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Duane Dailey | Published January 29, 2020 Source: Craig Roberts, 573-882-0481  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Present weather with frequent freezing and thawing helps farmers overseed weakened pastures. Natural fluctuations in soil help work broadcast seed into thinned grass stands.  “It’s no-till help,” says Craig Roberts, University of Missouri Extension forage specialist.  Thin stands of grass causedContinue reading “Freezing, thawing aid in seeding legumes over thinning pastures this winter”

Dr. Matt Poore Tall Fescue.   It performs better than any other cool season perennial grass over most of the Mid-atlantic and Mid-South of the USA.   It can be stockpiled to provide winter grazing that can nearly eliminate the winter hay feeding season with good planning and help from mother nature.  While it is not wellContinue reading “Tall Fescue Revisited: Establishing Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue as a solution to Fescue Toxicosis”

Becky Mills for Progressive Forage | Published 31 January 2020 Joe Davis is a numbers man. His brain is full of them, and every gigabyte of his phone and two laptops is crammed full. So naturally, when it comes time for the retired chemical engineer to answer a question or solve a problem, he turnsContinue reading “Novel fescue by the numbers”