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Grazing North Texas — Canada Wildrye
By Tony Dean
Across North Texas grazing lands, we are blessed to have a few species of perennial winter grazing plants as part of our native forage.
These grasses and forbs are important because they furnish green grazing and substantial protein during winter and early spring months when the summer grasses are at their lowest.
Crude protein value for Canada wildrye in April, for leaves only, is 14 percent, while protein for leaves and stems from winter into spring runs 7 to 9.5 percent.
Canada wildrye produces leaves up to three-quarters of an inch wide and five to 12 inches long. It can grow up to 48 inches in height and reproduces from seed or tillering.
Seedhead is a tight spike four to nine inches long that begins to curve or nod as it reaches maturity.
This curved seedhead distinguishes Canada wildrye from Virginia wildrye which has an upright seedhead.
Canada wildrye is very palatable and is sought after by all classes of livestock. Forage value for deer and antelope is fair with new tender leaves being selected. Seed value for game and songbirds is low.
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By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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