Cattle and Forage Drought Information
When drought conditions exist, they bring on management decisions that cattlemen face infrequently. The following resources produced by The Ohio State University Extension Beef Team may be useful to help with decisions on the farm. If you have questions not addressed on this page, email Stan Smith.
- Rebuilding the Cowherd: Survival of the Fittest and Alternatives for Forages!
- Alternatives for fall and winter preparations - an interview with Dave Russell, Brownfield Ag News
- Corn Stalks Can Stretch Forage Supplies
- Feeding Cover Crops? - Consider Nitrate Potential
- Alfatoxin in the 2012 Corn Crop and the Potential Impact on Its Use for Livestock
- Concerns about Aflatoxin in Ohio Corn
- Managing Drought Stressed Hay Fields
- Plan the Last Alfalfa Cutting
- Traditional Marketing May Not Work This Time Around
- Getting the most out of CRP hay
- Winter Feed Options
- Does it Pay to Stockpile Fescue and Orchardgrass?
- Surviving High Feed Costs
- Salvaging Standing Corn as Baleage
- Determining Pregnancy Status of Beef Cattle, and the Impact of Heat Stress on Bulls
- Is This the Time to Add More Cows?
- Tests show that rain can increase nitrates
- Planting Small Grains in Late Summer and Autumn for Supplemental Forage
- Late Summer Alfalfa Planting
- No More Excuses! (for not weaning calves now)
- Alfalfa Management Considerations in a Drought
- Utilizing Drought Stressed Corn for Silage
- Drought? Stick to What You Know
- Oats Are an Annual Forage to Consider For Presently Idle Acres
- Where to Test Forages for Nitrates
- Drought-Damaged Corn Silage Considerations
- Pricing Drought-Stressed Corn for Corn Silage
- Should Beef Producers Consider Early Weaning During Drought?
- In response to your questions . . . shelled corm, oats, silage & oats
- Downed Trees, Poisonous Plants and Livestock
- Heat Stress and Beef Cattle
- Alfalfa Management Considerations in a Drought
- It's Deja Vu . . . Again! (alternatives)
- Dry Season Pasture Management
- Is it Time to Alter Your Grazing Management?
- Is it Time to Consider Early Weaning?
- Summer Pasture Management Has Begun
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