Second-cutting fescue makes quality hay when stems and seed heads were cut earlier. Farmers cutting fescue hay don’t get many second chances to make quality hay. This is a one-in-five year, says Craig ...

Making hay is more than working between rains.Grass seed heads have a bigger impact on hay quality than wet weather, so for best nutrition, hay must be cut before grass transfers nutrients from the ...

“Missouri livestock producers have some options to manage tall fescue seed head development and the toxic endophyte issues we have in Missouri,” says Tim Schnakenberg, University of Missouri Extension ...