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Reducing Hay Losses — From Standing Crop Through Storage, Michael Collins

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

Alfalfa management for maximum economic productivity is quite complex. Many factors ranging from cultivar selection and establishment to storage and feeding must be considered. In some cases these factors, yield and quality of a particular cutting of forage for example, are negatively correlated. Following good establishment of an adapted cultivar, cutting management has important effects on forage yield, forage quality, stand persistence, weed encroachment and other important responses. Maturity stage at the time of cutting greatly affects quality. After cutting, hay curing, packaging and storage conditions also affect quality. Clearly, in order to achieve the optimum combination of yield and …

No-Till Alfalfa Establishment, Garry D. Lacefield

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

The topic ''No-till Alfalfa" was discussed at the V Annual Alfalfa Conference this past February in Elizabethtown. At that conference, we reported results of demonstrations that had been conducted along with preliminary results of some of the research underway. In the presentation today, I would like to review some of the opportunities for no-till alfalfa and discuss some additional research results.

Herbicides For Alfalfa Weed Control, William W. Witt

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

Numerous herbicides are available for controlling weeds in pure or mixed stands of alfalfa. In addition, these herbicides can be applied at different times and stages of alfalfa growth -from prior to planting to actively growing alfalfa to dormant applications during the winter. To be confident of achieving the desired weed control, it is important to apply alfalfa herbicides at the proper growth stage and rate.

The following tables contain information pertinent to proper utilization of the herbicides to obtain maximum weed control.

Foreword [1986], Garry D. Lacefield

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

This is the front matter of the proceedings.

The Ecology Of Skeleton Weed (Chondrilla Juncea) In Western Australia. Survival And Fecundity Of Wild Radish (Raphanus Raphanistrum) Populations In Lupin Crops. Reproduction And Seed Persistence In Arum Lily (Zantedeschia Aethiopica)., F. D. Panetta

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

After ripening and fates of field-stored skeleton weed seeds, 86BA11. Predation on seeds of skeleton weed, 86BA10. The effects of wetting/drying cycles upon the fates of skeleton weed seeds, 84PE42. Skeleton weed demographic studies, 84BA17. Radish control in lupins, 86N085. Seed production and seed persistence in Arum lily, 86PE56. Germination studies on fresh and stored seeds of Arum lily, 86PE57.

Phosphorus Nutrition, M Da Bolland

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

76WH10, 77WH2, 77MT2, Phosphorus sources trial.

84NO69, 84E31, 84M63, Residual value of phosphate fertilisers.

86M1, Residual value of superphosphates for lupins and wheat grown in a 1-year lupin: 1-year wheat rotation.

85NO63, 85KA79, Assessment of different soil and plant tissue methods for determining the phosphorus requirement of several crop and pasture species.

85KA78, Assessment of different soil and plant tissue methods for determining the P requirements of crop and pasture species.

86N01, Residual value of superphosphate.

85BA34, Residual value of superphosphate for lupins, wheat and barley.

85BA35, Residual value of superphosphate for lupins:oat:wheat rotation

Studies On The Effects Of Nutrition And Tillage On Cereal Root Diseases, R F. Brennan

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Take-all and manganese / ammonium interaction, 84E1.

Split applications of nitrogen and take-all, 84E2.

Take-all and manganese / ammonium interaction, 84LG2.

Micronutrients (Cu, Zn) and Take-all.

Nitrogen and phosphorus rates and Take-all, 83ES42.

Nitrogen and phosphorus rates and Take-all, 83ES43.

Nitrogen and phosphorus rates and Take-all, 83ES41.

The Ecology Of Skeleton Weed In Western Australia, Afghan Thistle Ecology, Biology Of Gorteria Personata., J. Dodd

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

The ecology of skeleton weed in Western Australia, 84BA17. Afghan thistle ecology, 84N050. Regenerative ability of stem and root segments, 85PE51. Biology of Gorteria personata, 86M03, 86N08. Life cycle, 86M03, 86N08. Germination requirements, 86PE7.

