Second-cutting fescue makes quality hay when stems and seed heads were cut earlier. Farmers cutting fescue hay don’t get many second chances to make quality hay. This is a one-in-five year, says Craig ...

“Missouri livestock producers have some options to manage tall fescue seed head development and the toxic endophyte issues we have in Missouri,” says Tim Schnakenberg, University of Missouri Extension ...

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 ...

Fescue grasses are popular cool-season grasses that are adaptable and low-maintenance. However, like any living thing, fescue grass requires a bit of TLC throughout the seasons. During the summer ...

Making hay is more than working between rains.Grass seed heads have a bigger impact on hay quality than wet weather, so for best nutrition, hay must be cut before grass transfers nutrients from the ...

Study: Which Cool-Season Grass Do Horses Prefer In Hay? originally appeared on Paulick Report. Horses are selective grazers that prefer some cool-season grasses over others in pasture. But what about ...

Ways to replace toxic tall fescue pastures keep improving as renovations move across the Fescue Belt from Missouri to Georgia. Five grazing schools in five states in March will clarify a complex ...

Long before No Mow May became a movement, the grass at Wheatland grew tall and wild. Lawns were less manicure and more meadow when James Buchanan lived there in the 19th century. In 2018, ...

The sweeping front lawn at Wheatland is a little soggy and looking a bit ragged as the latest onion snow melts. In a few months, the lawn should become a meadow of tall, rippling grass along Marietta ...