OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
– Garth Ruff, Beef Cattle and Livestock Marketing Field Specialist, OSU Extension You can’t manage what you don’t measure, including forage quality! “Make hay while the sun shines.” How many times have you heard that said throughout the years? We’ve had…
How and Why to Test for Forage Quality
As I have traveled across the state this week, I’ve noticed one thing. You’ve got to make hay when the sun shines! This has been the case for many producers here in the Buckeye state. However, with the extended cool…
Forage Maturity Across Ohio
Author(s): Jason Hartschuh, CCA While the year started with slower growing degree accumulation the warm weather over the last couple of weeks, has rapidly progressed forage maturity. Harvesting forages at the proper time for the livestock you are feeding is…
Death by Lethal Ingestion
Mike Rankin, Senior Editor, Hay & Forage Grower (Previously published online with Hay & Forage Grower: April 8, 2025) The philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death in 399 B.C. for not believing in the popular Greek gods of his time and…
Forage Testing Now Available
Author(s): Emma Matcham The Forage Quality Analysis Service at the Sustainable Agroecosystems Lab has updated their forage testing packages. They utilize near-infrared scanning technology to assess forage nutritive value, which provides consistent, fast results. This lab is run by Dr….
Check for Contaminants in Hay
– Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County OSU Extension Making and feeding hay can be tricky business. After a long season feeding hay, livestock producers are getting a lot of experience judging hay by its appearance. The way…
Lucky Clovers
– Christine Gelley, OSU Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County (originally published in Progressive Cattle) For centuries the clover has been symbolic in cultures and religions in areas where clovers thrive. Whether found with leaves of three, four, or more-…
Forage Resiliency Webinar Series
The Ohio State Integrated Forage Management Team will be offering a three-part Zoom webinar series on forage resiliency to cover information on how to remain resilient to a variety of environmental challenges in forage production systems. This webinar series will…
Frost Seeding Season is Here
– Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County OSU Extension Many forage managers are considering frost seeding this season in response to damage from the drought and hoof traffic over the winter. Now to St. Patrick’s Day tends to…