Weed Seed Ecology., A. H. Cheam

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Population dynamics of Brome grass in relation to control systems, 86C1. Wild radish control in lupins, 86N085. Preplanting operations to stimulate Doublegee emergence, 85C89. Postplanting operations to stimulate Doublegee emergence, 85C90.

Herbicide Tolerance Of Recommended Cereal Varieties, D. Bowran, R. Watson

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Herbicide tolerance of recommended cereal varieties Barley response to Glean, 86 GE 52, 86 GE 56, 86N0107, 86N0112, 86KA74, 86KA78. Tolerance of lupins to selected broadleaf herbicides, 86 GE 59, 86 GE 49. Herbicide tolerance of recommended cereal varieties, 86ME98. Herbicide tolerance of recommended cereal varieties effect of non-phenoxy herbicides on phenoxy sensitive wheat varieties, 86A12, 86A13. Herbicide tolerance of recommended cereal varieties barley response to metribuzin, 86LG37, 86LG59. Tolerance of recommended pea varieties to herbicides, 86NO111. Stirling barley tolerance to Glean and Ally, 8 6N0119. Effect of plant-back time on response to Till-master, 86WH48. Tolerance of lupins to selected …

Crop Oils And Herbicides, Crop Establishments, Weed Control,, Isoproturon Evaluation, Radish Control, Topping Trial 1985 Report., R Madin, A Lindsay

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Grass control with Hoegrass plus oil (Rates of Hoegrass + oil). TRIAL 1. 86 NO 121. Grass and broadleaf weed control with herbicides and oil, 86 MO 51. Grass control with Fusilade and crop oil (Lupins) 86 NO 120. Grass control with Fusilade and crop oil (Lupins), 86 KA 89. Grass control with Hoegrass, Fusilade and crop oil (Serena medic) 86 MO 44. Hoegrass and Oil Tolerance, 86 NO 124. Hoegrass Rates x Oils for Wild Oats Control in Wheat, 86 NO 118. The effect of timing of Roundup CT and Sprayseed application and cultivation on crop establishment and growth, …

Capeweed Control In Cereals., J. R. Peirce, B. J. Rayner

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Capeweed control in cereals pre-sowing control, 86WH58. Capeweed control in cereals post-emergence control, 86WH59. Capeweed control in cereals post-emergence control with Reglone®, 86WH69. Capeweed control in cereals post-emergence control with various products, 86WH70. Capeweed control in cereals post-emergence control with mixtures, 86WH74. Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) control along roadsides, 86WH75. Chemical control of Four o'Clock (Oxalis purpurea) in cereals, 86N0110. Hoegrass, different rates with oils or wetting agent for wild oat control in cereals, 86N0118. Chemicals x depth of blade plowing to control couch, 86N010. Chemical x cultural control of couch (long-term), 85N092. Chemical control of couch prior to cereal establishment, …

Effectiveness Of Various Herbicides On Hoegrass Resistant Wild Oats. Effect Of Herbicides On Hoegrass Resistant Annual Ryegrass. Growth Of Cereals Planted In Simazine Treated Soil. Growth Of Wheat One Year After Simazine. Glean Use On Drier Alkaline Soils., T. Piper

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

86N0113, 86N0114, 86N0115, 86N0116, 86N0102, 86N0103, 86N0103, 86N0104, 86N0105, 85WH54, 85ME56, 85N27, 86WH51, 86N34, 85N30, 86WH52, 86N33, 86WH53, 86SG25,

1. Cereal Agronomy, 2. Pesticides, J. H. Moore, G. R. Dean

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Best bet minimum tillage, 86AL38, 86AL39, 86AL40. Minimum tillage factors, 86AL62. South coast potential yield factors, 86 AL 81, 86AL82. Time of planting by variety interaction - south coast, 86AL87. Capeweed control in cereals with residual herbicides, 86AL45. Sprayseed/glean, roundup/glean tank mixes for grass control, 86AL43. Sorrel control systems, 86AL43. Sorrel control for pasture establishment. Pre plant ally on barley, 86AL86. Pre plant ally on oats, 86AL84, 86AL85. Pre plant ally on clover, 86AL63. Pre plant ally on peas, 86AL65. Pre plant ally on rape, 86AL67. Double knockdowns, 86AL68, 86MT67. Rate, time of spraying and scarifying interaction on pre-p1ant herbicides, …

Proceedings -- National Wilderness Research Conference: Current Research, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

Includes more than 70 reports of current wilderness research. Papers are organized around nine topics: wilderness resource research, including natural fire, air quality, impacts to soil and vegetation, fish and wildlife, and water; and wilderness user research related to recreational use and user characteristics, attitudes and behavior, benefits, and management concepts and tools.

