Diamonds in the Rough: Products to get to know better
By Joy Beam Summer Feast: 88% Wonderleaf Millet 12% T-Raptor Hybrid Brassica Diversity has certainly been one of the latest fads in forages: adding more and more species to your cover crop or pasture mix for increased production and soil health. But past a certain point, more is not necessarily better, nor is it always…
Cajun II
Key Features
- Wide Adaptation
- High Yielding
- Endophyte-Free
Grasses
Cool Season Perennial Grasses Brome Brome grasses or the Genus Bromusis a large family that comprises over 60 different species. It is a cool season grass that is found in Europe, Africa, Australia and North America. It is primarily used as forage and in some areas as erosion control. Some brome grasses can be used alone…
Late Fall Alfalfa and Pasture Q & A
Questions from readers of OnPasture.com; answers from Genevieve Slocum and David Hunsberger, King’s AgriSeeds My cows and calves have been on a pasture for about a week with approx. 50% grass 50% alfalfa it has dried down on the stem and we have had -2 degrees C frosts several times. Some of the stand is…
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…
Getting prepared to plant your spring forages
By Dave Wilson, King’s Research Agronomist The time to get the drills and seeder in mechanical shape for the season is now. Clean mice nests and cobwebs from drills, blow the fluted openers and seed tubes out with air. Lubricate moving parts; calibrate your drills now. Refer to page 11 in the Product Information Guide…
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…
Summer Cover Crop and Grazing Options
Summer Cover Crop/Grazing Mixtures Summer Feast– A simple but effective mix of hybrid pearl millet and brassica. High yielding forage and deep tap root! Ray’s Crazy Mix– A 7-way mixture of summer annual legumes, brassicas and grasses. Equal parts forage and cover crop, this mixture is a great way to grow soil organic matter, improve tilth and…
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…
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