Soil pH and pasture productivity
A look at the cost effectiveness of liming coastal ryegrass pastures.
Management Strategies for Dealing with Select Poisonous Plants in Oregon
Rangeland, pastures and hay fields throughout Oregon often contain poisonous plants that are potentially dangerous to cattle and other livestock.
Pasture Nutrient Management Resources for Small Farms
This collection of links and publications are compiled information about managing nutrient levels in your pasture. This includes soil testing and assessment, application of fertilizers and minerals, and nutrient cycling in a forage pasture.
Pasture Principles for Smaller Acreages
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines pasture as “land used for livestock grazing that is managed to provide feed value and maintain or improve soil, water, and vegetative resources.” The goal of this publication is to help you become a better pasture manager and to address the most common concerns of Idahoans interested in improving their pasture conditions.
Solid Manure Spreader Wagon Calibration Checklist
A printable checklist for calibrating a solid manure spreader wagon.
Mud and Manure Management Resources for Small Farms
Publications and documents demonstrating the art of Mud and Manure Management for the pastures and forage crop. These contain useful information that are important when managing and producing livestock on pasture.
Reduce Weeds by Friending Grasses
Are weeds a never-ending challenge for you? If so, consider looking at them from a new angle. Instead of spraying or digging weeds out year after year, concentrate on making your grass happy. The factors that promote optimal grass health and production work against weed growth. What is good for grass is not good for weeds.
Is smoke stunting pasture growth?
Q: I'm noting a reduction in the growth of our grass in the pasture. It has slowed down noticeably over the past month. This slowdown is more than normal due to increased temperatures of August. I was wondering if the smoke is having a filtering effect on the light that reaches the ground, particularly early to mid morning and then again towards evening. It appears the ...
Do you have a green solution to pasture weeds?
Q: I take care of the family pastures (maintain irrigation) and was wondering what is the best way to get rid of weeds in the pastures. We have horse weed and a few others, not real bad but want to stop it and get rid of it. The family does not want to use chemicals as we are right on the Metolius river. We lease the pastures out for cows in the summer so they will be grazed upon. They fenced off the worst part but I don't think that is the answer. Can you help me ?
What’s That Moss Doing In My Pasture?
It's that time of year when we notice, in some cases, more moss than grass growing in our pastures. What went wrong? How can the problem be fixed? Most folks want to know what they can do to get rid of the moss, but the root of the issue goes deeper. Often, moss is a symptom rather than the actual problem. Simply attempting to kill or remove the moss is a ...