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- Quality Hay Production Field Day—May 9
- Upcoming Events (see Forage website for details and to register, click on EVENTS)
- Pub of the Month: Warm Season Annual Grasses in Kentucky AGR-229
- Jim Gerrish Receives the 2025 Plant and Soil Science Distinguished Alumni Award
- Horse Owners and Hay Wants
- Myths About Tall Fescue Explored
- Electric Fencing for Serious Graziers: Installation and Troubleshooting Event—June 3rd
Forage Timely Tips for May
- Start hay harvests for quality forage. Consider making baleage to facilitate timely cutting.
- Seed warm season grasses for supplemental summer forage once soil temperature is at 60°F
- Clip, graze, or make hay to prevent seedhead formation.
- Consider temporary electric fencing to subdivide larger pastures and exclude areas for mechanical harvesting.
- Scout pastures for summer annual weeds and control when small.
- Rotate pastures as based in height rather than time. Start grazing tall fescue at 8-10” and stop grazing at 3-4”. Stop grazing orchardgrass dominant pastures at 4-5” for quicker regrowth. results to select seed for spring renovation
