When soil temperature spells success
By Paige Smart, Southeast AgriSeeds Spring is my favorite season. After a long, gray winter there’s nothing more exciting than seeing the world a little greener. However, my eagerness for warmer temperatures always gets me in trouble. I’ll start leaving the house without a jacket and shopping for my summer plants. My confidence in Mother…
Integrated Weed Management
Genevieve Slocum, King’s AgriSeeds Inc. Common chickweed Agronomists will tell you that weeds are never the problem, but only a symptom of underlying problems. Weeds invade when they have opportunities. Maintaining a thick, healthy stand that competes well with unwanted species is one of the best weed prevention tactics. The growth rate of a…
Seeing the Pasture for the Trees
Shaded pastures are among the more challenging conditions faced by anyone trying to establish a productive pasture. This scenario varies but often involves a grazier who wants to set up a very intentional form of silvopasture, managing both trees and forage to balance the productivity of both. To be clear, there is no forage crop…
Press Room
Useful Insights on Winter Forages Offered Farmshine September 7, 2018 King’s AgriSeeds Featured Efficiency: Getting More From the Cows You Have Lancaster Farming February 23, 2018 Soil Health Affects Yield, Nutrition Lancaster Farming February 17, 2018 King’s Agriseeds featured No-till Not Enough American Agriculturalist February 2016 King’s AgriSeeds dealer featured An ‘Angelic’ Win at Forage…
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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 …
Increase Milk Production Through Better Dairy Cattle Management
Effective dairy cattle management brings many benefits to your business. In particular, with the right management techniques, you can increase your cows’ milk production naturally and in a cost-effective manner, strengthening your revenue stream without compromising the health, comfort, and well-being of your herd. Increasing milk production starts with taking a close look at dairy…
Dual Purpose Cover and Forage Crop Mixes – Above and below ground there’s more than meets the eye!
Genevieve Slocum The need for soil building, erosion control and nutrient scavenging doesn’t end with the onset of warm weather; if anything, it only accelerates. It’s an opportunity to be seized, especially since warm season annuals establish quickly, fill gaps in the rotation, tolerate drought and other challenging conditions, and produce large amounts of forage…
Annual Clovers for the South
Winter annual clovers have a great advantage in the realms of cover cropping and forage – they grow more high quality forage and fix more nitrogen than perennials in a shorter time span. All of them are high in protein. Annual clovers grow faster and contribute unique advantages to the rotation. Remember to inoculate any untreated seed with clover…
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