To grow warm-season grass, you'll have to perform basic maintenance duties throughout the year to ensure it's ready to thrive ...

Optimal nitrogen and sulfur rates for annual forage grasses part of Montana State University research project.

By now, you’ve probably had to crank up the lawnmower and give your lawn its first cut in a while.

Recent research at UT documented that bred dairy heifers (9-11 cwt) grazing native grasses had ADG of 1.64 lb on a big bluestem/indiangrass blend (105-day grazing season), 1.54 lb on switchgrass ...

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Reduced forage growth during the summer slump can lead to overgrazing and create management challenges for horse producers. In contrast to cool-season grasses, growth of warm-season grasses is most ...

Take-all root rot is a warm-season turf disease affecting zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine grasses. Symptoms include yellowing, thinning turf, and black, rotten roots. Proper irrigation ...

Allow the grass to get 1/3 longer than the desired length before you start cutting. For warm-season grasses, this usually means 3-4 inches tall. For warm-season grasses, this could vary from 1.5 ...

Also, forages may not be mature enough to take up fertilizer when applied too early. Warm-season annual grasses such as sorghum-Sudan, millet and crabgrass begin growing and tillering when soil ...

Summer Annual Weeds Seeds of warm-season annuals like crabgrass, bindweed, knotweed and lamb’s quarters germinate in spring and plants often get a jump on growth before heat-loving grasses like ...