Noble News and Views: October 2019

While many hunters feed deer with several goals in mind, supplemental feed is not a substitute for good quality deer habitat.

Producers can save money by using native grass as a standing hay crop when overwintering a cow herd, since the supplemental feed costs are less than feeding hay plus supplementation.

Agricultural producers can benefit from learning from each other. The Noble Research Institute supports small working groups and associations to help with this valuable networking.

To prevent prussic acid poisoning, livestock should not graze sorghum or sorghum-sudan grass hybrids immediately after frost, drought or other stress.

Generally speaking, a 1% increase in organic matter corresponds to an increase in soil water-holding capacity by about 20,000 gallons of water per acre.