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…
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 âFiber Groupâ 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 Kingâs 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 âskipsâ in the…
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…
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 doesnât end with the onset of warm weather; if anything, it only accelerates. Itâs 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…
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.…
Effect of Starch Type on Optimizing Amino Acids in Diets of Dairy Cows
Chuck Schwab, et. al. Department of Animal Sciences Cornell University, NY âStarch makes milkâ is an often heard statement from field nutritionists. This makes sense because starch (and sugar) feeding increases propionate production, propionate is the primary glucogenic volatile fatty acid, glucose is used by the mammary gland to produce lactose, and lactose is the…
How Windrow Width Impacts Hay Quality
By Jordan J. Milewski, Progressive Forage Grower Losses begin at cutting: Thatâs the most basic hay and forage fact in relation to quality. Once the blade slices a hay stem, the quality race is on! The fundamental problem with haymaking is that itâs impossible to preserve all the quality found in a standing crop. Once…
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