Pasture Research

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Groups and Facilities

(5 mentions)

UT Beef and Forage Center
Facilitating research and communication to advance the Tennessee Beef and Forage industry.

(2 mentions)

Center for Native Grasslands Management
Forage production, biofuels production, restoration of native grassland communities, and wildlife conservation.

Events

Horse Pasture Walk, 10/8/2013

News

5 Things You Didn’t Know about Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center, 5/6/2017

Five Things You Didn't Know about the Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, 5/24/2016

Five Things You Didn’t Know about the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, 2/25/2016

Video

(5 mentions)

Preventing Nitrate Toxicity in Cattle
UT experts talk about the danger of nitrate toxicity and how you can prevent it on your farm.

(1 mention)

Drought
It's been a challenging year for Tennessee agriculture, with hot, dry weather coming at a time when crops needed better growing conditions.

(1 mention)

Soil Testing
If you’re looking for a healthy garden or green grass, it’s good to know the content of your soil. UT Extension offers inexpensive soil tests, and it’s all done in a special lab in Nashville.

(1 mention)

Little River Facility
It’s long been an issue in farming – how can we be productive in agriculture and still protect the environment? UT Ag-Research has a new facility dedicated to that cause.

(1 mention)

Beef Cattle
Beef cattle farming is Tennessee’s number one farm commodity - and herd reproductive health is critical. UT’s Institute of Agriculture is working on research to boost cattle pregnancy rates.

Recent Publications

Spring pasture following the drought. Bates, G. E. 2017. TCA Cattle Business. Feb.

Prepartum lying behaviour of Holstein dairy cattle housed on pasture through parturition. C. A. Rice, N. L. Eberhart, and P. D. Krawczel. 2017. Animals, 7:32-41.

Dairy cows and heifers prefer to calve in a bedded pack barn or natural forage compared to open pasture. Edwards, E., K. L. Proudfoot, H. M. Dann, and P. D. Krawczel. 2017. 212 in Proceedings of the 51st International Congress of the International Society of Applied Etholo.

Fire Ants in Pastures and Rangeland. Flanders, K., and K. M. Vail. 2017. UT Extension PB 1690 The Insect and Plant Disease Control Manual (revision).

Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance as a Risk Management Tool. Griffith, A. P. 2017. University of Tennessee Extension Publication, W 343.

Pasture Associated Laminitis. Ivey, J. L. 2017. UT Extension Publication, W 450.

Pasture Associated Laminitis. Ivey, J. L. 2017. Southern Equine Consortium.

Pasture Management 101: Grass Species. Ivey, J. L., and H. E. Ashburn. 2017. The Horse.

Pasture Management 101: Renovating Horse Fields. Ivey, J. L., and H. E. Ashburn. 2017. The Horse.

Pasture Management 101: Starting a New Pasture from Scratch. Ivey, J. L., and H. E. Ashburn. 2017. The Horse.

Pasture Management 101: High Traffic Areas and Overgrowth. Ivey, J. L., and H. E. Ashburn. 2017. The Horse.

Changing Pastures in the Fescue-Belt and Tennessee Research on Warm-season Forage. Keyser, P. D., G. E. Bates, J. Jennings, and R. Smith. 2017. 71st Southern Pasture and Forage Crop Improvement Conference, Knoxville, TN, June 5-7, 2017.