Tim Fritz and King’s AgriSeeds Core Values Featured in Farmshine
Tim Fritz, King’s AgriSeeds President and General Manager, was recently interviewed by Sherry Bunting for a Farmshine piece on the company philosophy and goals for serving dairy producers throughout the East Coast. In his interview, articulated a vision of whole farm sustainability based on sound agronomic principles that included productivity, productivity and crop diversity. Tim illustrated how King’s supplies the guidance…
Cover Crop Cocktails Come Under the Lens at King’s AgriSeeds and Penn State
View of King’s AgriSeeds’ cover crop and farming systems plots King’s AgriSeeds tests cover crop mixes (also known as “cocktails”) that incorporate very different species to achieve maximum benefit in a rotation. Depending on the species, many needs may be fulfilled in a single crop cocktail. This fall, King’s planted over 50 small plots for…
Managing for rootworm problems before resistance
Dave Wilson We recently had a customer report rootworm problems in a Bt corn hybrid, which suggested rootworm resistance to the trait. Rootworm resistance to the transgenic Cry Protein (Cry3Bb1) is the main component of Bt resistance and has been observed in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Farms that grow continuous corn year…
Undigested NDF – What do we know?
The orginal article was published by Amaferm, a silage inoculant supplier whose use of undigested NDF (uNDF) and other measures of forage digestibility are closely aligned with our philosophy and goals to grow more digestible forage. Fiber Group Continues its Work An informal “Fiber Group” has been working on improving our ability to model rumen fiber turnover.…
Winter Maintenance of Farm Equipment
Dave Wilson, King’s AgriSeeds Research Agronomist At King’s Agriseeds we emphasize the proper time of planting; seeding rate and seeding depth. Proper seed to soil contact is paramount. Your planting equipment should be maintained and in proper order to have successful seeding applications for proper stands. Have you seen corn rows with ‘skips’ in the…
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…
Hay in a Day: What does it really mean?
Hay in a day demands a sense of urgency in managing a haylage crop and involves getting the crop dried and ensiled in the shortest amount of time possible. Wide swathing hay is the primary technique used to achieve that, getting more of the swath exposed to the sun for faster drying. Why hay in…
What to plant this spring and summer to transition a field back into production?
Q: What should I plant this spring to reclaim goldenrod land, and what crop should I follow it with? The soil is acidic and low in nitrogen. I have also spread some wood ash. I hope to harvest the crop as haylage, and I am organic. – Customer, Central VT A: We recommend the Spring…
Tips for Management of Perennial Pastures in Summer
By Josh Baker Overgrazing of perennial grasses allows weeds such as low growing dutch white clover to takeover pastures In the transition zone, the hot, dry summer months are a critical time to ensure that appropriate perennial pasture management is utilized. Although it seems to happen too fast, in a short while many areas will…
Planting Green in a Cover Crop
Planting Green in a Cover Crop Last fall we prepared a field for our 2015 corn plots by planting a cover crop mix: We used King’s Vetch and Oats seeded @ 88lbs./acre and Crimson Clover seeded @ 22 lbs./acre. We no-till drilled these into the field after a second cutting of summer annual teff was harvested.…
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