Author: lseveri

By Andrea Oyuela Zavala, M.S. student Effective grazing management directly impacts forage production and quality, which in turn affects livestock production.  When designing management practices for a forage-livestock system, it is important to properly understand the needs of livestock and forages to balance them, and to plan for forage species and distribution of production and quality […]

By Liliane Silva, Forages Specialist, Clemson University   Cool-season forages are widely used in South Carolina forage-livestock operations. In the upstate region, most operations rely on tall fescue stands as the basis of their forage systems, either planted in monoculture or mixed with cool- and warm-season species. Statewide, we also rely on cool-season annual forages […]

Liliane Silva, Forages Specialist   Nitrate is a naturally occurring component in plants, and its accumulation is usually associated with plant stress conditions (e.g., prolonged drought). When plants grow slowly, they continue to uptake nitrates, but these do not convert to proteins and amino acids, so there is a buildup of nitrates in the plant. […]

The bermudagrass stem maggot [BSM; Atherigona reversura Villeneuve (Diptera: Muscidae)] is an invasive species in the southeastern USA. This insect was first reported in California in 2009 and in Georgia in 2010, but it is native to South Asia. It is unclear how BSM was introduced to the United States. The suspicion is that the […]

By Liliane Silva, Forages Specialist In the Southeast region, most livestock operations are based on the use of perennial warm-season grasses. Due to the seasonality of production, there is a need to provide supplemental feed to livestock during the cooler months. In this context, implementing management strategies such as stockpiling forages, feeding hay or non-forage […]

By Liliane Silva, Livestock-Forages Specialist, Clemson University   Forages are the primary feed source for livestock production systems. Forage systems play an essential role in delivering ecosystem services (ES), and the management practices applied to them directly affect ES delivery. In recent years, forage research has expanded to better understand how management practices can be […]

  We are excited to announce the release of a couple of new educational handbooks. The “Establishment and management of silvopasture systems in South Carolina” (Figure 1) is a great multidisciplinary collaboration among 12 specialists and graduate students to discuss aspects related to the establishment and management of silvopasture. This handbook provides concepts and research-based […]

Book links available for download: Concepts and Research-Based Guidelines for Forage-Livestock Systems in the Southeast Region  Link: https://www.sare.org/resources/concepts-and-research-based-guidelines-for-forage-livestock-systems-in-the-southeast-region/ 2. South Carolina Forages: Research-Based Concepts for Forage Management Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393654109_South_Carolina_Forages_Research-based_concepts_for_forage_management/references#fullTextFileContent 3. Silvopasture establishment and management in Slouth Carolina operations

In this virtual engagement series, Clemson University and the USDA Southeast Climate Hub partner with several multi-disciplinary speakers to discuss preparedness and aftermath strategies to enhance the resilience of forage and livestock systems to extreme weather events. We will have specialists joining to discuss forage and livestock health and management initiatives, resources and guides. Additionally, […]