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Prevent Plant Acre Increase Prompts Haying/Grazing Adjustment

Published August 18, 2020

The USDA's Risk Management Agency is allowing earlier haying and grazing of cover crops on prevent plant acres for portions of the Dakotas. A backlog in livestock due to the COVID-19 pandemic and large amounts of prevent plant acres in…

NDSU Receives Rangeland Grant

Published July 13, 2020

North Dakota State University has been awarded a grant totaling over $499,000 from USDA to study rangeland management strategies. According to NDSU, there is a need to investigate management options that “sustainably enhance livestock productivity while conserving biodiversity.” The plan…

Northern Plains Senators Introduce Bipartisan Haying and Grazing Bill

Published June 5, 2020

South Dakota Senator John Thune and Minnesota Senator Tina Smith introduced a bill to allow emergency haying and grazing on the Conservation Reserve Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, CRP haying and grazing is limited to weather-related disaster events. Companion…

Cover Crops are One Way to Manage PP Acres

Published January 30, 2020

Discussions on combating excess moisture, cover crops and more were held at the Soil Health Café Talk in Michigan, North Dakota. With unharvested crops in North Dakota fields, what options do producers in the state have come spring? The obvious…

Exercise Caution with Forage Crops After a Frost

Published October 16, 2019

Temperatures in the Northern Plains have either already dropped below freezing or will be soon. While there is not an issue with grazing or feeding most forage frosted crops, some can be toxic when fed to livestock. Sorghum and sudangrass…

ND Producers Dealing with Variable Pasture and Forage Conditions

Published July 15, 2019

A majority of North Dakota has adequate pasture and forage conditions. One expectation is the northwest and north central part of the state, which is dry. Regardless, NDSU Extension rangeland management specialist Kevin Sedivec says the biggest struggle for livestock…

SD Farmer Using a Mix of Cover Crops on Unplanted Acres

Published July 9, 2019

Near Wilmot, South Dakota, farmer and rancher Jason Frerichs was able to plant 85 to 90 percent of his crop. Southern Roberts County continues to get a couple inches of rain at a time. "All things considered, our crops look…

Taking Advantage of Early Haying and Grazing

Published July 1, 2019

It’s been a wet spring and summer in south central North Dakota. While Gackle farmer and rancher Warren Zenker got some crop in the ground, there are a substantial amount of prevent plant acres. Zenker plans to plant cover crops…

Farmers Seek Clarity in Haying and Grazing Date Change

Published June 27, 2019

As farmers and ranchers digest the new date for grazing and haying cover crops on prevent plant acres, questions are arising. Agricultural organizations are helping provide clarity. "First of all, this date adjustment is currently only for 2019. There is…

Thune Talks Haying and Grazing with SD Farmers

Published June 24, 2019

The change to haying and grazing prevent plant acres by USDA is welcome, but South Dakota Senator John Thune is open to looking at options to make the program more user-friendly for farmers in the Northern Plains. "There are years…

Articles tagged under: grazing

Prevent Plant Acre Increase Prompts Haying/Grazing Adjustment

NDSU Receives Rangeland Grant

Northern Plains Senators Introduce Bipartisan Haying and Grazing Bill

Cover Crops are One Way to Manage PP Acres

Exercise Caution with Forage Crops After a Frost

ND Producers Dealing with Variable Pasture and Forage Conditions

SD Farmer Using a Mix of Cover Crops on Unplanted Acres

Taking Advantage of Early Haying and Grazing

Farmers Seek Clarity in Haying and Grazing Date Change

Thune Talks Haying and Grazing with SD Farmers

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