Summer Burning May Be Option For Pasture Maintenance
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 14:40
in Biology & Nature
The greater duration of heat in a summer-prescribed burn provides more effective management of encroaching woody or cactus species on rangeland, scientists report. Controlling encroachments of prickly pear, mesquite, juniper and other rangeland plants that compete with grass can be pretty expensive without the use of fire in controlled burn situations.