Tips for assessing spring alfalfa stands
After a longer than average winter in the Midwest, assessing spring stands will be particularly important to a successful alfalfa crop this year.
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Tight forage supplies force changes for 2013 planting season
Summer annual forage seeds may not be available if producers wait too long to order their seed.
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Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop
A hay shortage is looming for producers in the Upper Midwest after a cold spring hit the region’s alfalfa crop hard.
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Alltech analyzes 1,000th feed sample
After three decades of research and recent advances in the field of mycotoxin testing, we can now detect more than 37 different types of mycotoxins, and many producers around the globe are taking heed and getting their feed tested.
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Forage replacements for lost alfalfa
Several reports have come in indicating varying levels of winterkill in alfalfa. For dairy producers, this is an unwelcome start to the late spring.
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Dairy Focus: Right feed bunk design can reduce shrinkage
Reducing feed loss can save money and improve dairy efficiency.
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Grazing workshop to help livestock producers maximize pastures
Livestock producers can learn about incorporating management-intensive grazing programs on their farms at a Purdue Extension conference June 7-8 in southern Indiana.
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Maximizing forage in winter injured and killed stands
An unusual amount of winter injury and winterkill of alfalfa stands occurred in south central and southern Minnesota.
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Managing a grazing system for a milking dairy herd
Allowing dairy cows to graze forages versus harvesting and storing them can be a very economical means of providing some or all of a dairy cows’ forage needs. Here are some of the key components in managing a grazing system for the milking dairy herd.
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Extension publication helps farmers price corn silage
As the price of corn goes, so goes the price of corn silage. Knowing how the price of the former will affect the price of the latter can translate into extra dollars in the pockets of farmers.
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Forage Focus: Stretching out the spring flush of forage growth
For most of us, forage growth has finally started and we are getting the spring "flush" of growth. For pasture and hay fields that are primarily grass based, we may get up to 70% of our growth in the next month or so.
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