Drought and pasture management 2023

At the conclusion of a winter of feeding cows, this time of year we, (and the cows), look forward to green grass. Parts of Oklahoma have received some much needed rain over the past few weeks and yet a majority of the state remains in various degrees of drought. Moisture over the next few weeks will be critical to help warm season grass pastures (native or improved grasses) get off and running for the summer. Regardless of your current moisture situation, proper range management is critical now and over the next couple of months. We need to resist the temptation caused by green…