Other Hay Forages Archive

Making Sweet Clover A Friend 

Many people consider sweet clover, which shows up naturally in Nebraska pastures each year, a weed. Bruce Anderson, University of Nebraska Extension forage specialist, suggests how to make it a welcome grassland addition...

Make Hay, Silage From Hailed-On Wheat 

Northern Ohio wheat damaged by hail last weekend will make high-quality hay or silage if har-vested in the boot to early head-emergence stage...

Filling In The Gap 

They only started grazing turnips as part of Michigan State University research in 2006. But the brassica offers enough benefits that it has remained a part of their dairy’s forage rotation...

Getting More From Millet 

When faced with alfalfa winterkill or a hailed-out forage field in late spring, millets, especially pearl millet, could be an annual crop option worth considering...

Triticale For Straw, Too! 

Winter triticale looks as promising as winter rye as a precut straw crop harvested before grain fill, recent Cornell University field trials show...

Testing Tall Soybeans As Forage 

Two new tall-growing forage soybean varieties still look awesome to Rebecca Atkinson, Southern Illinois University beef forage specialist...

Perennial Peanut Is Forage Favorite 

New varieties and herbicides are available for Southern Coastal Plain forage producers who grow rhizoma perennial peanut, dubbed the alfalfa of the South....

Contest Winner Feeds Perennial Peanut Baleage 

Troy Platt knows a thing or two about growing high-quality legume baleage. Platt, who farms with his dad, Harold, near Greenville, FL, has topped that...

Triticale-Oats Blend: Seed Once, Graze Twice  

With today's high input costs, beef producer Jeff Schmidt wants to get as much bang as possible from every production buck. That's why he seeds a blend...

Canola As A Forage, Too? 

It won't compete yield-wise with alfalfa or triticale, but grazed or ensiled winter canola offers high nutritional value and digestibility its first year...

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