Spring green-up time is just around the corner!
By Dave Wilson, King’s Research Agronomist Spring green-up time is soon upon us. Actually by the time you read this, many of our southern customers may have lush, green growth! Come spring time, perennial grass pastures and winter annual small grain forages managed either for pasture or harvest respond to spring nitrogen applications at green-up…
Getting prepared to plant your spring forages
By Dave Wilson, King’s Research Agronomist The time to get the drills and seeder in mechanical shape for the season is now. Clean mice nests and cobwebs from drills, blow the fluted openers and seed tubes out with air. Lubricate moving parts; calibrate your drills now. Refer to page 11 in the Product Information Guide…
The Benefits of Clipping Pastures
Try out a simple pasture management upgrade this year – invest a little time to clip grass after each grazing, especially a heavy grazing. It evens out pasture, promoting uniform regrowth, and preserves the forage in a vegetative state. If the cattle have grazed selectively, it prevents the overlooked species from becoming rank before the…
Mixing Cover Crops
4 Way Cover Crop Mix – sunflower, buckwheat, cowpeas, sunn hemp This was one of the worst years in the history of US agriculture for honeybee declines. Depressing as that sounds, it was difficult to believe as I stepped out into a summer cover crop field in our Lancaster County research plots. Even a quick…
Master’s Choice Corn Ears
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Northeast Pasture Consortium
We came across this valuable resource for graziers, grazingguide.net, which describes itself as a public-private partnership and “multistate research coordinating committee and information exchange group”. It looks like a great organization to become a part of, a link to government programs and information, and potentially a valuable resource for us and many of our customers. “The…
Barley: The Difference A Month Makes
From left, Abby Kautz, King’s Customer Service Rep, in front of a strip of late-planted barley and ryegrass; Genevieve Slocum, King’s Assistant Marketing Manager, in front of a strip of early-planted barley and crimson clover. Barley is a high quality, high-yielding forage and grain crop, but it needs a little more time to get…
Seed Selection
Progressive Forage Grower just published a great piece on smart seed selection. When selecting your seed for this year, don’t roll the dice, they advise. Seed is an investment that has to be made wisely, and you want to be sure that not only are you buying the highest quality seed, but also investing in…
Winter Meetings A Success in PA
The King’s Agriseeds Educational meetings continue across the state of Pennsylvania. Despite sub-zero temperatures of -8 degrees F and some gelled up diesel fuel lines on Wednesday January 22, Pennsylvania farmers continue to make it out to attend the King’s Agriseeds winter meetings. They’ve been rewarded with farm fellowship and the chance to learn about…
Another Look at Snow: A Different Perspective From Agronomist Dave Wilson
We had a six inch layer of snow fall in the Lehigh Valley. Before the storm, road salt slurry was applied to the road surface and snow plows were jockeying around. The city-dwellers were scurrying about to get pavements and vehicles cleared. Another way to look at snow fall is the agronomist’s view. Snow provides…
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