Most weeds are not palatable and will be avoided by pastured livestock if adequate forage is available. However, in hay, most livestock cannot differentiate weeds from beneficial long ...

Yellow rattle is a hemiparasitic weed that is becoming increasingly problematic in hay fields in the northeastern United States. The biomass of yellow rattle was assessed in two experiments in which ...

Yellow starthistle can be spread as a contaminant in grass seed and in all classes of hay, particularly grass hay. Hay used as mulch along roadsides or disturbed areas can be a source of yellow ...

While a number of noxious weeds were brought into this country as ornamental plants, yellow starthistle is believed to have been introduced around 1849 via contaminated alfalfa hay that was ...