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The importance of rotating old alfalfa stands is well established. As the alfalfa stand ages, forage yield and quality decline, while pressure from weeds, insects and diseases increases.
With contribution from Matt Hayes and Bill Edmonson, RDO Integrated Controls.
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology is making strides in its position as a practical and professional tool in the agriculture industry.
How extensively are you using agriculture technology on your forage operation? Ag technology and precision ag continue to advance rapidly, with many established companies and newcomers to the agriculture stage offering tools they claim deliver quality data.
The man who taught me the basics of baler knotter troubleshooting said one thing that applies to many mechanical things. He said that most of the time there would not be a single, obvious problem, rather a number of things that were out of adjustment just enough so that the function of the knotter was sloppy.
I sometimes get accused of unduly embellishing a story. When writing a history about my father, an older cousin told me I didn’t have my facts straight. I told her to give me a break; I was only 4 years old when the event in question happened.
Diesel-powered pickups have been around for a long time, but in the last 30 years or so, their popularity has simply exploded. Their application on the farm is well documented. Their power plants offer great low-rpm power, durability, reliability and fuel mileage.
Prussic or hydrocyanic acid (HCN) is a natural compound that can sometimes build to toxic levels in plants. Among forage crops, plants in the Sorghum genus (including sudangrass, forage and grain-type sorghums, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids and johnsongrass) are most likely to cause this problem.
Sometimes I have a tough time figuring out exactly what I should write in a column. This time of year, however, there is a lot of low-hanging fruit when it comes to deciding on a topic. The challenge is in trying to present a fresh perspective on a topic that may have been written about and discussed ad nauseam.
Range and pasture monitoring historically involved a large paper map, clipboards, a camera, a GPS, a calculator, plant and weed identification booklets and a notebook. And heaven help you if you lost your pencil while walking through the grass.
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