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FORAGE EXTENSION FUNDING TO START THE NEXT 100 YEARS: An Opinion

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On May 8, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Smith-Lever Act into law, establishing the Cooperative Extension Service. In the 100 years that have elapsed, extension agents and educators at the national, state, and local level have been leaders in an epic agricultural revolution. In a 2010 study entitled “Persistence Pays: U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth […]

PICKING A SUMMER ANNUAL FORAGE

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May 2014 Southeast Cattle Advisor Newsletter Dennis Hancock, Forage Extension Specialist The University of Georgia Summer annual grasses are important forage crops in the Southeast. They have a significant fit in our forage systems to fill in the summer forage gap in the Fescue Belt and as an emergency forage crop for dry summers or […]

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