Tetraploids and diploids: which is which?
Ryegrass is often thought of as the top pasture staple for lush quality and sugars. It establishes fast in cooler, moist regions and is excellent for grazing or mechanical harvest. A high yielder with a longer growing season than some other cool season pastures, perennial ryegrass can also be shorter lived, and is sensitive to…
The Interseeder – Growing Two Crops in One
King’s Agriseeds Inc. supported this project, providing some of the seed for the on-farm research. Dave Wilson, King’s research agronomist is on the advisory board for the project and worked with the group to provide cover crop mixes and advice. The Interrow seeder is an exciting technology recently released by Penn State University and is…
Season Product Guides / Newsletters
2020 Summer Annual Product Guide Time to Make Your Summer Plans View our 2020 Spring & Summer Product Catalog 2020 Spring/Summer Product Catalog View our 2020 Spring & Summer Product Catalog 2020 Early Order Programs Guide How’s Your Vision? We can help you with a plan for 2020! View our 2020 Early Order Guide 2019…
Farm Planning Tools and Calculators
Crop Nutrients Alfalfa Potassium Removal Calculator IPNI Nutrient Removal Calculator Drill Calibration Drill Calibration Calculator – Interactive spreadsheet to calibrate your drill Seed Drill Calibration – King’s AgriSeeds’ step-by-step guide to drill calibration Drill Calibration Worksheet Grazing Dairy Grazing Wedge Grass management tools, Cornell University Includes: Grass NDF Estimation, Alfalfa-Grass NDF Estimation, Economic Analysis of Changing Forage Content…
Is Tall Fescue Still Bad for Horses?
Is Tall Fescue Still Bad for Horses? By: Joy Beam Yoder, King’s AgriSeeds …
Press Release: Thanks for joining us for a great Winter Meeting Season
A crowd gathers at a New York State Winter Forage Meeting Lancaster County, Pa-based King’s AgriSeeds, Inc., a leader in the movement for a high-forage livestock diet, advocates a diverse crop rotation and teaches farmers to find the right place in their rotation for its line of forage seed. Over the past two months, King’s…
When should you take out your alfalfa stand?
When weighing your options about when to rotate out of an alfalfa stand, the best advice is usually to quit while you’re ahead. Stand decline in alfalfa is inevitable; the tricky part will be discerning the point in the stand’s aging when you reach your threshold of profitability (ideally you’d rotate out before reaching this…
How Windrow Width Impacts Hay Quality
By Jordan J. Milewski, Progressive Forage Grower Losses begin at cutting: That’s the most basic hay and forage fact in relation to quality. Once the blade slices a hay stem, the quality race is on! The fundamental problem with haymaking is that it’s impossible to preserve all the quality found in a standing crop. Once…
Pasture Pruning: Preventing Problems, Pursuing excellence
By David Hunsberger, Central Regional Coordinator What is pasture pruning? Isn’t that just another way to say clipping? No, according to Cliff Hawbaker, an innovative grazer near Chamberburg PA, the two should not be confused. Hawbaker has been on the leading edge of many practices to improve dairy margins over the years. We took the…
AutoCBD FAQ
AutoCBD FAQ: Variety Description What is the difference between AutoCBD and photosensitive varieties? There are 3 main economic differences: Flowering is triggered by degree days –not day length– so workload is predictable. Crop time of 75 days is about 40 % shorter, so risk of diseases and pests is considerably reduced. AutoCBD is only 32…
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