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…
Think Ahead: Herbicide Rotation Restrictions
Dave Wilson, Research Agronomist When planning our crop rotations, including cover crops, we need to consider how the weeds will be controlled in each crop and if there is any risk of herbicide carry-over that will affect the next crop in rotation. Read herbicide labels and look for listed rotational restrictions for the crop that…
Sugar Cane Aphid Alert and Precautions for 2016
“Sugarcane aphids (SCA) have now been found in Lubbock and Hale counties in Texas. This is much farther north and earlier than what was observed in Texas in 2015. Although this is concerning, it does not give us any indication of how serious SCA may be this season for the South Plains and Panhandle of…
Encouraging Word: Don’t Cut Corners With Seed Cost
When money is tight we all begin to look for ways to cut costs. After all, cutting cost is the best way to increase profitability. Or is it? When it comes to seed selection during this economic low, the temptation will be to ignore what we know about varietal differences and look for the varieties…
Seed Drill Calibration
“Calibration of equipment by trial and error as you plant several acres can be costly in many ways.” Wear and tear on a seed drill can have a huge effect on the setting, and with any drill, you never know what you are putting down until you calibrate by hand. It’s also important to check the…
BMR Gene 6 Forages!
Consult Page 53 of our Product Information Guide for management info on Sudangrass, Sorghum Sudan and Forage Sorghum! BMR Gene 6 is the most pronounced of the BMR Genes. For your cows, this means higher digestibility, higher energy, higher intake and higher production versus Non BMR and BMR 12. BMR Gene 6 Highlights Forage Sorghum –…
The Interseeder and Cover Crop Mixes: A case study from Williamsburg, PA
Farmer Jim Biddle cooperated with Penn State Extension and King’s AgriSeeds Inc. Various cover crop mixes interseeded into corn, June 18, 2015 Mill Hill Farm is a no-till dairy farm in Williamsburg, Blair County, PA. Jim Biddle is the owner and also a Certified Crop Advisor, in addition to running the on-site business, Mill Hill Farm Supply.…
Diverse Yet Smart Cover Crop and Forage Mixes: 4 Rules for Perfect Pairings
Ray’s Crazy Fall Mix in North Carolina, one of our newer and more popular mixes where diversity performs When you make a mix or interseed one crop in another for a “relay effect”, you’re looking for the most bang for your diversity buck. Taking care to mix a few carefully selected species that are well…
Checklist: What Went Wrong With My Stand?
Northern Corn Leaf Blight on Corn When you have a stand failure, many things may be to blame, including human error, mechanical error, seed problems and poor weather conditions. While helping our customers diagnose poor stands this spring, we developed a checklist that can be used in future planting seasons to help you understand…
Small Grains, The Backbone of Many a Rotation
You may look at most small grains – oats, rye, wheat, triticale, barley, spelt – and think of either grain or forage. As it happens, small grains also make excellent cover crops. They are easy and economical to establish and grow, great at building soil, and helpful for uptaking excess nutrients. Get them in the…
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