If I could plant only one summer annual forage….
By Paige Smart, Southeast AgriSeeds LLC Article originally written for Stockman Grass Farmer (Call their toll free number, 1-800-748-9808 to get your free sample issue) No-till planted sudangrass gets competitive and takes over in the heat of summer Grazing during the heat of the summer provides many challenges for livestock producers. The extra energy animals require to dissipate heat…
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…
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…
HyTon
At A Glance:
- Medium-late Maturity
- Suppresses weeds and gives superior soil coverage for reducing erosion potential.
- High Yield and Forage Quality
- Superior Standability
- Reduced awn variety
Best Use:
- Haylage, Baleage, and Managed Grazing
Establishment:
- Planting Dates: Barley to Mid Wheat Dates
- Seeding Rate: Forage: 125-150lbs/Acre
- Cover Crop: 50– 75lbs/Acre (increase with later plantings)
- Seeding Depth: 3/4”- 1 1/2”
- Use the large seed box
A High-Forage Diet for Tough Times
With a sagging dairy economy, a high-forage diet can provide the quickest route to improving your bottom line. High grain diets become less efficient with higher grain prices, but producing high-quality forages on the farm and feeding them as a majority of the ration can increase profitability and lower the break-even price for milk…
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…
Hairy Vetch – AU-Merit
PLANTING INFORMATION
- WHEN: 3-6 weeks prior to the average first killing frost
- DEPTH: 1/2-1 ½”
- METHOD: Drill, broadcast with light disking
- SEEDING RATE
- DRILLED::15-20 lbs/A, 10-15 lbs./A
- BROADCAST: 25-40 lbs/A , 15-20 lbs./A
- TERMINATION: Roll kill, selective or non-selective herbicide allows for no-till seeding into terminated stand.
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…
The Ryegrass Difference: A Farmer’s Success
“I grew a Green Spirit Italian Ryegrass cover crop and planted corn behind the ryegrass in different fields. One field had no ryegrass, one field had ryegrass for one winter, and one field had ryegrass for two winters in a row. I planted the ryegrass in the fall and chopped it and burned it down…
Interrow Seeder Adds Another Dimension to Cover Cropping
Interrow seeder with dual tanks mounted on unit – one for UAN, one for herbicide application Penn State has been fine-tuning their Interseeder equipment for years now, testing cover crop seedings in replicated plots of standing corn throughout the Northeast, and they’re now offering it for sale. As cover cropping and no-tilling increasingly become priorities…
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