When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

Fall offers the best opportunity to establish or renovate cool-season forages like tall fescue, orchardgrass and winter annuals such as brassicas, oats, wheat, rye and triticale. With strong cattle ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Michael McMullen, veteran oats breeder at North Dakota State University, has this answer when asked about working with a crop that doesn't get much attention. "I like to work for the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wide range of forage crops could help grain and livestock producers salvage some value from their fields once the drought-ravaged corn crop has been harvested - if soil ...

A producer noticed discoloration in his oats and called the local Purdue Extension office for advice. The oats were planted as a cover crop to be used as forage, so we contacted Dr. Keith Johnson, the ...

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension forage specialist. Oats for extra pasture, hay and silage Pasture and hay could be sparse again this spring unless we receive ...