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Be Aggressive in Dealing With Drought

Be Aware of Prussic Acid Danger to Livestock

Changes at SDSU Extension FeedFinder: Arrange CRP, Wintering of Livestock 

Corn Damaged by Common Corn Smut Under Stressful Conditions

Consider Soybeans as Alternative Forage for Dairy Cattle

Creep Feeding May Reduce Grazing Pressure on Drought-Stressed Pastures 
Drought-Related Livestock Sales Pose Tax Issues 

Early Weaning of Beef Calves An Option for Producers in Drought

Economic Considerations of Managing a Livestock Enterprise during a Drought

Ensiling Oats May be the Preferred Method of Preserving Oats

Guard Against Nitrate Toxicity from Weeds

Improve Liquidity and Cash Flow

Limit-Feeding Cows in a Drylot Offers Alternative to Producers

Managing Pastures During and After Drought

Monitoring Range Water Quality Essential for Healthy Livestock

Move Feed to Livestock or Livestock to Feed?

Nitrate Levels Won't Change in Stunted Corn

Obtain Representative Sample when Testing for Nitrates

Producers Must Weigh Issues in Baling, Ensiling Corn

SDSU Extension Economist: Drought Damage Exceeds $800 million

SDSU Forage Tests Show High Nitrates in Some Samples

Small Grains an Option for Making Hay or Silage

Strategies for CRP Grazing, Haying

Take Advantage of Dry Conditions To Remove Sediments from Dams, Dugouts
Take Special Care in Handling Drought-Stressed Corn After Rain

Target High-Quality Feeds to When Cows Need it Most

Total Cost of Drought in South Dakota: $1.8 Billion

Total Dissolved Solids, Sulfates Pose Risk In Livestock Drinking Water
Use Drought-Stressed Corn as Hay or Silage
Watch for Causes of Poor Performance in Livestock

Watch for Short- and Long-term Effects of Drought on Cow Herds
Watch Livestock for Blue-Green Algae Poisoning

 

Creep Feeding


Other Universities

Creep Feeding -- Beef Cattle Handbook BCH-5476

Creep Feeding Calves -- NDSU DS-11-97

Creep Feeding Beef Calves -- UNL G74-166

Drylot Feeding


SDSU

ExEx 2032 -- Limit-Feeding Cows in a Drylot

Other Universities

Limit-Feeding Beef Cattle, Beef Cattle Handbook BCH-5175

Limit-Feeding Cows on a Corn-Based Diet -- OSU Website

Feeding Corn and Sorghum Silages to Beef Cattle, UNL G78-395-A

Early Weaning


SDSU

ExEx 2031 -- Early Weaning Beef Calves

Other Universities

Management of Early Weaned Calves -- UNL G-83-655-A

Economics


SDSU

ExEx 5039 -- Economics of Grazing or Haying Emergency-Released Conservation Reserve Program Land

ExEx 5041 -- Short on Feed? Move the Feed to the Livestock, or the Livestock to the Feed?

