Month: January 2014

The King’s Agriseeds team continued across Pennsylvania, presenting to a crowd of farmers in Reedsville, PA on Thursday 1/23/14. King’s speakers sought to cover concepts that were useful to the audience, instead of simply promoting products. Pictured here, Tim Fritz, company owner, speaks to the crowd about the importance of calibrating their drills before planting.…

We had a six inch layer of snow fall in the Lehigh Valley. Before the storm, road salt slurry was applied to the road surface and snow plows were jockeying around. The city-dwellers were scurrying about to get pavements and vehicles cleared. Another way to look at snow fall is the agronomist’s view. Snow provides…

The King’s Agriseeds Educational meetings continue across the state of Pennsylvania. Despite sub-zero temperatures of -8 degrees F and some gelled up diesel fuel lines on Wednesday January 22, Pennsylvania farmers continue to make it out to attend the King’s Agriseeds winter meetings. They’ve been rewarded with  farm fellowship and the chance to learn about…

Progressive Forage Grower just published a great piece on smart seed selection. When selecting your seed for this year, don’t roll the dice, they advise. Seed is an investment that has to be made wisely, and you want to be sure that not only are you buying the highest quality seed, but also investing in…

The King’s Agriseeds Team hit the road early Monday morning to travel to New Enterprise in Cumberland County to start the first of their two week long series of educational forage meetings. South Central PA “Ridge and Valley” topography. They met at the old Replogle School community center in New Enterprise, PA for the first…

If you are thinking about thickening your pasture or hayfield, winter may be the perfect time and lends itself to two opportunities – dormant seeding and frost seeding. Both allow you to get the seed in the ground in time for the first of the spring weather and the very start of the growing season,…

by Betty Sanders www.BettyonGardening.com. Sitting in a warm room looking out at our landscape enduring the 9 degree afternoon (up from -17 degrees the night before) and listening to reports of -35 degree wind chill, I can’t help but think about what is happening to the plants. Because it was over 50 degrees a few…