LEXINGTON, Ky. — This one page publication gives a quick overview of tall fescue, the fungal endophyte and how their interaction negatively affects livestock and on farm profitability. Download it here. This publication was produced by researchers at Virginia Tech as part of a Conservation Innovation Grant with USDA-NRCS. Other fact sheets produced include Managing Novel Tall Fescue for Persistence, Sampling Tall Fescue for Endophytes and Alkaloids, Strategies to Mitigate Tall Fescue Toxicosis, and Converting from Wildtype to Novel Tall Fescue.
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KEEDYSVILLE, Md. — University of Maryland Extension is partnering up with the Alliance for Grassland Renewal to host a Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop in Maryland. These workshops happen annually in several locations across the region but this is the first time a workshop will be held in Maryland. Toxic tall fescue reduces livestock weight […]
