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.

It’s almost August and fall is just around the corner. Could you use some extra pasture or hay in late September and October? Oats might be the answer. Oats may be one of our most under-used fall ...

Spring-planted oats can provide many possibilities for producers. An oat crop can provide a quick, small-grains pasture with good forage quality that can bridge the gap until summer pasture is ...

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 ...