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        • Species
        • Select by characteristics
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        • Beef
        • Dairy
        • Deer/Elk
        • Goat
        • Horse
        • Forage-related health issues
        • Llama
        • Mule
        • Nutrition and Rations
        • Poultry
        • Ratite
        • Sheep
        • Swine
        • Bison
      • Bio-based Products
        • Bio-chemicals
        • Bio-fuels - General Description
        • Bio-mass Feedstocks
        • Bio-materials
        • Bio-power
        • Economics
      • Cover Crops
        • 1.1 Grasses
        • 1.2 Legumes
        • 1.3 Other Forbs
      • Economics & Statistics
        • Enterprise Budgets
        • Market Reports
        • Market Resources
        • Statistics
      • Establishment
        • Initial Management
        • Planning
          • Complete Replanting
          • Improving Management
            • Defoliation
            • Fertilization
            • Irrigation
          • Partial Renovation
            • Fertilization and Liming
            • Planting Seed
            • Weed Control
        • Planting
        • Site Preparation
        • Species Selection
      • Fertilization & Liming
        • Manure
        • Soil Sampling and Testing
        • Soil Testing
        • T-Sum 200
      • Hay
      • Marketing
        • Marketing vs. Selling
        • Quality Evaluation
        • Pricing
        • Market Reports
        • Hay Grower Directories and Lists
      • Pastures & Grazing Systems
        • Fertilization & Liming
        • Grazing System Design
        • Plant Species & Variety Selection
        • Stand Evaluation
      • Quality & Testing
      • Silage
      • Yield Trial Data
    • Glossary
    • National Forage Websites
    • Visual Media
      • Image Galleries
  • Oregon Forages
  • MatchClover
  • Educational Opportunities
    • Conferences/Workshops
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Feature Story Archive

Dairy cows grazing - Monmouth - Bansen's Double J Jerseys - Anna Roth

Forage Management

Forages respond to good management, whether mechanically harvested for green-chop, hay, or silage or if they are to be grazed by livestock.

Sheep grazing - Grand Ronde - Bob Klinger's ranch

Oregon Forages

Forages are grown on 2.982 million acres in Oregon, with hay alone ranking 3rd of all Oregon crops with a value of $585 million. 

Alfalfa Windrow - Madras - Bob Rost photo credit

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Welcome to Oregon Forages, where you can find principles and practices to increase forage yield, quality, persistence, and profitability in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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109 Crop Science Building
Corallis, OR 97331-3002
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