Indiatimes

In 1883, Hawaii successfully introduced African Guinea grass for livestock feed; 143 years later, the 9-foot invasive grass can produce 9,000 seeds per plant and has a 0.89 ...

What was once introduced as a useful pasture grass has become part of Hawaii's growing invasive-species and wildfire challenge. Guinea grass, a perennial species native to Africa, was brought to ...
High Plains Journal

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension publishes fact sheet on invasive pasture mealybug

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released a new fact sheet to help forage producers and ranchers identify and monitor the pasture mealybug, an invasive pest recently confirmed in multiple ...
extension.purdue.edu

Improving Pastures by Renovation

In Indiana, pastures are generally (but not always) relegated to land that is too steep and rocky for row crops. The soils tend to be shallow, low in fertility, and droughty. The dominant plant ...
KXAN

Texas Department of Agriculture warns of pasture mealybug

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned of a “newly detected and highly damaging pest.” According to the commissioner’s office, the pasture mealybug, aka ...
dtnpf.com

Many Choices for Irrigated Pasture

OMAHA (DTN) -- Livestock producers considering irrigated pastures have several different options available to them to grow more grass. Different species, from cool- to warm-season to annuals to ...