Reclaiming land: Successional Planting for Perennial Pasture Success
Reclaiming land to put into production is a multistep process. You have a valuable resource at your fingertips, but you have to be able to harness its potential and manage it to your advantage. If the land was forest or meadow for many years, it’s likely to be rich in organic matter and both above…
Press Release: Thanks for joining us for a great Winter Meeting Season
A crowd gathers at a New York State Winter Forage Meeting Lancaster County, Pa-based King’s AgriSeeds, Inc., a leader in the movement for a high-forage livestock diet, advocates a diverse crop rotation and teaches farmers to find the right place in their rotation for its line of forage seed. Over the past two months, King’s…
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…
Alfalfa Features
“King’s puts the research behind their products and I could always trust that they would provide the best seeds available for my customers in my area.” -Terry Ingram Dairyman & Kings Dealer, Brandy Station, VA Kingfisher Enhancer II Enhancer has been a strong alfalfa for many years. It continues to show solid yields in…
7 Combine Tweaks to Boost Speed
We had some questions this year about combine settings to minimize grain loss. Here are a few good tips that Dave Wilson came across. By: Dave Mowitz Adjusting a combine is like balancing a tire. True, running a combine is far more complicated than just adding a weight to ensure smooth tire rotation. Keeping a harvester…
Western New York Crop Alert 6-15-13: Water Water Everywhere & Emergency Forage Plantings
From Mike Stanyard, Cornell Cooperative Extension: Water, Water, Everywhere From 4 to 7 inches of water has fallen in most of WNY since June 6. This has resulted in ponded Flooded corn field and flooded fields that might result in some crop loss. How long can corn and soybeans survive under water? Answers vary but…
Clover – Crimson
Key Features:
- Flowers are especially attractive to pollinators
- Can be used for forage or as a winter or spring cover crop
- Higher than average shade tolerance— good for interseeding in corn
Establishment:
- Seeding Dates: Late Summer,
- Fall (Before mid wheat dates) &Early spring.
- Seeding Rate: 15-25lbs/Acre
- Depth: 1/4”-3/4”
- Fine, Firm Seedbed Recommended
Yo-Yo Weather and Your Landscape
by Betty Sanders www.BettyonGardening.com. Sitting in a warm room looking out at our landscape enduring the 9 degree afternoon (up from -17 degrees the night before) and listening to reports of -35 degree wind chill, I can’t help but think about what is happening to the plants. Because it was over 50 degrees a few…
Red, White and Renew Frost Seeding
From Barenbrug, a simple addition to improve pasture profitability. Red, White and Renew Frost Seeding on a regular basis will pay huge pasture improvement dividends now and for years to come. Frost seeding of Red, White, and Renew Clovers is the most economical practice to improve thinning pastures. It takes very little time and minimal…
Add Forage Sorghum to Your Rotation This Year
Although forage sorghum is a warm-season annual, now is the time to think about options for planting and buying this summer’s seed. Consider forage sorghum for excessively well-drained shaley, sandy or slate soils, where it can be a more economical choice than corn. When moisture stress is severe, it has the unique ability to go…
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