The January 23, issue # 571, of the Ohio BEEF Cattle letter is now posted to the web at: http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJany23.html
Planted wheat acres for harvest this summer are up, and expectations are that corn and soybean acres will increase also. It stands to reason that many of those acres will come from what were hay and possibly pasture fields. Add to that the fact that hay inventories are at historic lows, and many forage stands were weakened by a hot dry summer of ’07, and the stage is set for low supplies of high valued forages for the foreseeable future. Every management tool available will need to be employed to optimize forage production. The window of opportunity for frost seeding some of our thin forage stands is rapidly approaching. This week, Curt Stivison offers thoughts on adding clover to thin pastures.
Articles this week include:
* Forage Focus: Benefits of Frost Seeding Legumes
* Selecting for Calving Ease and Disposition
* Does Temperament Effect Carcass Quality?
* Ohio Cattlemen’s Association accepting consignments for Seedstock Improvement Bull Sales
Stan
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Stan Smith
Program Assistant, Agriculture
OSU Extension, Fairfield County
831 College Ave., Suite D
Lancaster, OH 43130