When growers add cover crops, it’s important to select and manage the crop according to the primary objective for the crop. Cover crops usually are planted to benefit the soil and are not harvested.

Due to several issues, there will be open fields this winter that could be prime candidates for a spring forage crop. Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for farmers. Typically in ...

Fall offers the best opportunity to establish or renovate cool-season forages like tall fescue, orchardgrass and winter annuals such as brassicas, oats, wheat, rye and triticale. With strong cattle ...

A producer noticed discoloration in his oats and called the local Purdue Extension office for advice. The oats were planted as a cover crop to be used as forage, so we contacted Dr. Keith Johnson, the ...

January brought some drier weather, allowing us to lift the last of the fodder beet and drill the remaining winter oats. Last year was challenging for growing forage crops, with an arid start to ...