Brown midrib forage sorghum outperforms silage corn in moisture-deficit situations, and it’s less-expensive to grow. But the cost advantage for non-irrigated forage sorghum vs. corn isn’t as great as many people think, says Chris Teutsch, Virginia Tech forage specialist.
Brown midrib forage sorghum outperforms silage corn in moisture-deficit situations, and it’s less-expensive to grow. But the cost advantage for non-irrigated forage sorghum vs. corn isn’t as great as many people think, says Chris Teutsch, Virginia Tech forage specialist....More
A shorter, leafier, brown midrib forage sorghum delivers the yield and quality of taller BMRs without the lodging risk, say farmers and forage agronomists who’ve tried it....More
Last year, Irvin Yeager, Dighton, KS, chopped and ensiled a field of wild annual kochia that survived in his drought-prone region of the High Plains. When hay supplies got tight, he fed it to 2,000 head of beef cattle....More
Sweet clover can boost production in pastures and hayfields, but be sure hay containing the invasive legume is thoroughly dry before baling or storing it, warns Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension forage specialist....More
Unusually warm weather has attracted insects to hayfields a mite earlier than usual. These regions are reporting pests that growers may want to monitor....More
Bermudagrass hay got off to a fast start at Ross Kinney’s farm near Kilgore, TX. But a recent dry spell has him wondering what lies ahead for the remainder of the 2012 growing season....More
Louisiana State University AgCenter scientists and specialists will present ways to improve pasture at a forage field day at the center’s Southeast Research Station in Franklinton on May 31....More
It takes fast germination and decent harvest weather, but a fall oats doublecrop in central Wisconsin can yield well and give good digestibility, says Wayne Coblentz, USDA-ARS research agronomist and dairy scientist at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center.
Coblentz and colleagues studied the viability of planting oats in late summer for use as a fall emergency forage....More
Pete Kappelman googled to find a small grain he could drill into last summer’s winter wheat stubble and use as silage at his Two Rivers, WI, dairy....More
