Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 If you have been reading my articles for any length of time, you are aware that my kids provide a…
Forage Management: All My Kids Are Different
Forage Management: What I Teach In My Forage Class
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 I teach Plant Sciences 435, which is our Forages class. Every other fall I get to spend a semester teaching…
Forage Management: A Simple Way to Calibrate Sprayers
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 November and December are good months to control most of the cool-season weeds found in our pastures and hayfields. Not…
Forage Management: Why is American Agriculture so Great?
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 Last month I spent time watching the Olympics, becoming an “expert” in sports that I know absolutely nothing about. There…
Forage Management: Know the Quality of Your Hay
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 I have received several phone call and emails over the last month that have all had a similar question. They…
Forage Management: Successful Establishment
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 One of the common questions I get during the year has to do with forage crop establishment. It always starts…
Forage Management: Everybody Has Their Own Style
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 I remember getting my first pair of cowboy boots from my grandma. She worked at a dry goods store, and…
Forage Management: Summer Annuals for Pasture or Hay
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 Almost everyone agrees that tall fescue is the foundation of the beef cattle industry in Tennessee. Fescue is very productive…
Forage Management: Making Haylage
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 One of the forage production methods that has changed during my career is the process of making haylage. My first…
Forage Management: Learning New Things
Dr. Gary BatesDirector and ProfessorUT Beef & Forage CenterP: 865-974-7324 I have always been the breakfast cook in our home. Part of it is because I get up earlier than…
