mike Neary, Extension Sheep Specialist, Purdue University