When it comes to production, especially for native grass hay and pastures, moisture is the most limiting factor, not fertility. You can apply all the fertilizer in the world, but doing so in a drought ...

With high fertilizer costs squeezing margins, winter bale placement can turn wasted manure into evenly distributed spring pasture growth.

Like other crops, pasture and hayland grass growth is stimulated by fertilizer. Nitrogen is the primary nutrient most commonly needed for grasses. However, phosphorous, potassium or sulfur also may be ...

Fertilizing warm-season grass is a practice some producers do, but one should consider forage needs, the value of the forage and fertilizer costs. Warm-season grasses are very efficient at using water ...

OMAHA (DTN) -- With continuing drought and high fertilizer prices, livestock producers are debating fertilizer application decisions on pastures. Do you apply expensive fertilizer, as it is difficult ...

In rural Arkansas, researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are exploring the potential of biochar to replace synthetic fertilizers in hay production -- especially ...

While summer may be over and the main grazing season concluded, the fall is one of the best times of the year to evaluate the condition of pasture and complete some pasture management tasks. Time ...

Skyrocketing fertilizer and fuel prices will take more than the normal bite out of the cost of raising cattle this year. But it's not the first time Monte Rouquette has seen this kind of pressure.

The chickens are rotated through the pastures and hay field, with the nitrogen from their manure adding natural fertilizer. Twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in spot news photography, Mitch Kezar ...

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - Grayson County farmer Ben Wible is used to plowing and caring for hundreds of acres and pastures along Wible Road, but drought conditions this year are affecting his routine.

Any farmer worth their salt knows the importance of fertilizing a crop for optimal production. Often, this common knowledge stops at row crops or high value hay like alfalfa. Could a look at your ...