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Photo Highlights From The 34th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference, Kentucky Alfalfa Conference
Photo Highlights From The 34th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference, Kentucky Alfalfa Conference
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
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Adjustments And Maintenance Of Haying Equipments, Clayton Geralds, John Mccoy, Cris Scudder
Adjustments And Maintenance Of Haying Equipments, Clayton Geralds, John Mccoy, Cris Scudder
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
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Advances In Alfalfa Promotion, Bill Talley
Advances In Alfalfa Promotion, Bill Talley
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Kentucky grain farmers have experienced several successful years seeing high prices and good yields, with the exception of the drought in 2012. If you were insured in 2012, which most lenders required, you probably also came out with a profit during that challenging time. Alfalfa producers in Kentucky have also seen high prices and decent yields. While the drought of 2012 affected them, most still harvested an 80 % crop with extremely high prices and demand. The fact that alfalfa is a deep rooted plant, coupled with timely rains proved beneficial to this group.
Why Aren't Big Square Balers Used More In Kentucky?, Tom Keene
Why Aren't Big Square Balers Used More In Kentucky?, Tom Keene
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
The history of making hay dates back for centuries and centuries. When mankind began to grow crops and livestock rather than being nomadic, they had to have some type of forage to feed their livestock during the cold and winter months. Since that time there has been a slow and steady progression from harvesting material by hand to today’s modern hay making equipment that maximizes time, labor, fuel, etc. However some countries to this day still use the methods that are thousands of years old when it comes to hay making.
Alfalfa For Summer Grazing, Roy Burris, Garry D. Lacefield
Alfalfa For Summer Grazing, Roy Burris, Garry D. Lacefield
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Alfalfa is most commonly used as a hay crop in the United States. However, with proper management, it can be utilized as a grazing crop with very good results. Liveweight gains per acre are quite high for grazing beef cattle with total season grains of 500 to 800 pounds per acre being reasonable. The authors realized 732 lb/acre of gains on 16 acres of alfalfa in 1991, with beef steers at Princeton.
Lessons Learned In Australia--Uk Forages Study Tour, Traci Missun, S. Ray Smith, Garry D. Lacefield
Lessons Learned In Australia--Uk Forages Study Tour, Traci Missun, S. Ray Smith, Garry D. Lacefield
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
In September 2013, twenty Kentuckians traveled to Australia to tour farms and attend the International Grasslands Congress. The group included ten county agents, five farmers, four UK faculty/staff and a teacher. This study tour allowed participants to gain a new perspective of agriculture and how Australian farmers deal with adversity. Farmers there face many challenges each year with change in precipitation, ranging from severe drought to flooding. These challenges have forced them to incorporate different methods to be successful, including intensive grazing, use of overhead and drip irrigation for pasture and hay production, and fallow farming.
Alfalfa Baleage/Silage Preservatives: Do They Work? Are They Economical?, S. Ray Smith
Alfalfa Baleage/Silage Preservatives: Do They Work? Are They Economical?, S. Ray Smith
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
There are many variables with silage production including - type of silage operation (silo, bunk, tube, or wrapped bale), weather, packing or bale density, speed of covering. Therefore, no two silage crops are ever the same, which is why researchers are reluctant to give blanket statements regarding when and how to use silage inoculants. There has been a lot of good research though in recent years about the effect of silage inoculants under various management and conditions. What follows is an overview of this research and some general recommendations. Much of this overview was taken from a very good fact …
Role And Importance Of Alfalfa In Wku Teaching/Research/Farm Programs, Elmer Gray
Role And Importance Of Alfalfa In Wku Teaching/Research/Farm Programs, Elmer Gray
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Alfalfa is the oldest and most widely grown forage legume in the world and in Kentucky, where approximately 250,000 acres are produced. It has gained this top position through producing forage suitable for most classes of livestock, by being drought tolerant, and by fixing atmosphere nitrogen.
Foreword And Recipients Of Kentucky Alfalfa Awards [2014], Garry D. Lacefield, Christi L. Forsythe
Foreword And Recipients Of Kentucky Alfalfa Awards [2014], Garry D. Lacefield, Christi L. Forsythe
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
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