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Recently, I attended a seminar where the speaker said, “Stocking rate, stocking density … whatever,” as if these words meant the same thing. They don’t.
For Wisconsin dairy farmer Ken Ihlenfeld, applying gypsum on all of his alfalfa ground provides sulfur that’s key to increasing alfalfa yields and quality.
Alfalfa, like any plant system, needs sufficient amounts of nutrients to maintain quality stands and yields. To determine those needs, the Irrigated Alfalfa Management for Mediterranean and Desert Zones book published in 2008 by the University of California Alfalfa Workgroup has a chapter dedicated to fertilization strategies for the arid and semi-arid growing areas of the world, including many parts of California.
This time of year when the corn planter is parked and hay is nearing optimum maturity, we get calls asking, “What do I pay or charge for a field of standing hay?”
The forage sorghum family of plants plays a huge role in summer forage production across much of the country. The most common ones used in forage agriculture are forage sorghum, sudangrass and sorghum-sudan hybrids.
Several considerations should be evaluated prior to making the decision to renovate an existing pasture. In some cases, there may not be an alternative.
We have turned the page on 2015, which was known as the International Year of Soils. Each state has designated a soil with special significance, whether designated for historical, forestry or agricultural prominence.
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