Articles tagged under: Miranda Meehan

Ensuring Safe Water Quality After the Fires

Published October 16, 2024

Water quality can be an issue after wildfires such as those in western North Dakota. “When something burns it releases different chemical components,” said Miranda Meehan, livestock environmental stewardship specialist and disaster education coordinator, North Dakota State University. Using water…
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Grazing Research Could Lead to Crop Benefits

Published October 7, 2024

NDSU Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist Miranda Meehan is working on multiple projects aimed at integrating crop-livestock systems. "We're going to put in three different winter annual or winter cereals and we are hopefully going to graze this fall; look at…
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Don’t Overgraze

Published October 18, 2023

Monitoring grazing in fall can help prevent a negative impact to 2024 forage production. NDSU Extension Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist Miranda Meehan advises ranchers to maintain grazing at levels between 40-to-60 percent. Overgrazing could cause severe long-term impacts. "We've seen…
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Watch Water Quality During Summer Heat

Published June 15, 2023

Clean, reliable water sources are vital for livestock. "If water isn't of adequate quality, it can impact intake and therefore gains," explained Miranda Meehan, livestock and environmental stewardship specialist, NDSU Extension. Most water sources are at acceptable levels in the…
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Grazing Delayed

Published May 6, 2023

Green might be popping up after a cold winter, but pastures aren’t ready for spring turnout just yet. NDSU Extension says the combination of an autumn drought and delayed spring caused a significant delay in grass development this year. NDSU…
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A Race Against Mother Nature

Published April 4, 2023

A winter storm working its way through the upper Midwest could drop anywhere from 12 to 24 inches. NDSU Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist Miranda Meehan says getting livestock out of the wind and onto dry bedding are the most important…
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2023 Grazing Outlook

Published March 15, 2023

The grazing season is right around the corner and there’s two factors that influence forage production, the amount of precipitation from April 1 to July 1 and tiller development from last fall. NDSU Extension Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist Miranda Meehan…
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Drought Impacts on Forage Production

Published October 20, 2022

Nearly 72 percent of North Dakota is experiencing some level of drought. North Dakota State University Extension Livestock Environmental Stewardship Specialist Miranda Meehan says forage quality is normal for this time of year, however the lack of rain could stunt…
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Be Aware of Blue-Green Algae Blooms

Published August 12, 2020

Hot weather increases the risk of cyanobacteria development, also known as blue-green algae. Toxic levels of blue-green algae blooms have been in the headlines frequently this summer. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality has posted advisories for lakes, dams…
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