Crops: Forages

Hay & Forage Minute

A listing of Nebraska Extension audio clips covering hay and forage topics with University of Nebraska–Lincoln Professor and Extension Forage Specialist Bruce Anderson.
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Forage and Weed I.D. and Information

• Common Grasses of Nebraska
  This 122 page book has illustrations and descriptions of grasses and grass-like plants found in Nebraska
• Range Grasses of Kansas Kansas State University - 25 pages
• Forage Use and Identification Guide  University of Kentucky
• Grass and Grasslike Plants Noble Foundation
• Weed and some forage plants Id Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research
• Rutgers University
• Common Weed Seedlings of Michigan
• Nebraska Noxious Weeds

Technology Resources

• Nebraska Extension GrassSnap App for Grasslands Monitoring

Nebraska Extension Forage Publications

• UNL Forage Publications Index
• The Use and Pricing of Drought-Stressed Corn
• Weed Control on CRP Acre
• Harvesting Crop Residues value of nutrients removed and erosion
• Summer Annual Forages for Beef Cattle in Western Nebraska
• Perennial Forages for Irrigated Pasture
• Forage production with Limited Irrigation
• Certified Perennial Grass Varieties Recommended for Nebraska
• Selecting Alfalfa Varieties for Nebraska
• Seeding Alfalfa
• Grazing Alfalfa, G1393
• Establishing Dryland Forage Grasses
• Switchgrass, Big Bluestem, and Indiangrass for Grazing and Hay
• Irrigation Management and Crop Characteristics of Alfalfa  

Nebraska Extension Pasture Management Publications:

• Fertilizing Grass Pastures and Hayland, G1977
• Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management page
• Utilizing Annual Forages With Limited Irrigation For Beef Cattle During And Following Drought
• Grazing Crop Residues With Beef Cattle
• Water Development Costs for Grazing Livestock
• Integrated Management of Eastern Redcedar, EC186
• Conducting a Prescribed Burn and Burning Checklist, EC-121
• Grassland Management with Prescribed Fire
• The Use and Pricing of Drought-Stressed Corn 
• Windrow Grazing, G1616
• Blending Grains and Feedstuffs
• Calibration of Sprayers (Also Seeders)

Nebraska Extension Resources:

• Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management page
• Nebraska Extension Grain Sorghum Publications Index
• Plant Growth and Yield as Affected by Wet Soil Conditions Due to Flooding or Over-Irrigation  
• Using Starter Fertilizers for Corn, Grain Sorghum, and Soybeans
• Ecofarming: No-Till Sorghum Following Ecofallow Corn or Sorghum
• Sorghum Yield Loss Due to Hail Damage

Publications from other Midwestern Land Grant Universities

Kansas State University

• KSU Forage Publications

University of Missouri

• Index of Forage Publications

Iowa State University - Searchable Index

Tall Fescue as a Forage Source, What You Should Know

University of Missouri

• Tall Fescue
• Tall Fescue Toxicosis

University of Kentucky

• Sampling for Tall Fescue Endophyte in Pasture or Hay Stands
• Tall Fescue
• Tall Fescue Publications

Kansas State University

• KSU Forage Publications

Extension Alfalfa Production Information

Click to Open University of Nebraska Alfalfa & Variety Testing

Kansas State University

• KSU Crop Performance Tests

University of Missouri

• Alfalfa
• Managing Manure on Alfalfa Hay
• Alfalfa Analyst (abstract only)

Hay Market Information

• USDA Kansas Hay Report
• USDA Nebraska/Iowa/SW Minnesota Hay Review
• Internet Hay Exchange
• Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association

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