3 Growing Windows and How to Use Them
The cut off date for planting any crop is never etched in stone, but is more of an educated guess based on a collection of information. Planting date, like age, is not just a number but a state of mind. Every planting season, calendar date is just one guideline among many, and it’s important to…
Thin Alfalfa Stands?
Evaluating thin alfalfa stands can lead to critical decisions about summer annual forages. If your stand is not thick enough (approximately 40 stems per square ft according to Dr. Marvin Hall, Penn State University), consider interseeding a summer annual such as sorghum sudan or sudangrass, or rotating to King Fisher corn for silage. Success for…
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 –…
Look at Millet and Crabgrass this Summer
Exceed BMR Millet Exceed BMR Millet continues to be a standout summer annual crop. High disease resistance, increased palatability, high yields and great regrowth combine to make it a top choice in the hybrid pearl millet category. Agronomic Traits Dwarfing gene increases leaf to stem ratios, improves standability, and adapts to heavier grazing pressure Excellent disease…
Grazing Boosts Organic Matter
By Kevin J. Shinners Original article published by Hay and Forage Grower, September 23, 2015 Dairy producers have to keep a sharp pencil to ensure the milk check covers all their costs, but there is one factor that probably never shows up on the balance sheet that can help keep the farm in the black: soil…
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…
Singing the Failed Seeding Blues
Original article published by Hay and Forage Grower, June 21, 2016 Perhaps nothing in the forage production cycle is more aggravating, disheartening, disappointing, or sometimes frightening than a new forage seeding that just never develops. At worst, it means an entire establishment year lost, not to mention the time and investment in inputs such as…
Fine-tuning the Seed Drill
Original article by Dennis Hancock, published by Progressive Forage Grower, July 22, 2016 Late summer means the fall planting season is upon us. In the coming weeks, hundreds of thousands of acres will be planted. Here are some key considerations to help ensure your plantings are successful and cost-effective. Clean and prep Those who grew…
From a customer: Success with Badger Oats
From Giles Dumm, Nicktown, PA – Grew Badger oats for grain, 2014-2016 “I recently combined my Badger Oats, and was very impressed. This is the third year I’ve sown it, and I like the way it works and I like the way it grows. In addition to the 90 bu/A grain yield, I got 50 bales of…
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