The Wet Soil Challenge
Heavy clay and variable to wet soils present a conundrum – while they often need the closest management, they are at the same time the most challenging to manage. Establishing a crop in wet soils is difficult but all the more crucial, because building the health of heavier soils requires constant infusions of organic matter…
Overgrazing to Aid Pasture Renovation
Overgrazing and high pasture productivity don’t often go hand in hand– unless you’re getting ready to interseed. If done correctly, a simple no-till pasture renovation can be more economical than tillage or conventional establishment. Before no-till seeding into your pasture, it’s best to prepare ahead of time by getting the competition from the existing stand…
Winter Annual Weeds
Common chickweed (Purdue Extension) Henbit (Purdue Extension) Even if you didn’t intend to grow a nurse crop when you planted your winter small grain, you might find that you have, especially if you planted early. The neat rows of triticale, barley, oats, or wheat may be sheltering new growth of chickweed and henbit, winter…
Paddock EX
Seeding Rate: 50-75lb/A 65% Endophyte Free Tall Fescue 20% Kentucky Bluegrass 15% Perennial Ryegrass Paddock EX was created with grass species which are very tolerant to the traffic pressure of equine, cattle and other livestock, and will persist under heavy utilization. Optimal performance depends on adequate hay and appropriate paddock rest periods. All forages are…
Clean & Green
This mix is primarily designed for conservation, but at the same time can be used for forage. Clean & Green will typically contain two durable endophyte free tall fescue varieties and Marshall annual ryegrass to give it quick cover while the tall fescue establishes. Best uses: Exercise lots, waterways, filter strips, around farm structures, bank…
Waging War Against Slugs in 2018
By Joy Beam, Technical sales support Following the slug-infested spring of 2017, many growers are worried we will have the same problem in 2018, and for good reason. We haven’t had a cold enough winter in several years to kill the adult slugs from the previous year, and the effectiveness of slug controls, such as…
From the University of Georgia: Fescue Toxicosis Alert
A note from the University of Georgia extension team about the dangers of Fescue Toxicosis, especially this year. This highlights the importance of renovating old pastures that may still contain K-31 Fescue, and replacing it with an endophyte-free or novel endophyte fescue, such as our BarOptima Plus E34. This issue has been particularly prevalent in…
Dormant Seeding and Frost Seeding
If you are thinking about thickening your pasture or hayfield, winter may be the perfect time and lends itself to two opportunities – dormant seeding and frost seeding. Both allow you to get the seed in the ground in time for the first of the spring weather and the very start of the growing season,…
Struggles with Palmer Amaranth
Palmer Amaranth – Penn State Palmer amaranth has been described as the “perfect weed” and “pigweed on steroids.” Its cluster of key survival traits seem to use almost every weed trick in the book, helping it evade management and thrive under most standard weed control regimens. Because of its development of herbicide resistance traits, it…
Martin II Protek
Key Features
- PLOIDY Hexaploid (6N)
- GROWTH HABIT: Perennial Bunch
- ESTAB. RATE: 10-14 days
- NITROGEN REQ.: High 80-100 lbs/ac
- ANEROBIC SOIL TOL.: Good
- pH RANGE: 4.7-8.5
- MINIMUM RAINFALL: >20 inches
- DRY MATTER YIELD: 4-6 tons
- REGROWTH: Excellent
- PRIMARY UTILIZATION: Grazing, hay & stockpile
- VEG REPRO TIL RATE: Moderate
- ENDOPHYTE: Novel
- SEEDING RATE: 15-25 lbs/ac pure stand
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