The timothy crop at Sugar Creek Farms in Dansville, NY, was 8” tall by the end of April. Owner Phil Saunders could hardly believe it. “A lot of years, we can still have snow on the ground at that time,” he says. “We’re getting off to a great start.”
The May 17-18 American Forage & Grassland Council annual forage tour examines all aspects of bermudagrass. On May 17, the tour took 75+ attendees to three farms utilizing this grass.
Many Kentucky hay growers are bringing in lower-than-normal first-cutting yields, reports Ray Smith, University of Kentucky Extension forage specialist....More
The timothy crop at Sugar Creek Farms in Dansville, NY, was 8” tall by the end of April. Owner Phil Saunders could hardly believe it. “A lot of years, we can still have snow on the ground at that time,” he says. “We’re getting off to a great start.”...More
Darrel Franson’s 60-cow beef herd is healthier and more profitable now that he’s converted his 112 acres of pasture from toxic Kentucky 31 to novel-endophyte tall fescue. His calf weight gains average 2.65 lbs/day, up from 2 lbs, while weaning rates moved from 80% to 90%. Fall-calving conception rates increased, too....More
Farmers in many parts of Texas are taking advantage of warm weather and plentiful cool-season grass growth to begin replenishing depleted hay supplies, say Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel....More
Ways to prevent bermudagrass stands from declining will be discussed at the first-annual, two-day forage conference as part of the Georgia Cattlemen's Association Annual Convention, April 5-7 in Perry....More
Timothy hay growers in New Jersey should begin scouting for cereal rust mites, says Bill Bamka, ag agent with Rutgers University Extension in Burlington County....More
Tight and expensive. That describes the seed supply of pearl millet, sorghum-sudangrass, forage sorghum and sudangrass, says Dennis Hancock, University of Georgia Extension forage specialist...More
Grower reports of reduced stands of orchardgrass led to research examining how mowing height and fertility may affect stand persistence, points out Ray Smith, University of Kentucky Extension forage specialist.
The conclusion: Growers may need to adjust their mowers to higher cutting heights....More
