What Do Cows Prefer - Pasture Or Barns?
Access to pasture can improve lameness, feed intake and milk yields according to researchers at the University of British Columbia.

Sustainable Land Management For Graziers
There are a range of practices that you can adopt to improve the productivity and sustainability of your farm. This article from Industry and Investment New South Wales provides ten tips to help you attain a healthier, more productive and sustainable...

Match Cow Size To Forage Resources
Commercial cow-calf operators must become more cost-efficient to maintain or improve profit margins, making matching animals to forage resources more important than ever.

Include Clover In 2010 Forage Plans
An important tool that is available to supply nitrogen to cool season pastures is the addition of clovers, according to Dr Mark A. McCann, Extension Animal Scientist, Virginia Tech.

Want To Improve Your Pasture Yield?
Jeff McCutcheon from the University of Ohio looks at how to improve pasture yields through keeping plants vegetative.

Managing Grazing Systems
Jefferson McCutcheon, Assistant Professor at the University of Ohio looks at managing grazing systems through rest periods, grazing periods, stocking density, weather patterns and water access.

Grass Forage Research Update - Minnesota
Well-managed perennial grasses can provide good agronomic, economic, and nutritive complements to alfalfa on Minnesota dairy farms, writes Paul Peterson, Extension Forage Agronomist.

Fertilising in Late Autumn
Fertilising pasture in the late autumn can strengthen grass for the following spring, says Rory Lewandowski, Ohio State University Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Winter Feeding Management
With winter approaching and a hard summer behind them, producers may find they are short of feed. Planning ahead, using alternative feeds and culling cows may be options to consider to improve cow performance and profits, writes TheCattleSite junior editor,...

Practical Aspects of Feeding Grass to Dairy Cows
Research that has been carried out by Teagasc at Moorepark Farm, Ireland have shown that fresh grass is one of most productive and viable feeds. Complete grass systems are operated in New Zealand and Australia - should other countries be adapting these...

Adapting Livestock Production Systems to Climate Change
Greenhouse gases such as methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂0) are both primarily increased through agricultural practices such as land clearing, soil degradation, fires and ruminants, Chris Stokes, a Systems Ecologist at the CSIRO...

Forages Key to Dairy Nutrition
Good-quality forages are the foundation of the dairy feeding programme, says this North Dakota State University report.

Forage Quality Goals for 2009
Composite data for 2008 haylages (Figure 1) shows that the average of legume and mixed haylages are very close to the target RFV of 150, writes Jim Paulson, University of Minnesota, Dairy Extension.

Defining Forage Quality
Forages are a major asset of any livestock operation and the foundation of most rations in a forage-based livestock diet, says Yoana C. Newman, Adegbola T. Adesogan, Joao Vendramini and Lynn Sollenberger, University of Florida IFAS Extension.

Forage Testing
Forage quality won't be hitting it out of the park for dairy producers in many parts of Canada this year as an unusually wet growing season reduced nutrient and digestibility levels, writes Joel Bagg - Forage Specialist; and Tom Wright - Dairy Cattle...