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- Testing Your Soil
- Balancing Forage Demand with Forage Supply
Ranchers must achieve a balance between stocking rate and forage supply for effective conversion of range forage to animal production. This publication can help ranchers evaluate current forage conditions, make timely forage inventories, plan stock flow, - Descriptions of Range and Pasture Plants
Characteristics of common range and pasture plants are listed in this publication. The common and scientific name of each species are given, along with the species’ value as a grazing plant for wildlife and livestock. (15 pp.) - Forages for Beef Cattle
Pasture forages for beef cattle are of five types–warm season perennials, warm season annuals, cool season annuals, cool season perennials and legumes. This publication discusses the five types and proposes a year-round forage management system that comb - Nitrate-Prussic Acid Poisoning (L-5231)
Review of nitrate and prussic acid poisoning in livestock. Examines toxicities, symptoms, and prevention - Restoring Native Grasslands
Much of Texas’ native grasslands has been converted to improved pastures and cropland, neither of which is suitable for wildlife habitat. Now, many landowners are interested in restoring native grasses because they are cheaper to produce for forage than i - Suggestions for Weed Control in Pastures and Forage
Chemical herbicides effective in pastures and forage crops are listed, along with information on the weeds these products control and their proper application rates and times. Separate tables deal with bermudagrass and dormant bermudagrass pastures, pastu - Why Range Forage Quality Changes
Range plants vary in nutritional quality. Forage quality is determined by the plant part eaten, plant age, season, soils and range sites, stocking rates, and other factors. Periods of high animal nutritional demand must match periods of high forage quality