ExEx 5042 -- Custom Beef Cow Wintering Costs

ExEx 5044 -- Crop Insurance Alternatives for Hay in South Dakota

Emergency Forages


SDSU

ExEx 4023 -- Alternative Forages for Dairy Cattle: Soybeans and Sunflowers

ExEx 8142 -- Producing Annual and Alternative Crops for Forage

ExEx 8057 -- Forage Potential of Cicer Milkvetch

ExEx 8059 -- Forage Value of Spring Oats and Triticale

ExEx 8062 -- Forage Potential of Birdsfoot Trefoil

ExEx 11002 -- Feeding Kochia to South Dakota Livestock

Other Universities

Emergency and Supplemental Forages -- KSU MF-1073

Grazing Annual Forages in the Northern Great Plains -- NDSU Website

Nontraditional Forages as Emergency or Supplemental Forages -- KSU Website

Pearl Millet: Forage Production in North Dakota -- NDSU R-1016

Supplementary Forages for Pasture, Hay, and Silage - ISU Website

Feed and Water Sampling


SDSU

ExEx 4001 -- Take and Accurate Forage Sample

ExEx 8145 -- Obtain a Representative Plant Tissue Sample for Testing Nitrates

Feeds and Forages

Water

Feeding Drought Stressed Crops


SDSU

ExEx 4017  -- Harvesting and Feeding Drought-Stressed Corn

ExEx 4018 -- Determining the Value of Drought-Stressed Corn

ExEx 8140 -- Forage Restrictions for Small Grain Herbicides

ExEx 8141 -- Harvest Restrictions for Soybean Herbicides

ExEx 8143 -- Corn Herbicide Restriction: Forage or Grazing Dry Conditions

ExEx 2034 -- Incorporating High Nitrate Feeds into Feeding Programs

Other Universities

Small Grains for Hay or Silage -- UNL G84-696-A

Feeding Grains and Alternative Feeds


SDSU

The Value of Corn as a Hay Replacement for Cows - Proceedings, 2001 Range Beef Cow Symposium

ExEx 2023 -- Utilizing Soyhulls in Livestock and Dairy Rations

ExEx 2036 -- Feeding Corn Distiller's Co-Products to Beef Cattle

ExEx 4022 -- Distillers Grains for Dairy Cattle

Other Universities

Byproduct Feedstuffs for Beef and Dairy Cattle -- UNL G90-978

Feeding Barley to Cattle -- NDSU EB-70

Feeding Wheat to Beef Cattle -- NDSU AS-1184

Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affected Pastures -- NDSU DS-12-97

Wheat Middlings - A Useful Feed for Cattle -- NDSU AS-1175

Forage Treatments


Other Universities

Ammonia Treatment of Low Quality Forages -- UNL EC 89-265

Ammoniation of Low-Quality Roughages - NDSU DS-9-97

Grazing Alfalfa


Other Universities

Bloat Prevention and Treatment, UNL G74-149-A

Grazing Alfalfa -- UNL G99-1393-A

Harvesting and Storing Hay


Other Universities

Preserving the Value of Stored Hay - UMN FO-07404-GO

Hot Hay! How Hot is Too Hot? - ISU Website

Harvesting Hay and Silage - UMN

Health and Toxicity Concerns


SDSU

ExEx 4015 -- Causes and Prevention: Nitrate Poisoning of Livestock

ExEx 4016 -- Causes and Prevention: Prussic Acid Poisoning of Livestock

ExEx 4024 -- Dealing with Heat Stress in Dairy Cows

ExEx 8144 -- Nitrate Toxicity from Weeds Drought Conditions

ExEx 11007 - - Blue-Green Algae Poisoning

ExEx 11008 -- Atypical Interstitial Pneumonia In Range Cattle

FS 907 -- Aflatoxins Hazards in Grain / Aflatoxicosis and Livestock

Pasture Management


SDSU

ExEx 2033 -- Managing Pastures During and After Drought

ExEx 8139 -- Haying and Grazing Restrictions for Pasture and CRP

Drought Management on Range and Pastureland

Silages


Other Universities

Estimating Corn and Sorghum Silage Value - UNL G-74-99A

Harvesting Silage at the Correct Moisture - UW

Calculating the Silage Value of Immature Corn - UW

Inoculants for Corn Silage - UW

Harvesting and Preserving Hay Crop Silage - UNL G74-142-A

Round Bale Silage - OSU AGF-010-95

Water Quality


SDSU

ExEx 1050 -- What Causes Salinity in Dams and Dugouts?

ExEx 2030 -- How to Measure Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Using the HANNA Portable Conductivity Meter
ExEx 11007 - - Blue-Green Algae Poisoning

Other Universities

Livestock Water Quality -- UNL G79-467-A

Water Quality - The Animal Component -- NDSU AS-1023

Other Drought Information Links

 

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