In his latest blog entry, Clay Pope writes: "Today I have a great example of how different management practices on pasture and rangeland can help make a rancher more money while at the same time building drought resiliency and reducing wildfire risk and it comes courtesy of the fine folks at Oklahoma State University (OSU)."

Soils that rated the highest on the Soil Management Assessment Framework were in land converted to perennial grasses, a Purdue and USDA study found.

Over-graze the grass stand in the fall to give frost-seeded plants a better chance in the spring, says Michigan State University Extension.

The three most common foxtails in Missouri are yellow, green, and giant foxtail.

No-till is a best management practice (BMP) that offers several benefits to water quality and crop production systems. When manure applications are made to no-till or pasture systems, surface application is the traditional method because incorporation by tillage is not possible.

A new weed identification website is now available from the University of Missouri Weed Science program.

CANFA executive officer Neville Gould led the group to three sites where work is being done on stubble management, cover and pasture cropping.