Farming for Wildlife Video

January 10, 2012 Leave a comment

Southeastern Prairie Symposium

November 22, 2011 Leave a comment

May 14-17, 2012
Starkville, Mississippi

 

Agricultural Landscapes from Space

November 22, 2011 Leave a comment

Some excellent images of agricultural landscapes from space from Wired magazine.  The contrast between anthropogenic and natural parts is striking.

An Introduction to Native Bees

October 3, 2011 Leave a comment

Shelterbelts on the Prairies

October 3, 2011 Leave a comment

The Importance of Ag Research

Everett Griner at Southeast AgNET tells us today how agriculture research is slowing down in the current economic/political environment.  This is not good for agriculture.  American farmers now compete in an ever-changing global economy.  To compete, they must innovate, and innovation means taking risks – innovative practices and crops are by definition possible (likely?) to fail.  Agricultural researchers take this risk for farmers (at least some of it).   Our excellent extension professionals (extension agents and TSPs at federal, state and NGO’s) pass this knowledge – sans risk -  to producers.   Congress should consider this in budget decisions….

“…Guess who’s going to be affected by these decisions?  YOU.” – E. Griner.

Everitt Griner at SoutheastAgNET

Native Grass Forage – New Extension Bulletins for Mid-South

A new series of extension bulletins focused on native grass forage production is being produced here at UT’s Center for Native Grassland Management.  The first four are now available (see below).  Five others are planned with the first of those, Economic Implications of Growing Native Warm-Season Grasses for Forage in the Mid-South (SP731-E), becoming available in the next two months.

  • Native Warm-Season Grasses for Mid-South Forage Production (SP731-A)
  • Establishing Native Warm-Season Grasses for Livestock Forage in the Mid-South (SP731-B)
  • Grazing Native Warm-Season Grasses in the Mid-South (SP731-C)
  • Producing Hay from Native Warm-Season Grasses in the Mid-South (SP731-D)

You can access them here:  https://utextension.tennessee.edu/publications/Pages/animals.aspx.  Please feel free to share a syou have need or opportunity.

Converting Cropland to Perennial Grassland

January 3, 2011 Leave a comment
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CRP – Happy 25th Anniversary

December 23, 2010 Leave a comment

Invasive Plants in Southern Forests

August 11, 2010 Leave a comment

USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Director Jim Reaves today announced that gardeners, foresters, landowners and others concerned about nonnative invasive plants in the South can now request free copies of “A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests“. The long-awaited book is an update of the very popular “Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests: A Field Guide for Identification and Control“, published by the Station in 2003.”

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