HyTon
At A Glance:
- Medium-late Maturity
- Suppresses weeds and gives superior soil coverage for reducing erosion potential.
- High Yield and Forage Quality
- Superior Standability
- Reduced awn variety
Best Use:
- Haylage, Baleage, and Managed Grazing
Establishment:
- Planting Dates: Barley to Mid Wheat Dates
- Seeding Rate: Forage: 125-150lbs/Acre
- Cover Crop: 50– 75lbs/Acre (increase with later plantings)
- Seeding Depth: 3/4”- 1 1/2”
- Use the large seed box
Nitrous
Key Characteristics:
- Late Maturity
- High leaf to stem ratio
- High yield and quality
- Dark green color
- Reduced awn variety
Best Use:
- Haylage, Bailage and Managed Grazing
Establishment:
- Planting Dates: Barley to Mid Wheat Dates
- Seeding Rate: Forages: 125-150lbs/Acre
- Cover Crop: 50 to 75lbs/Acre (increase with later plantings)
- Seeding Depth: 3/4”- 1 1/2”
- Use the large seed box
Seed Selection
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…
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Spelt Evaluation – Winter 2013-2014
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Barley: The Difference A Month Makes
From left, Abby Kautz, King’s Customer Service Rep, in front of a strip of late-planted barley and ryegrass; Genevieve Slocum, King’s Assistant Marketing Manager, in front of a strip of early-planted barley and crimson clover. Barley is a high quality, high-yielding forage and grain crop, but it needs a little more time to get…
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