The following publications cover topics related to Forages. For a complete list of MU Extension publications, visit the main Publications page.
Corn Silage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and revenues when growing corn silage on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Hay Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to produce, finance and market alfalfa sold as small square or large round hay bales in Missouri. It links to the Missouri Forage Budget Generator spreadsheet.
Native Warm-Season Grass Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan costs and returns for establishing and managing native warm-season grass forages for hay and pasture on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Baleage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when producing alfalfa baleage as a forage crop on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Establishment Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when planting and establishing alfalfa as a forage crop in Missouri.
Cool-Season Pasture Establishment Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to finance, establish and graze cool-season pastures on Missouri farms.
Cool-Season Grass Hay Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to produce, finance, graze, and market fescue-clover hay on Missouri farms.
Fescue Seed and Forage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this budget to plan how to produce, finance, graze, and market fescue on Missouri farms.
Seeding Rates, Dates and Depths for Common Missouri Forages
Revised
This guide provides recommended seeding rates, planting depths, and optimal planting dates for common Missouri forages.
Sorghum-Sudangrass: Grazing Management
New
Get practical recommendations for grazing sorghum-sudangrass as a complement to cool-season pastures: rest and rotation, stocking, toxicity prevention and more.
Big Bluestem, Indiangrass and Switchgrass
Reviewed
Big Bluestem, Indiangrass and Switchgrass have been reintroduced successfully across Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more.
Reducing Losses When Feeding Hay to Beef Cattle
Reviewed
Feeding hay to cattle is expensive, mostly due to waste. Learn good management practices to minimize the losses that occur due to poor storage methods, improper feeding methods, or both.
Bermudagrass
Reviewed
Bermudagrass makes excellent warm-season pasture and is gaining popularity in Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more.
Missouri Grazing Manual
Reviewed $20
Learn how soil, forages and animals interact in grazing systems, and get ideas for improving pasture quality and extending the grazing season for beef or dairy.
Dairy Grazing: Pasture Establishment
Reviewed
Establishing permanent pastures for dairy grazing involves selecting appropriate forage species, ensuring soil fertility, and choosing optimal seeding times
Alfalfa
Reviewed
Alfalfa is the most productive legume for Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more about Alfalfa.
Making and Storing Quality Hay
Reviewed
Properly making and storing hay and greatly reduce dry matter loses. Visit our site to learn about Making and Storing Quality Hay.
Tall Fescue
Reviewed
Tall Fescue is one of the more drought-resistant field plants grown in Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more.
Fall Armyworm in Missouri Pastures
New
This publication describes the biology and ecology of fall armyworm in Missouri pastures, as well as scouting and management techniques.
Red Clover
Revised
Red clover establishment, management, forage quality, and seed production guidance for Missouri pastures and hay systems.
Pasture Fence Construction Budget
Revised
Use the breakdown of the costs of newly constructed pasture fencing in this guide to estimate fence construction costs before starting a fencing project.
White, Ladino and Sweet Clover
Revised
White and ladino clover varieties offer high-quality forage, nitrogen fixation, and adaptability to cool, moist conditions, but require careful grazing management.
Renovating Grass Sods With Legumes
Revised
Enhance pasture productivity by integrating legumes into grass sods using cost-effective methods that boost forage quality, animal gains, and soil fertility.
Tall Fescue Toxicosis
Revised
Tall fescue is Missouri's most widely used forage crop. Visit our site to learn about Tall Fescue Toxicosis.
Annual Lespedeza
Revised
Annual lespedeza is an acid-tolerant, drought-resistant, summer annual legume useful for pasture, hay & soil improvement. Visit our website to learn more.