Drought '07 The Ohio State University Extension BEEF Team Beef Cattle and Forage Drought Information As drought conditions intensified and progressed over Ohio and much of the Midwest during the Summer and Fall of '07, they brought on management decisions that cattlemen face infrequently. The following resources produced by The Ohio State University Extension Beef Team may be useful to help with decisions on the farm. If you have questions not addressed on this page, send them to beef-cattle-on@ag.osu.edu. A Pictorial Cronology of a 'Forage Oat' Field in '07 http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/Oats07/Oats07.html It's Deja Vu all over again! http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune6.html#linka Grazing Management in Dry times http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune6.html#linkb Is it Time to Consider Early Weaning? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune6.html#linkc Summer Annuals for Grazing http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune6.html#linkd Summer Water Requirements for Cattle http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefMy30.html#linka More Grazing Considerations http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune13.html#linka Forage Shortage? Make Plans Now! http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune13.html#linkb Options for Cattle Producers During a Summer Drought http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune20.html#linka Harvesting Stressed Alfalfa and Other Forages http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune20.html#linkg Oats, planted late, aren't your Grandpa's oats! http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune20.html#linkb Oats, Turnips and Teff http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune20.html#linkc Early Pregnancy Diagnosis Important During Drought http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune20.html#linkd Weeds and Toxins http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune27.html#linka Why Oats, and Not Cereal Rye or Wheat? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune27.html#linkb Haying or Grazing CRP Acres http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune27.html#linkc Is it Bedding or is it Feed? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune27.html#linkd Early Weaning for the Beef Herd http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJune27.html#linke Should we add nitrogen now to help with grass growth http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly4.html#linka Grazing Alfalfa http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly4.html#linkb Under Dry Conditions, Toxic Plants May Attract Livestock http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story.php?id=4175 Late-Planted Oats an Option When Short on Feed http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story.php?id=4174 Summer planted oats . . . these can't be the ones Grandpa grew - Power Point http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/pp/FORAGEoats.ppt Summer Grazing Management http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly11.html#linka Potential of CRP Warm Season Grasses for Hay http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly11.html#linkb How much of the hay you harvest gets to the feeder? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly11.html#linkc Drought-stressed Corn for Silage http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly18.html#linka Chopping Soybeans for Silage http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly18.html#linkb Teff Yields 1.2 Ton in 40 Days http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly18.html#linkc In response to your questions . . . http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly25.html#linka Pricing Drought-Stressed Corn Silage http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly25.html#linkb Late Summer Seeding of Forage Crops http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefJuly25.html#linkc Stockpiling Fescue http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst8.html#linka Harvesting ‘Forage Oats’ . . . When and How? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst8.html#linkb Electric Fence Review http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst8.html#linkc Managing Alfalfa During and Following a Drought http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst15.html#linkc Yellow Feed http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst15.html#linkd Taking Stock and Moving Forward http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst22.html#linka We Still Have Options for Fall and Winter Feed http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst22.html#linkb Feeding Corn Stover to Ruminants http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst22.html#linkc Managing Your Drought Stressed Pastures this Fall http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefAgst29.html#linka Drought Strategies: Herd Inventory Decisions http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefSep5.html#linka Timing of Oats for Silage http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefSep5.html#linkd Using Drought-stressed Forages http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefSept12.html#linkb Winter Feed Options http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefSept26.html#linka The rest of the story on harvesting and feeding crop residue http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr3.html#linka Additional Considerations for Drought Stressed Pasture This Fall http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr3.html#linkc Corn as an Alternative to Hay for Gestating and Lactating Beef Cows http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr3.html#linkd "Special" EQIP Program to Assist in Re-establishing "Sacrifice" Pasture http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr17.html#linkc Protein and Energy Supplementation of Crop Residues for Breeding Cattle http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr24.html#linkb OSU Extension Offers "Drought Strategies" at Series of Meetings http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr31.html#linka Feeding Systems for Beef Cows http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefOctr31.html#linkb What's Your Goal for This Winter? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefNovr7.html#linkb Corn Stalks and a Protein Block . . . That All You Got? http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefNovr7.html#linkc Drought information from 2002 Livestock Dry Weather Can Pose A Feeding Risk For Livestock http://fusion.ag.ohio-state.edu/news/story.asp?storyid=578 Drought Concerns and Management for Beef Cattle http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefaug7.html What Do I Do If Mycotoxins are Present? http://beef.osu.edu/library/mycotoxins.html Beef Cattle Management Considerations for Drought Conditions http://fairfield.osu.edu/ag/beef/beefjul17.html FEEDING POTATO PROCESSING WASTES AND CULLS TO CATTLE http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~beef/library/potato.html WHEAT MIDDLINGS http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~beef/library/wheatmid.html FEEDING WHOLE SOYBEANS TO FEEDLOT CATTLE http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~beef/library/wholesoy.html OPTIONS FOR CATTLE PRODUCERS DURING A SUMMER DROUGHT http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~beef/library/feedrout.html NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR RECEIVING AND FEEDING EARLY-WEANED CALVES http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~beef/library/weancalf.html LIMIT-FEEDING COWS ON A CORN-BASED DIET http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~beef/library/limitfed.html LIVESTOCK AND WATER, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/001.html Using soybeans for silage and hay - Herbicide considerations, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/002.html LIVESTOCK AND PRUSSIC ACID POISONING, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/003.html Limit-feeding Cows on a Corn-Based Diet, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/004.html HEAT STRESS AND BEEF CATTLE, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/005.html NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES FOR RECEIVING AND FEEDING EARLY-WEANED CALVES, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/006.html OPTIONS FOR CATTLE PRODUCERS DURING A SUMMER DROUGHT, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/007.html 10 Reasons to Wait for 205 Days Before Weaning! http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjun30.html Early Weaning -- Should I Wean Now?? http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjun30.html Management of Early-Weaned Calves http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjul7.html Drought management for beef and sheep producers http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjul14.html Plan to palpate and preg check your cows! http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjul14.html Whole soybean plants for cattle http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefaug11.html Nitrate poisoning from cool season grasses http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefaug11.html Can you add anything to drought corn for silage? http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefaug11.html Corn Irrigation in Ohio - Eight Major Factors, OHIO http://ohioline.osu.edu/aex-fact/0370.html Assessing the Impact of Drought on Corn Pollination, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jul/02-24.html#linkc Drought Stressed Corn for Silage, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/drought02/0011.html "Rootless Corn Syndrome" In Late Planted Fields, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jun/02-19.html#linkb When Is Corn Ear Size Determined?, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jun/02-19.html#linkc Drought And Heat Stress Effects On Corn Yield Potential, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jul/02-21.html#linkb Water Stress Effects On Corn Growth And Development, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jul/02-22.html#linkh Drought Increases Potential for Stalk Rot and Lodging in Corn, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-23.html#linkb Assessing Potential For Nitrate Problems In Corn, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jul99/99-17.html#linkc Salvaging Drought Stressed Corn, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jul99/99-19.html#linkh Salvaging Drought Stressed Corn, Purdue http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/NCH/NCH-58.html "Beer Can" Ear Syndrome, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jul99/99-19.html#linkf Will Root Lodged Corn Recover?, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jul/02-24.html#linkd Weather Stress in the Corn Crop, Purdue http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/NCH/NCH-18.html Growing Season Characteristics and Requirements in the Corn Belt, Purdue http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/NCH/NCH-40.html Pricing Standing Corn for Silage, Ohio http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-20.html#linkh Estimating Yield Losses In Drought Damaged Corn Fields, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-21.html#linkb Drought-Stressed Corn, Grain Harvest Considerations http://corn.osu.edu/archive/1999/sep99/99-26.html#linkc Precision Farming And Drought-Stressed Corn http://corn.osu.edu/archive/1999/sep99/99-26.html#linkd Corn Harvest Losses And Grain Drydown Rates http://corn.osu.edu/archive/1999/sep99/99-25.html#linkc Firing On Lower Leaves Of Corn http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jul/02-23.html#linkc Understanding Corn Crop Water Needs: Available Soil Moisture http://corn.osu.edu/archive/2002/jul/02-23.html#linkd Soybeans Spider Mites on Soybeans, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jun99/99-13.html#linke Check for Two-spotted Spider Mites Before Spraying, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jun99/99-15.html#linkd Drought and Soybean Diseases, OHIO http://corn.osu.edu/drought02/0010.html Current Bean Leaf Beetle Populations Concern For Later In Soybeans, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jul99/99-19.html#linkb Whole Soybean Plant Hay and Forage For Cattle, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-21.html#linkc Forages Prussic Acid and Nitrate Poisoning Concerns http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/008.html Harvesting Drought Stressed Forages, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jun99/99-15.html#linkf Forage Species For Supplemental Emergency Forage, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/jul99/99-16.html Determining Moisture Content Of Whole Plant Corn and Other Forages, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-21.html#linkd Dry Weather May Hamper Summer Forage Seedings, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-21.html#linke Plan Now To Manage Forage Supplies http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjun23.html Forage Species for Supplemental Emergency Forage http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjul7.html Forage and Feed Saver Check-List http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefjul7.html Increasing the feed! http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~fair/ag/beef/beefaug4.html Weed Control Weed Control in Wheat Stubble, OHIO http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/archive/1999/aug99/99-20.html#linkg Fruit Managing Summer Diseases of Apple in Dry Weather http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ipm/fruit/icm24.htm#linke Widespread Drought Reports http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ipm/fruit/icm27.htm#linkc Drought Effects on Apple Trees http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ipm/fruit/icm27.htm#linkg Marketing Information Grain, Livestock, and Dairy Outlook & Markets, OHIO http://aede.osu.edu/programs/outlook/OutlookNewsletters.htm Other Resources Drought and Information Resources for Nebraskans http://ianrhome.unl.edu/drought/ Agronomic Drought Stress Information - Purdue http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/drought/ Ohio Veterinary Newsletter - Drought Concerns http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/drought99/009.html Family and the Farm http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~health/farm.htm Palmer Drought Index, NOAA http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif Other Web Sites with Drought Information http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~agsafety//Disaster%20Recovery/drought.html Weather Information http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~corn/weather.html Crop, Forage and Livestock Drought News Stories All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status. 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