Foliar Wheat Diseases And Cereal Smuts., R. Loughman, A. E. Twigg

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Chemical control of leaf spots of wheat, 86BA41, 86MT49. Semi-natural inoculum for plant breeders plots, 86MD2. Chemical control of soil-borne flag smut, 86ME73, 86M032. Chemical control of barley loose smut, 86AL50, 86KA59, 86MT47. Chemical control of loose smut in barley with different levels of seed infections, 86MT48. Disease characterisation of cereal variety trial stage 4 sites.

Pasture Manipulation And Root Diseases Of Cereals., W. Macleod

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Rotation for wheat comparing pure clover ley with a pasture ley, 79El5. Pasture renovation techniques and crop production in a 1:2 rotation, 81E35. Pasture manipulation - effects on take-all, 85E32. Spraytopping herbicides and take-all, 85MT58. Timing of spraytopping and herbicides, 86MT64, 86E55.

Fungicide Testing, M. J. Barbetti

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Fungicidal control of Phoma blackstem disease in medic, 86 KA 11. Medic cultivar susceptibility to Phoma blackstem disease, 85 KA 56. Role of Phoma seed infection in medic, 85 KA 57. Effect of soil pasteurization on damage caused by six fungal root pathogens, 86 PE 53. Susceptibility of 18 sub-clover cultivars to isolates of the clover scorch fungus, Kabatiella caulivora, 86 PE 54. Effect of plant age or growth stage of subterranean clover on susceptibility to infection by the clover scorch fungus, Kabatiella caulivora, 86 PE 55. Susceptibility of rapeseed lines to blackleg crown canker, 86 MT 1, 86 MT …

Radish Control In Lupins, Weed Control In Lupins, Peas - Broadleaf Weed Control, Peas - Post Emergence Grass Control, Grapevines - Herbicide And Fruit Quality., D. J. Gilbey, R. Klemm

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Radish control in lupins simazine "top up", 86N085. Radish control in lupins diflufenican, 86 GE 42, 86 MO 33, 86 ME 83. Radish control in lupins probe, 86 TS 33, 86 GE 41. Radish control in lupins simazine and atrazine, 86 GE 43, 86 MO 34, 86 NO 87, 86 LG 41. Capeweed control in lupins simazine and atrazine, 86 LG 41. Radish control in lupins, 86 TS 38. Radish control in lupins post emergence herbicides, 86 WH 68. Radish control in lupins post emergence herbicides, 86 MO 42. Radish control in lupins post emergence duiron and 2,4-db, 86 GE …

Lupin Root Rot, Lupin Hypocotyl Rot, Rhizoctonia Coleoptile Rot Of Wheat, Rhizoctonia Root Rots In Long Term Wheat-Pasture Rotation Trials., M. Sweetingham

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin Root Rot: 86Cl4, 86WH15, 86ME85, 86LG63, 85C63, 86WH14. Lupin Hypocotyl rot, 86BA49, 86BA21. Rhizoctonia coleoptile rot of wheat, 86BA19, 86BA20 Rhizoctonia root rots in long term wheat-pasture rotation trials.

Wheat Growth On Saline Waterlogged Soils, E G. Barrett-Lennard

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Studies of the growth of plants on salt-affected soils have focused maily on the effects of salt. However, many salt-affected soils are also subject to waterlogging. Glasshouse experiments conducted by the Department of Agriculture have shown that although wheat growth is not greatly reduced by low levels of salt under well drained conditions, under waterlogged conditions such levels of salt can have a severe effect.

