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Putting A Top Quality Forage Program Together On Your Farm, Richard Brown Phillips
Putting A Top Quality Forage Program Together On Your Farm, Richard Brown Phillips
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
You know most of us here, and I am including myself, really don't have a super talent for predicting the future with a great deal of consistency, however, our interest doesn't have to be in predicting, but rather, just primarily in considering potentials and opportunities in the future. What do you say, let's take a little time to look at some of the opportunities in the forage industry. The nation's No. 1 cash crop.
Sampling And Testing For Quality, Buddy Sims
Sampling And Testing For Quality, Buddy Sims
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is preparing to implement a unique and far-reaching program to provide forage producers with a detailed analysis of the quality of hay.
This program was mandated by the Kentucky legislature in 1988 as a means to enhance the marketing of Kentucky hay. A statewide hay testing and marketing program was recommended by a special legislative task force report issued in 1987 and has the endorsement of a number of agricultural organizations, including the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and Kentucky Farm Bureau.
Marketing Kentucky Hay — A Reality, J. Kenneth Evans
Marketing Kentucky Hay — A Reality, J. Kenneth Evans
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
As I write this in early December, Kentucky does not yet have a system for marketing hay. The above title reflects an attitude which positively expects a marketing system to be in place by the 1989 season. Many details of such a system have been discussed, some decisions have already been made and more will be made by the time you read this. Literally hundreds of decisions need to be made before hay is marketed in 1989. since these decisions will be made by a group of people (a producer Board of Directors and the KY Department of Agriculture personnel) …
Equipment And Chemical Advances In Harvesting And Storing Quality Hay, Michael Collins
Equipment And Chemical Advances In Harvesting And Storing Quality Hay, Michael Collins
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
In some areas of the country, many producers have gone to silage or haylage for storage of a portion of their forage. However, hay remains the most popular storage method for forage. Hay stores well for long periods and is better suited to cash sale and transportation over substantial distances than silage. Mechanical conditioning, which gained acceptance during the 1950's is probably still the greatest single change in hay harvesting and storage technology during this century. However, a number of other noteworthy changes and innovations have occurred in recent years which have helped to reduce the extent of losses during …
Alfalfa Hay: Quality Makes The Difference, Garry D. Lacefield
Alfalfa Hay: Quality Makes The Difference, Garry D. Lacefield
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Alfalfa "Queen of the Forage Crops" is one of t.he most important forage legumes grown in the U.S. It can be grown over a wide range of soil and climatic conditions, it has the highest yield potential and the highest feeding values of all adapted perennial forage legumes. Alfalfa is a versatile crop which can be used for pasture, hay, silage, green-chop, soil improvements and human consumption (sprouts, etc.).
Foreword [1989], Garry D. Lacefield
Foreword [1989], Garry D. Lacefield
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
This is the front matter of the proceedings.