Early July is always a time to get cropping plans for the coming season sorted. This involves finalising seed contracts, choosing varieties, checking neighbours’ plans to see whether we have ...

With just two months from sowing to feeding, stubble turnips potentially deliver one of the quickest turnarounds of all forage crops suitable for sheep. While they don’t offer the highest yield ...

Forage brassicas include several species that belong to the mustard family. They are biennials that produce vegetation the first year and seed the second season. However, they are treated as annuals ...

FORAGE crops such as fodder beet, forage rape, stubble turnips and kale are set to make a comeback in Yorkshire and the North-East as farmers look for lower-cost alternatives to purchased feed, ahead ...

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 ...

EAST TEXAS - A recent trial conducted by a good buddy of mine, Ashton Logsdon, looked at the viability of seeding turnips with ryegrass as a winter grazing option for cattle. The results were ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Selecting the right forage species to grow can be a daunting task with long-term consequences, but an upcoming Indiana Forage Council seminar will help producers narrow down the ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- In the Upper Plains, it might not be economical, or even practical, to plant another grain crop during the growing year. But it might be in the producer's interest to consider a ...