Farm Facts #1
How many months do grain-finished beef spend at a feed yard eating a balanced diet of grains, local feed ingredients, like potato hulls or sugar beets?
4-6 Months
What state had the biggest year-over-year improvement in dry hay production?
Minnesota
What are the warm-season perennial Grasses?
Bermudagrass
Old world Bluestems
Dallisgrass
Bahiagrass
Johnsongrass
How does Bermudagrass spread?
mainly by rhizomes (underground stems)
Strong potential for nitrate accumulation when subjected to stress and/or high nitrogen fertilization and can produce prussic acid under stress conditions such as drought or defrost.
Sorghum-Sudan
Grain-Finished beef may be given U.S Food and Drug Administration-approved antibiotics to treat, prevent, or control diseases. (T or F)
True (they may or may not be given FDA-approved antibiotics to treat, prevent, or control. Most beef is from cattle that are raised this way, and the packages likely don't have a specific label claim.)
What was the percent gain in Texas boost number in hay production? (%)
37%
What are the warm-season annual grasses?
Pearl Millet
Crabgrass
Sorghum-sudan
What grass is established from seed, is palatable and has a higher level of nutritive value, and it can retain its nutritive value later into summer?
Old World Bluestems
What grass is used primarily for pasture, though it can be used for hay or silage?
Ryegrass
Grass finished or Grass-fed cattle spend their whole life eating grass or forage? (T or F)
Texas continued to climb the acreage ladder with slightly over 4.9 million dry hay acres in 2024, which was up 5% from 2023. (True or False)
True
What are the cool-season annual grasses?
Ryegrass
Oat
Wheat
Rye
Triticale
what grass is suited for hay production than for grazing because it can accumulate prussic acid in its leaves and poison livestock?
Johnsongrass
Primarily used for grain and pasture, though it can also be used for hay. It should be harvested at the boot to early heading stage.
Wheat
When was the most produced hay in the United States amount & date
159.6 Million
1999
How many million tons of hay were produced in the U.S in 1999?
159.6 Million
What are the cool-season legumes?
Alfalfa
Red Clover
Arrowleaf
What grass can be used for pasture, silage, or hay, though making hay is usually somewhat more difficult because of the large stems.
Pearl Millet
Generally the most winter-hardy of the cool-season annual grasses.
Rye
What was the total of all dry hay types last year? (millions)
122.5 Million Tons
Hay is what?
Grass, legumes, or other herbaceous plants that have been cut and dried to be stored for use an animal fodder, particularly for large grazing animals raised in livestock, such as cattle, horses, goats, and sheep.
What are the warm season legumes?
Soybean (Glycine Mix)
What grass is high nutritive value and is well adapted to sandy soils.
what grass is a cross between wheat and rye?
Triticale