Notes from the field: What 2013 Revealed About Corn
Some field observations from the research team working in our Lancaster County plots, sampling and collecting data on almost all the King’s corn hybrids we sell, including several experimental hybrids that have not yet been released commercially. Corn can perform quite differently each year, depending on the weather conditions, the relative maturity, and the planting…
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…
Guide to Mob Grazing for Cattle
Guide to Mob Grazing for Cattle In response to the steadily increasing demand for healthier, more humanely-raised livestock, an emerging and innovative trend gaining traction across the agricultural community is mob grazing. While the concept of maintaining larger herds of cattle in small areas may sound detrimental to pasture maintenance, mob grazing is proving to…
Grain Sorghum: a Viable Alternative Crop
By Dale Stoltzfus and David Hunsberger, Kings AgriSeeds Inc. Are you tired of the traditional and sometimes limited income stream potential of your corn, soybeans, and wheat grain rotation? Are you motivated to improve your probability of a successful whole farm crop yield even in a dry year? Grain Sorghum may be the alternative crop…
Harvesting Sunlight, Feeding No-Till Soils
Published in No-till Farmer By Martha Mintz first posted on January 9, 2015 | Posted in No-Till 101 Jim Harbach and Schrack Farms Partnership is using a diverse no-till, cover-crop system to build up organic-matter levels in rocky limestone soils. Our farm perplexed our crop advisor, Gerard Troisi. He consults with many farms in our area…
Chemical-free No-till: A realistic goal?
First appeared in Progressive Forage Grower, July 15, 2017 Many people envision their farm becoming a chemical free or reduced chemical no-till system, but can’t quite figure out what that looks like, including weed suppression, controlling the previous crop, and getting all the inputs in the field. Spoiler alert – there is no easy answer…
Orchardgrass Persistence Study in the Mid-Atlantic
King’s Versa Grass Mix, which contains 2 varieties of premium orchardgrass, for a total of 40% orchardgrass There were many reports last year of orchardgrass persistence problems. This may be attributable to several different factors, but a major cause was the wet year, especially early in the growing season, which led to fungal infestations in…
Hay and Haylage Quick Guide
Hay and Haylage Quick Guide 2013 Thanks to Cargill for this quick hay checklist. 34-37% DM checks during the day When alfalfa in mixed 50/50 stands are 24 inches –cut your mixed stands When alfalfa near the grass field is 15 inches tall – start your pure grass stands When alfalfa is 30 inches tall…
Crimson Clover Product Guide
Crimson Clover Product Guide By Dave Wilson, Agronomist Note: Plant Zone Hardiness Maps – I refer to Growing Zones or USDA Plant Hardiness Zones for late summer or fall planting dates for the cover crops. After speaking with many farmers throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic I’ve come to realize that many don’t know what their…
7 Combine Tweaks to Boost Speed
We had some questions this year about combine settings to minimize grain loss. Here are a few good tips that Dave Wilson came across. By: Dave Mowitz Adjusting a combine is like balancing a tire. True, running a combine is far more complicated than just adding a weight to ensure smooth tire rotation. Keeping a harvester…
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