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Making A Profit With A Cash Hay Alfalfa Operation--Integrating All The Pieces, Clayton Geralds
Making A Profit With A Cash Hay Alfalfa Operation--Integrating All The Pieces, Clayton Geralds
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
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What’S New In Alfalfa Weed Control?, Jonathan D. Green
What’S New In Alfalfa Weed Control?, Jonathan D. Green
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
The importance of weed control in alfalfa production should not be overlooked, especially when you consider the high investment associated with forage legumes. Weeds have the potential to reduce forage yield by competing for water, sunlight, and nutrients. For example, yield obtained from the first cutting of alfalfa can be significantly reduced by a heavy infestation of common chickweed and other winter annual weeds. In addition to yield losses, weeds can lower forage quality, increase the incidence of disease and insect problems, cause premature stand loss, and create harvesting problems. Some weeds are unpalatable to livestock or, in some cases, …
Updates On An Online Alfalfa Management Tool Under Development, Travis Howle, S. Ray Smith
Updates On An Online Alfalfa Management Tool Under Development, Travis Howle, S. Ray Smith
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
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Integrated Management Of Alfalfa Diseases, Kiersten A. Wise
Integrated Management Of Alfalfa Diseases, Kiersten A. Wise
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Alfalfa diseases can reduce forage quality and the longevity of alfalfa stands. Integrated management of diseases can minimize disease impact and improve forage stand and quality. There are several important pathogens that cause disease on alfalfa, and the occurrence of these diseases, as well as the severity of damage, depend on several factors, including the type of pathogen, the environment, and the level of resistance of the host to a particular disease. In addition, disease presence and severity are also influenced by agronomic practices, particularly sowing dates, cutting dates and frequency, and fertility programs.
Moving Past The Routine: Precision Management For Alfalfa And Hay Crops, Joshua M. Mcgrath
Moving Past The Routine: Precision Management For Alfalfa And Hay Crops, Joshua M. Mcgrath
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Soil testing is made up of four distinct activities, collecting the soil sample, analyzing the sample, interpreting the results, and providing fertilizer recommendations that account for the fertilizer source, timing of application, rate of application, and placement of the fertilizer. Traditionally, collecting a soil sample was viewed as the limiting step because a recommendation is only as good as the sample that it is based on. With traditional soil sampling, we attempt to represent the field’s average nutrient status. Typically, you would want one sample for every 10 – 20 acres. A sample should be collected to the depth prescribed …
Smarter Alfalfa Weevil Management, Ricardo Bessin
Smarter Alfalfa Weevil Management, Ricardo Bessin
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Alfalfa weevil is the primary insect pest attacking the first cutting of alfalfa reducing both quality and yield. The tiny 1st and 2nd stage larvae chew on tip leaves producing tiny pin holes which may seem minor, but 3rd and 4th stages feed extensively shredding leaves resulting in significant damage. A heavy infestation can cause the field to appear grayish. While an individual larva feeds for about 3 weeks, eggs hatch over an extended period, so total damage within a field will accumulate over 5 to 6 weeks.
Getting The Full Benefit Of Your Lime/Fertilizer Dollar, John H. Grove
Getting The Full Benefit Of Your Lime/Fertilizer Dollar, John H. Grove
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
Start with a soil test, even if soil testing is not a perfect way to identify nutrient needs. There are no one-size-fits-all formulas for starting a field of alfalfa – every field is ‘fertility unique’. Your prior knowledge of the field will cause you to make your initial soil test either well ahead of, or rather closer to, alfalfa seeding. The major driver of the timing of the initial soil test is soil acidity. If field soil acidity is suspected, soil test well ahead of seeding – 6 to 12 months ahead. Lime takes time to more thoroughly neutralize higher …
Forward Of Kentucky Alfalfa And Stored Forages Conference [2020], S. Ray Smith, Jimmy C. Henning, Christopher D. Teutsch
Forward Of Kentucky Alfalfa And Stored Forages Conference [2020], S. Ray Smith, Jimmy C. Henning, Christopher D. Teutsch
Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference
No abstract provided.