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Fungicide Seed Treatments for Winter Wheat
As producers are preparing to plant winter wheat, one of the decisions to make is whether to use a fungicide seed treatment, and if the answer is yes, which product to use.
Herd Inventory Centers on Feed Available
With drought conditions continuing across the state, livestock producers will be making hard decisions on livestock inventory numbers as pasture and feed availability become an even more significant factor.
Soybean Diseases Update
A few soybean fields scouted had between low to moderate levels of brown spot (also known as Septoria leaf spot). Soybean planted into soybean stubble had elevated levels of brown spot.
Supplementation Considerations for Ewes Grazing Dormant Winter Pastures and Rangelands
A recent collaboration between South Dakota State University and the University of Wyoming addresses the many questions surrounding grazing supplementation for sheep as forages enter dormancy.
Late-Season Soybean Diseases: Know what’s killing your soybeans
Late-season soybean diseases can sometimes be mistaken for natural senescence. A closer look at the stems and roots of dying plants and the pattern displayed by dead plants in the field may reveal root or stem rots going on. In order to devise effective management practices for future soybean seasons, it is important to determine the cause of early soybean plants death.
Multispecies Grazing: Benefits of Sheep Integration on Rangelands
Fact sheet about diversifying your operation to benefit your rangeland.
Feed Additives Can Modulate the Swine Gut Microbiome in Weaned Pigs
Recent research at the SDSU Commercial Wean-to-Finish Research Facility found that a combination of feed additives provided benefits to the performance of weaned pigs and also modulated the swine gut microbiome.
Trace Mineral Inclusion Level Did Not Impact Grow-Finish Pig Performance
Recent research at SDSU found that supplementing dietary trace minerals at levels closer to NRC requirements in typical corn-soybean meal diets for grow-finish pigs did not have an impact on overall pig performance and carcass characteristics.
Soybean Pests: Bean Leaf Beetles and Bean Pod Mottle Virus
With the number of bean leaf beetle observations in soybean fields during 2016, the need for monitoring soybean for Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) development increases. Bean pod mottle virus was first identified in South Dakota in 1998, and is recognized as a very economically important disease in soybean due to the potential for it to cause devastating losses to soybean yields.
Backgrounding Beef Calves on Cover Crops May Improve Steak Tenderness
Can short-term backgrounding diets of beef calves have long term impacts of meat quality? Recent research from the meat science team at South Dakota State University says, “Yes.”