Using good pasture management practices can help minimize weeds and unwanted plants in grass pastures and hayfields. To get the most quantity and quality from pastures, use management practices that ...

Weeds can reduce the quantity and the stand life of desirable forage plants in pastures and hayfields. Weeds also impact the aesthetic value of a pasture. Therefore, producers may choose to initiate ...

A friend of mine asked me about a weed that was all over the county in pastures and along the roadways. It was a rather tall, straw-colored weed that looks almost like an ornamental grass. The grassy ...

What is a weed? A weed is described as “a plant that can cause economic loss in a production unit.” Many gardeners and home landscape managers view a weed as a “plant growing out of place.” Still ...

Pasture weed control is an ongoing issue, and there are many factors that play a role such as management, soil fertility and weather conditions, experts say. The best pasture weed control measure is ...

Spring is arriving after a fairly wet winter, a perfect environment for bumper weed crops. Now is the time to plan a weed control program that will provide results, not failures. In the following ...

Grassland weeds can be an expensive burden on livestock farmers, resulting in lost productivity and forage quality. But the weedkillers available to treat them also carry a cost – they can be ...

Don Driscoll receives funding from the ARC Center of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and the National Environmental Research Program Environmental Decisions Hub. Jane Catford receives funding ...

In Arkansas, one farmer’s weed is another farmer’s favorite forage, David Fernandez, Ph.D., an Extension livestock specialist, said. “Many cattle producers in southern Arkansas brag about their ...

I would like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska forage specialist. Grazing warm-season grasses earlier than normal can eliminate unwanted, early-season weeds ...