Forages

Plants utilized in the feeding of livestock have long been a fundamental link in the food chain. Native grasses supported grazing animals well before man began to domesticate livestock.

New knowledge in forage quality and animal feeding, and significant advances in improving the genetic potential of animals used to produce milk, meat and wool, improve efficiency and lower costs.

This publication is guide to help determine forage production of range, pasture, and other grazing resources. Once forage production for a grazing resource has been determined, carrying capacity and stocking rate can be calculated.

Blister beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae) get their name from the cantharidin toxin in their body fluids, which can cause blisters on people’s skin if handled and life-threatening inflammations in horses and livestock.