Corn Update in New York State: Delayed Planting Dates and Corn Maturity in 2014
By Bill Cox, Cornell University Corn producers in NY only planted ~20% of the crop by May 15, ~60% by June 1 and ~80% by June 8th. Most locations in NY received ~30 to 50 growing degrees (GDD) above normal from June 1 through July 15 so fears of immature or wet corn at harvest…
Application of Starch Degradability on the Farm
By Dr. Charles J. Sniffen, Phd, Fencrest, LLC (Holderness, NH) Starch degradability is a rapidly evolving story with interest stemming from work done by Dr. Allen at Michigan State in high producing cows. Additionally, work at Wisconsin on vitreousness and on prolamin proteins in corn has highlighted the differences among corn silage hybrids and different…
The King’s Difference: Two NY Dairies’ Experience
Korona Dairy, Perth, NY Korona Dairy milks 120 registered cows. The herd averages 75 pounds on 2x milking and runs on average 4.4% Butterfat and 3.4% milk protein. The members of the dairy strive to push profitability through being early adapters of new technology and are always pushing to produce the highest quality, most digestible…
Tool Predicts How Forage Will Feed; TTNDFD
Original article published by Hay and Forage Grower, Fae Holin Figuring out how well or poorly a silage or hay will feed – before dairy cows do – has always been a challenge for producers, nutritionists and forage-analysis labs. But a relatively new tool, called total-tract NDF digestibility (TTNDFD), seems to be accurately estimating forage…
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Observations and Thoughts – the 2014 Corn Crop in the Northeast
Cooler weather with adequate nutrients and moisture provides slower grain fill for potential higher yields and test weights. By Dave Wilson, Research Agronomist Cooler temperatures this past corn growing season slowed down corn growth overall in our region. However, at most locations, rainfall has been slightly average to above average, and even excessive in some…
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…
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.…
Minimum-till Haylage
Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Systems Minimum till haylage is a new process where we optimize the forage planted, carefully watch to harvest at the peak of quality, and then use the mower to mix a pile of dirt, dead bugs, half rotten plant residue into the forage to make sure your feed will have limited…
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