Livestock
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The US Department of Agriculture has an interesting website with ten case studies documenting their plan to help farmers and foresters plan for climate change. Here is some of the information from the web site. You can read more at: https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=climate-smart.html ——————————————————————————————————- The effort relies on voluntary, incentive-based conservation, forestry, and energy programs to reduce…
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I’ve seen a few stories recently about impacts of adverse climate on crops in other countries. AgWeb reported that France’s wheat harvest will be the worst in 28 years after rain and an overcast spring dropped yields precipitously. Excess water drowned the roots of the plants and fungal diseases were rampant, which the lack of…
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In view of the heat that is blanketing much of the US this week, Modern Farmer published a list of five methods that you can use to keep animals cool. And don’t forget, if they have light skin and little hair, they can get sunburned too. You can read the story here.
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I ran across this YouTube video discussing how you can protect your farm from wildfire from the EDEN folks at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh9-s7Xsgos&feature=youtu.be. While wildfires are more prevalent in the western US, fires can and do affect farms in the Southeast as well. This video discusses steps you can take to identify risks and plan for fires as…
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Modern Farmer published a short story on a new website devoted to farmers who have hay to sell or buy. It is located at https://www.hayfinders.com/ and allows farmers to sell or buy hay by location. There are currently no listings in the Southeast, but if you have some hay to sell, you can take a look and…
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Southeast Farm Press posted an important article today from Alabama Extension about the impacts of drought on nitrate levels in forages. According to the article, “nitrates can accumulate in forages when plants are stressed by low soil moisture, high temperatures or low humidity”. At high levels, these forages can poison the cattle that feed on…
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I ran across a couple of articles this week describing the impacts of climate on cattle feed which you might find interesting. Growing Georgia published an article from Clint Thompson at UGA discussing the benefits of using forage sorghum instead of corn in areas that have water deficits. Sorghum uses less water and can be…