Wheat offers more than one end use Because of wheat’s flexibility, Bell said, it provides many producers an opportunity to harvest for grain or for forage based on markets or weather. With recent ...

As other crop models, the forage wheat model may be used by researchers, educators or students to understand the mechanisms underlying forage wheat biomass production -- or by growers or extension ...

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 ...

Howdy market watchers. The madness of March is about to begin. It was a record-setting end to February with extreme cold followed by highs in the 60s, a near 100-degree swing from wind chill lows to ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Many Hoosier producers who planted winter wheat may not be familiar with managing the crop as a forage, a Purdue University experts say. Growers used emergency provisions from ...

Farmers reaping unmatured wheat fields in China to feed livestock have raised concerns over food security in the populous nation, though experts and industry insiders said the amount of crops being ...

With more than 3 million acres of wheat in north Texas, 50 percent or more of which is grazed by 1 to 2 million head of cattle, it is important to look at tillage practices and their effect on forage ...

This year’s severe drought increases the likelihood of herbicide carryover on fall-seeded crops, states the University of Missouri agronomist Kevin Bradley. “While it is difficult to predict exactly ...

The harvesting of unripe green wheat for silage, which recently raised concerns, was due to shortages of corn silage at a few cow breeding farms in North China's plain area, a dairy industry official ...

Factors affecting the nutritive value of whole-crop cereal silage for beef cattle were examined. In Experiment 1, finishing steers offered barley silage, harvested at the milky (262 g dry matter ...