December Updates
Find out more about what we have to offer for 2013! Plan to attend our 2013 King’s Winter Forage Meetings and spend a day with us to get all of your questions answered. If you are interested in one of the following meetings, please RSVP by calling 717-687-6224. January 16: Meadville, PA at the Meadville…
Clover – Ladino
At A Glance
Key Features
- Larger leaves than other white clo-vers
- Aggressive and vigorous growth
- High-yielding and good N producer
- Needs plentiful potassium, phospho-rus, and sulfur
- Top forage quality for poorly drained soils.
- Quick breakdown of material and N release in a killed cover crop scenario
- Good for long, cool springs and pro-tection of wetter soils
- Shade tolerant
- Intolerant of droughty soils
Establishment
Seeding rate:
- 2-4 lbs/A
- 776,000 seeds per pound
Depth: 1/8—1/4 inch
Date: Late winter (frost-seeded), Early spring or late summer (at least 6 weeks before killing frosts)
VNS Ladino Clover
Key Features
- Larger Leaves than other white clovers.
- More Upright Growth High-Yielding and Good Nitrogen Producer
- Needs Plentiful Potassium, Phosphorus and Sulfur
- Top forage quality for poorly drained soils.
- Quick breakdown of material and Nitrogen release in a killed cover crop scenario.
- Good for long, cool springs and protection of wetter soils.
- Shade Tolerant
- Intolerant of Droughty Soils
Establishment
- Seeding rate:
- 1-4lbs/Acre
- 776,000 Seeds per Pound
- Depth: Surface– 1/4”
- Date: Late Winter (Frost-seeded), Early spring, or late summer. (At least 6 weeks before killing frosts)
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Original article by Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Systems The season is quickly arriving at harvest time. Our BMR brachytic forage sorghum has done well in spite of the extremely dry weather. It was planted the 25 of May but stood still for a while until it got watered (June 3 planting was killed by chilling…
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Dave Wilson, Research Agronomist In 2014, we had a customer in Belleville, Pennsylvania report rootworm problems with a Bt corn hybrid, possibly suggesting rootworm resistance to the trait. This began an investigation into a trend toward resistance that more customers are struggling with. We notified Dr. John Tooker, Associate Professor of Entomology at Penn State…
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