Do chickens improve soil? Discover how to utilize chickens for pasture overseeding ahead of grazing livestock, such as cattle. If you’ve raised broiler chickens in mobile shelters on pasture, then you ...

In Indiana, pastures are generally (but not always) relegated to land that is too steep and rocky for row crops. The soils tend to be shallow, low in fertility, and droughty. The dominant plant ...

Present weather with frequent freezing and thawing helps farmers overseed weakened pastures. Natural fluctuations in soil help work broadcast seed into thinned grass stands. “It’s no-till help,” says ...

The fall of 2019 and the ongoing winter have been particularly wet, with some unfortunate, negative effects on pastures throughout Arkansas. Wet soil is more susceptible to a host of “ills” that show ...

Frequent freezing and thawing helps farmers overseed weakened pastures with natural fluctuations in soil helping work broadcast seed into thinned grass stands. "It's no-till help," University of ...

The easiest solution is often not the best solution. Unfortunately, some producers regularly overseed pastures and apply herbicides, but their pastures are still not productive. The best long-term ...

Philipp recommends using a seeding rate that is close to the original one, about 15 pounds per acre and concentrate on the patches with no fescue. Normally, seeding rates into existing forage stands ...

FAYETTEVLLE, Ark. – Perennial pastures are valuable to any farm operation and they took a lot of time, effort and money to put in, said Dirk Philipp, associate professor of animal science and forage ...