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Double-Crop Soybeans Can Become Valuable Forage

Immature soybeans could be another forage option for Indiana livestock producers struggling to feed their herds,says Keith Johnson, Purdue University Extension forage specialist.

Many of the state’s double-crop soybeans will struggle to reach maturity before the first killing freeze, he says. An early wheat harvest and dry spring weather allowed growers to plant them farther north than what is typical, but drought delayed germination.

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  • Sep. 17, 2012
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    Double-Crop Soybeans Can Become Valuable Forage

    Immature soybeans could be another forage option for Indiana livestock producers struggling to feed their herds,says Keith Johnson, Purdue University Extension forage specialist. Many of the state’s double-crop soybeans will struggle to reach maturity before the first killing freeze, he says. An early wheat harvest and dry spring weather allowed growers to plant them farther north than what is typical, but drought delayed germination....More
  • May 10, 2012
    Article

    Corn Vs. Forage Sorghum

    Here’s a quick guide to the differences between corn and forage sorghum, courtesy of Brent Bean, Texas AgriLife Extension agronomist, and colleagues....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Forage Sorghums To The Rescue

    Forage sorghums can help provide feed in regions short on forage after last year’s droughts, say university agronomists from Pennsylvania and Texas. Greg Roth urges south-central Pennsylvania dairy producers to consider doublecropping brown midrib (BMR) forage sorghums – after first-cut hay or small-grain silage – on ground some are currently putting to silage corn....More
  • May 10, 2012
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    Cut Forage Soybean Seeding Rates

    Soybean plants have a remarkable ability to fill empty spaces, so maximum yield can be achieved with a minimum amount of seed, say researchers at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. But they point out that low seeding rates result in thicker stems, reducing quality....More
  • Apr. 20, 2012
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    Early Wheat Silage Harvest May Help Kentuckians

    Jonathan Gaskins, Columbia, KY, has harvested wheat for silage – to feed his lactating dairy cows – two to three weeks ahead of schedule. Usually, says Gaskins, he wouldn’t be in the field until the last week of April or first week of May. Yet his 110 wheat acres were ready to cut April 3 and he finished April 11....More
  • Mar. 5, 2012
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    Forage Sorghum Excels When Water Is Lacking

    Forage sorghum will take acreage away from silage corn in dry climates facing irrigation water shortages, predict two Southern High Plains Extension agronomists....More
  • Jun. 10, 2011
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    Weigh Late-Planted Silage-Crop Options

    If wet fields delay silage-corn planting until after June 15, northern New York growers may want to consider brown midrib (BMR) sorghum-sudangrass instead...More
  • Mar. 3, 2011
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    New Barley Delivers High Forage Yields

    Oregon State University (OSU) has developed the first winter hooded barley that produces high yields of forage, thrives in the Northwest and resists a fungus known as stripe rust...More
  • Dec. 21, 2010
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    Late-Planted Oats Fill Forage Void

    Corn silage yields were short across Pennsylvania this year, so many farmers bolstered their forage supplies by planting oats after the silage harvest, reports Paul Craig, Dauphin County Extension agent...More
  • Dec. 1, 2010
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    Ensiled Pearl Millet Beats Corn Silage

    Pearl millet silage produced equal amounts of milk with higher milkfat levels than corn silage in a dairy feeding trial at McGill University in Quebec...More
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