This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news organization. America’s “fescue belt,” named for an exotic grass called tall fescue, dominates ...

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A pasture improvement research program features looking at summer-dormant tall fescue grasses as an alternative to winter wheat pastures. The climate is changing and the fescue is reliable in the ...

Cattle rid their bodies of heat in three ways: radiation, convection and evaporation. “If your cattle can’t use all three methods, they’ll overheat fast,” says University of Missouri Extension state ...

Knowing your grass type will help you take the best care of your lawn. Some grass varieties thrive in hot weather, while others thrive in cool weather. Some grasses can grow in transitional zones, ...

Perennial grassy weeds are considered to be the most difficult weed problems to deal with in lawns. Control options are limited because the weed species are very similar to the lawn species. In fact, ...

FORT SMITH (AGFC) – Landowners desiring to manage their land for wildlife need to be aware that tall fescue provides no food or cover for species like deer, quail, rabbit, turkey and many other ...

Researchers have discovered that inserting a specific gene from a bacterial virus into tall fescue grass makes the grass resistant to two of its biggest enemies. Researchers at North Carolina State ...

VERNON – A pasture improvement research program by Dr. Dariusz Malinowski has him looking at summer-dormant tall fescue grasses as an alternative to winter wheat pastures. But these aren’t the typical ...