Cover Crops for Grazing Drought ’12 is causing many cattle producers to consider cover crops for fall and winter grazing. Hay is very expensive and in short supply, and corn silage will be short in many areas. A lack of feed is leaving a number of dairy and beef producers looking to liquidate their herds. […]
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Need Feed? Harvesting cover crops for emergency fall forage may be able to play a major role in lessening the impact of the 2012 drought disaster for livestock producers. As I traveled from Indiana to eastern Iowa and through Wisconsin I saw dry ponds, cracked soil, nearly dead alfalfa, completely brown pastures, and an exceptionally
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CTIC Cover Crop Survey – Get it done right away! Chad Watts, CTIC Project Manager, asked me to help CTIC get a survey out for farmers using cover crops. Chad writes: The intent of the survey is to go out to only those folks who are using or have used cover crops, because the information