Many different varieties of forage can be used as cover crops. A cover crop can serve many different purposes, one of those ...

Ms Shrimpton adds that forage rye also offers vital ground cover over the winter months, helping to protect soils from erosion and runoff. "With good harvest conditions and a mild autumn, there really ...

Hedgeapple Farm in Buckeystown may not look like an environmental laboratory, but it was one of a handful of farms shown off ...

There has been plenty of rain in the past number of weeks in Tipperary, and while it was welcomed at the beginning, Pa would like to see a couple of dry weeks now. The rain helped the cover crops to ...

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Use of cereal grain forages, such as rye and triticale (hybrid of rye and wheat), has become an increasingly important topic, and is especially relevant during years when feed inventory is short.

South Dakota State University Extension encourages producers to attend the Northern Plains Forage Association annual meeting and seminars, which will feature forage-related education and research. The ...

With the summer’s inconsistent conditions adding to last winter’s wet weather woes, livestock farmers could be facing the prospect of not having enough home-grown forage available this winter. Simon ...

AC Hazlet rye in the SeCan demo plots at Ag in Motion 2024. Photo: Greg Berg Western Canada may be on the cusp of a rye renaissance. New cover cropping programs and changes to single-use agreements ...

Western Canada may be on the cusp of a rye renaissance. New cover cropping programs and changes to single-use agreements could double the number of Canadian rye acres within the next five to 10 years.