Serradella Prospects At Esperance, Michael D A Bolland

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Yellow serradells is a promising introduced annual legume suitable for some of Western Australia's well drained sandy acid soils where other pasture legumes failto persist.

In the Esperance area serradella grows siccessfully on some sandy soils more than 0.5 metres deep. I develops deep roots rapidly - up to three times deeper than subterranean clover - and this is probably the main reason for its persistance.

At present only two late maturing, registered serradella cultivars are available to farmers in southern Australia. This article describes research at Esperance to delect earlier flowering cultivars for persistence in areas with less than …

Root Diseases Of Cereals., G. C. Macnish

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Take-all Effects of nitrogen source on take-all 82N34, 77E4. Take-all and rates of PP450 and Bayleton 86MT40. Take-all and control by lupins 86MT6. Take-all and field inoculation rates, 86MT58. Take-all and fumigation, 86MT57. Rhizoctonia root rot Rhizoctonia patch and soil compaction, 86E39. Rhizoctonia patch and short chemical fallow, 86E40. Rhizoctonia root rot and Glean, 86E42. Rhizoctonia strains-and paddock history, 86E31. Rhizoctonia root rot - host effects on strains, 86BA38, 85E28, 86E30.

Root And Foliar Diseases Of Wheat On Sandplain In The Geraldton Region., J. Wilson

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Leaf disease trial, 86C69. Drench trial, 86C70. Fumigation trial, 86C71. Three springs trial, 86TS31. Soil transfer trial, 86C98. Wheat leaf disease control trial, 86C99. Water use rotation trial, 86C63. Cultivation, naraling (jarvis), 82GE38. Wheat diseases, survey.

Sources And Times Of N On Wheat, J W. Bowden

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

86M9, Sources and times of N on wheat.

86M3, Rates and times of N and watering treatments on wheat.

86BA42, Times and levels of N on wheat. Residual value of nitrogen sources. Badgingarra and WHRS.

Summary Of Rhizobium Experiments., J. G. Howieson

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Rotation trials, 84ME32, 84ME24, 84N18, 84M18, 85KA58. Cross row trials, 85M28. One year trials, 86M41, 86M42. On-going trials, 86M58, 85KA64, 86V3, 86AL. 84WH24.

Communication Networks And The Adoption Of Three Farn Practices, P. W. Fry, F. K. Goss

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The report commences with a discussion of the diffusion and adoption model, and illustrates some of the research observations and practical outcomes that have emerged in recent years, An overview of social network research is presented as a means of understanding communication exchanges and providing data relevant to the diffusion debate. The communication and adoption studies are then reported in three separate sections in the order they were conducted. (A map of the location of the survey areas is shown in Figure I ) . The objectives, survey method, results and a summary are presented for each study.

A background …

Marketing Programs And Strategies, J. Kenneth Evans

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

Hay has never been widely perceived as a cash crop, therefore, it has historically accounted for a very small part of the total cash sales by farmers. It has been estimated that more than 90% of all hay baled in the state is retained on the producing farms. Most of that which is sold is transported very short distances and of course if one farmer in a community has a good hay year, all do. Organized marketing efforts have been minimal in both scope and successes. In 1978, efforts were initiated toward a more organized system of marketing Kentucky hay. …

The Economics Of Stand Life In The Production Of Alfalfa, W. Donald Shurley

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

Alfalfa is a crop which once established, can provide production of hay for several years thereafter. The productive years of the established crop are often referred to as the stand life. The life of an alfalfa stand is variable depending on many factors including variety grown, soil, weather conditions during the production period, insect and weed pressures, and of course the management skills of the producer in timely harvesting and other production jobs.

Alfalfa In Livestock Feeding Programs, Gary T. Lane

Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

A magazine article entitled "Bidders Paid More For Quality at Wisconsin Hay Auction" caught my attention. Did they really pay more money for higher quality. I could not help but think of some hay sales which I have witnessed. One dollar per bale, large bales, small round bales, sixty dollars per ton, and $275 per ton are all some quotes I have heard recently in connection with hay purchases. Not much is said about quality. We may hear relative terms such as good, not much grass, cut early, not rained on or others but not much about nutrient content or …