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Record Keeping at the Farm
The first and most important step in taking control of your farm operation’s financial well-being is to keep good and accurate farm can’t remember one single person in my career…
Alternative Fertilizers
As the time to start planning spring plantings, farmers must consider what types of fertilizers to ; Many farmers have an abundance of animal waste at their fingertips, and considering…
Profits in the Pastures
No doubt, every farming operation manages their production with the idea of returns being greater than the costs. But to manage this effectively, and to truly know what your bottom…
Equines and Alfalfa: Fact and Fiction
For most farmers and horse owners, deciding whether or not to feed their horses alfalfa is a tough row to hoe. Although alfalfa is a high quality horse feed, so…
Ten Dairy Cow Nutrition Notes
cows will eat 8 to 10 meals a day. Average feeding time will be about 20 minutes when fed a are experts at sorting the ration. They can use the…
Why Not Legumes?
With high fertilizer prices this year many producers are considering incorporating legumes into their fescue pastures this ; But just how much benefit do forage producers really receive from adding…
Hay Scam Hits Close to Home
At the 84th Annual Lawrence County Soils and Crops conference , in Mt. Vernon, Karla Deaver told her startling story of a hay scam, where she and her husband were…
New Noxious Weeds to Watch
Weeds are a problem for many of us. Whether they’re in your garden, your row crop fields or your pastures, they’re unwanted plants that can sometimes be next to impossible…
Considering Beef Management
January• Separate thin cows and heifers from the main herd due to higher nutrition requirements. • Cow nutrition from this month to calving season affects future reproductive ability and quality…
Arkansas Agriculture Industry Forecast 2008
What can we expect with crop prices in 2008 and how will that affect livestock production?Tom Troxel said Arkansas producers will have the advantage of being able to keep calves…