Important cattle grazing grass could shrink 60 percent, says study
Big bluestem grass — one of the most important forage grasses in the Midwest for cattle — is predicted to drop as much as 60 percent drop in stature and growth over the next 75 years due to climate change, according to a study published in the journal Global Change Biology.
Old World bluestem grasses menace Kansas ranchers
An invasive plant, Old World bluestem grasses, is spreading in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas, jeopardizing grassland for cattle and overwhelming the plants that provide seeds, fruits and insects that are the diet of birds such as prairie chickens, said the Wichita Eagle.