Articles by Robert Larmer

Alfalfa stand establishment for high yield

April 4, 2014
Robert Larmer
The agricultural landscape has dramatically changed recently with volatile commodity prices, increasing land prices and very uncertain planting intentions for 2014 and beyond. All the while, alfalfa hay and haylage prices have remained strong. Because of this, we are starting to see some acres come back into the forage fold.
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Haylage: The first cut is the deepest

August 9, 2013
Robert Larmer
If you had to choose just one cut of haylage to feed your milking herd for the entire year, which one would you select? I would hazard a guess that about 98 percent of producers and closer to 99.9 percent of nutritionists and veterinarians will choose the first cut.
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Haylage: The first cut is the deepest

June 10, 2013
Robert Larmer
If you had to choose just one cut of haylage to feed your milking herd for the entire year, which one would you select? I would hazard a guess that about 98 percent of producers and closer to 99.9 percent of nutritionists and veterinarians will choose the first cut.
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Considerations for high corn silage diets

December 31, 2012
Robert Larmer

The 2012 growing season has reached the finish line, and for many it was a year we hope to never experience again. With producers working hard this summer and fall to get enough feed for the year, many questions came across my desk regarding summer forage crops, late cuttings of alfalfa and a wide variety of other topics related to the recent drought and subsequent feed shortage.

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Drought-stressed corn silage

Managing drought-stressed corn silage

October 10, 2012
Robert Larmer
Mother Nature has given us an interesting growing season to say the least here in Canada. Some areas experienced a fantastic summer with timely rains and warm temperatures leading to what looks to be record yield potential and an early harvest.
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Spring has sprung: Watch for changing starch digestibility

May 1, 2012
Robert Larmer
The era of higher corn prices has many nutritionists looking at feeding elevated levels of corn silage as a way to reduce starch input costs. In Eastern Canada, it is not uncommon to be working with rations in the 70 to 80 percent corn silage range as a percentage of the total forages fed – significantly more than even 10 years ago.
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