Horses: A List of Concerns
Horses have different digestive systems and nutritional needs than high-producing ruminants like sheep or cattle, which gives them some unique sensitivities to various forage issues. Horses and other livestock tend to avoid plants that don’t agree with them because they find them unpalatable, unless they lack other feed options (such as in an overgrazed…
When is spring pasture too good?
How can any feed be too good, anyway? With the cost of feed the largest expense on many operations (especially dairy farms), spring green-up is (mostly) a time for celebration – things are warming up, days get longer, we get ourselves and the cows back outside, and with that, we can get ahead on…
Staff Directory
Technical and Field Staff David Hunsberger Sales & Support, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia & West Virginia (814) 880-5186 [email protected] READ BIO Close DAVID HUNSBERGER Sales & Support serving the mid-Atlantic states (814) 880-5186 [email protected] David lives with his wife in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania. He has over 20 years of experience as a dairy nutritionist, and as active…
When soil temperature spells success
By Paige Smart, Southeast AgriSeeds Spring is my favorite season. After a long, gray winter there’s nothing more exciting than seeing the world a little greener. However, my eagerness for warmer temperatures always gets me in trouble. I’ll start leaving the house without a jacket and shopping for my summer plants. My confidence in Mother…
Managing Your Fields in the ‘Off’ Season
By Joy Beam Regular soil testing followed by liming and fertilizing according to recommendations is arguably the one management practice that will have the greatest long-term effect on production per acre. It should be the first dollar spent when striving to maximize your land’s productivity, help your crops reach their potential, and optimize the cost-effectiveness…
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…
The Importance of Soil Health for a Profitable Farm
by Harold Schrock Soil aggregation and earthworm, both good soil health indicators There is a documented direct correlation between soil health, particulate organic matter concentrations and field/farm profitability as explained in a university level study recently completed by Claire LaCanne and Jon Lundgren. This study, “Regenerative agriculture: merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably”, is…
Hay Exchange Websites for the Southeast
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 2016 CONTACT: Jen Kendrick, public information officer NCDA&CS 919-707-3005 Flooding, drought causes concern about winter hay supply; website launched to connect buyers and sellers RALEIGH – Flooding in eastern North Carolina and drought in western counties has state agricultural officials concerned about feeding livestock and horses this winter.The North…
The Power of Clover in Beef Pastures
The Power of Clover in Beef Pastures By: Joy Beam Yoder Clover can be a large benefit to livestock production, specifically in beef cattle pastures for two main reasons. These include forage yield per acre and increased nutritional availability. First, let’s discuss the ways that clover boosts forage yield per acre. The first benefit most…
When is Corn Alternative Forage?
“Corn” “Diversity” and even “innovative cropping systems” usually don’t go together in the same sentence, but when grazing corn varieties are stockpiled into a winter grazing system, it turns out they occasionally can. Grazing standing corn is certainly not a new practice, but many farmers may not be sure of its fit within their operation.…
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