Wyoming County, NY Dairy Skills Training: 2 day course in artificial insemination
William Maddison, Facilitator, Wyoming County Dairy Institute , 401 N. Main St., Warsaw, NY 14569 What: Cattle Artificial Insemination When: August 20-21, 2013 Where: CCE Bldg. Warsaw, NY Cost: $200/person Warsaw, NY: The Wyoming County Dairy Institute (WCDI) in collaboration with the North West New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team (NWNY Team) and…
Is interseeding alfalfa in permanent pasture a good idea?
Q: Is it possible to overseed alfalfa into existing permanent pasture? We have clover that is coming in but alfalfa greens up faster in spring, survives our summer heat and lasts longer in fall. I was thinking adding about 10% alfalfa might be a huge improvement. We need higher quality feed for our sheep flock…
More on Winter Survival: Cover Crops
Cover crops survived the winter somewhat inconsistently this year, as we could see at the cover crop walk at the Steven Stoltzfus farm in Manheim, Lancaster County, PA (sponsored by Penn State Extension and NRCS). With what became almost a six month winter this year, starting with an unseasonably frigid November, we got a taste…
Summer Cover Crop and Grazing Options
Summer Cover Crop/Grazing Mixtures Summer Feast– A simple but effective mix of hybrid pearl millet and brassica. High yielding forage and deep tap root! Ray’s Crazy Mix– A 7-way mixture of summer annual legumes, brassicas and grasses. Equal parts forage and cover crop, this mixture is a great way to grow soil organic matter, improve tilth and…
Winter Meeting Schedule
Join us to learn more about your options for planting forages this year! Here is our final winter meeting schedule. Call to RSVP or with any questions, 717-687-6224, at least 7 days prior to the meeting January 16 Meadville, PA at the Meadville Days Inn January 17 Shartlesville, PA at the Blue Mountain Family Restaurant…
The best advice for a small grain forage stand after a balmy start to winter? Leave it alone
Damage from grazing heavily frosted Cosaque Winter Oats, Georgia Did your small grain forages get away from you during the fall? It’s been a common problem this winter. Snow mold from overgrown winter annual forage is certainly a risk, but we still don’t recommend cutting or grazing in the middle of winter. You probably did…
Staff Directory
Technical and Field Staff David Hunsberger Sales & Support, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia & West Virginia (814) 880-5186 [email protected] READ BIO Close DAVID HUNSBERGER Sales & Support serving the mid-Atlantic states (814) 880-5186 [email protected] David lives with his wife in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. He has over 20 years of experience as a dairy nutritionist, and as active…
Rigol DT
Strong root growth stabilizes the soil structure. Long-term proven in practice Very deep roots For compacted soils The cover crop mix Rigol DT is extremely effective in penetrating compacted soils as the plant types in the mix demonstrate intensive rooting activity. Numerous root channels are formed, which are used by the follow-on crop to rapidly…
Performance Max
An alfalfa and endophyte free tall fescue mixture that will excel in both agronomic and nutritional performance. The alfalfa adds drought productivity, protein, and high NSC. The tall fescue adds consistent high fiber digestibility, superb yields, traffic tolerance and wet soil tolerance. Performance Max Tech Sheet Best uses: Baleage, haylage & dry hay Seeding Rate:…
Are we Poisoning our Cattle?
By Joshua Baker, King’s AgriSeeds Southern Region Coordinator Buron Lanier in a stand of AS 6501 used in a spray-smother-spray program Ask North Carolina producer Buron Lanier what his number one challenge is and he will readily tell you “the battle with old K-31 fescue.” A staple forage throughout the transition zone, K-31 grows…
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