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University of Kentucky


Alfalfa


General

Grazing

Hay

Grass
Species

Legumes

Quality

Tall Fescue Endophyte

Misc


University of Missouri


University of Maryland


Agronomy Memos

Other Publucations

University of Wisconsin



Ohio State University


Inidiana University

 

 
 

Wisconsin

Alfalfa

 

Alfalfa Production Management

 

No-Till Establishment of Forages

Wisconsin Forage Council AM-PM forage harvest study

Alfalfa cutting height to maximize forage yield and quality

 

Effect of Wheel Traffic on Alfalfa Yield

Effect of Wheel Traffic on Alfalfa Yield (slide presentation)

 

Heaving in Alfalfa Fields

How to Manage Hail Damaged Alfalfa and Red Clover

Seeding Rate of Different Alfalfa Seed Lots

Hard Seed in Alfalfa

1998 Alfalfa Harvest

 

Cold Temperatures and Winter Kill

Diagnosing and Managing Winter Injury

 

Hybrid Alfalfa

Italian Ryegrass as a Cover Crop Seeded with Alfalfa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alfalfa Nutrient Management

 

Alfalfa response to summer manure applications

 

Sulfur status and responses on Wisconsin alfalfa

Identifying and Managing Soil Compaction in Field Crop Production Nutrient Management

Considerations When Applying Manure to Alfalfa

Low Potassium in Forages

 

 

 

Alfalfa Quality Management

Forage quality of first cutting due to wet spring

Predicting relative feed value using plant height and maturity (PEAQ)

Predicting neutral detergent fiber using plant height and maturity (PEAQ)

Understanding Forage Quality view as a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader)

Diurnal Cycling Effect on Forage Quality

Diurnal Variation in Forage Quality Affects Animal Preference and Production

Palatability of Alfalfa and Grasses

 

Relative Forage Quality Indexing Legumes and Grasses for Forage Quality

 

Comparing Relative Forage Quality to Relative Feed Value

 

Alfalfa Cutting Height to Maximize Forage Yield and Quality

 

 

 

New Developments in Analytical Evaluation of Forages and Total Mixed Rations

 

 

 

Common Sense About Odor

 

 

 

Economic Impact of Forage Quality

 

 

 

Alfalfa Harvest Management

Minimizing Losses in Hay Storage and Feeding view as a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader)

Hay Dessicants and Preservatives

Large Baler Research and Storage Ideas

Systems to Improve Storage Characteristics of Large Square Bales in a Humid Climate

Estimating how much silage is in a chopper wagon

Using High Quality Alfalfa Varieties to Stagger Harvest

 

Plastic Wrapping Bales at Different Moistures and at Different Times after Baling

Successful Wrapping and Storage of Square Bales or view as a PowerPoint set

 

Fine Tuning Cutting Height to Maximize Forage Yield

Yield and Stand

Getting Most from Mower-Conditioner

 

Comparing Forage Drydown Rates Using a Super Conditioner

Machinery Designs and Adjustment for Minimized Field Loss

Effectiveness of Equipment to Speed Hay Drying

Equipment to Rake and Merge Hay and Forage

 

 

Alfalfa Pest Management

Potato leaf hopper

Performance of Potato Leafhopper Resistance in Alfalfa

Advances in Breeding Alfalfa for Resistance to Potato Leafhopper

Potato Leafhopper Damage to Alfalfa

Update: Potato Leafhopper Resistant Alfalfa
New Diseases – aphanomyces 2/mycoplasma

Aphanomyces Race 2
Leaf Miner

Do You Have Poisonous Weeds in Your Pastures and Forages?

 

Root and Crown Rots and Virus Diseases of Alfalfa and Clover

 

 

Alfalfa Economics

Hay Market Demand and Price Report for Upper Midwest

Calculating Risk of Alfalfa Winter Injury

Wisconsin Tested Hay Auctions (annual price summaries)

 

Economics of Alfalfa Persistence

Value of Standing Forage

Use of Quickbooks and Quicken

Wisconsin Labor Standards Laws and Farm Related Businesses

Value of Short Rotations for Alfalfa Profitability : view as a web file or pdf file

 

Determining Custom Harvest Charges

Calculating Production Costs Per Acre, Ton, Bushel, Etc.

Economic Impact of Forage Quality

 

 

Molds and Mycotoxins

Forage quality of first cutting due to wet spring

Understanding and reducing mold growth in hay

 

Mycotoxin effects on dairy cattle

Common Sense About Odor

 

 

 

Long Term Effects of Seeding Year

Understanding autotoxicity in alfalfa

Alfalfa Autotoxicity

Alfalfa Autotoxicity Risk Assessment Worksheet

 

Importance of First Year Alfalfa Yields

Importance of Seeding Year Alfalfa Yields

 

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Grasses

 

Ryegrass Types for Pasture and Hay

Ryegrass overseeding on pasture

 

Frost Seeding Legumes and Grasses into Pastures

 

Italian Ryegrass as a Cover Crop Seeded with Alfalfa

 

 

 

Rust on Orchardgrass and Ryegrass

Establishment and Management of Switchgrass

 

 

Maturities of Cool-Season Forage Grasses

 

Palatability of Cool-Season Forage Grasses

 

Stockpiling Cool-Season Grasses for Winter Grazing

Compare Cool-Season Grasses by Harvested Yield

 

Compare Cool-Season Grasses by Grazing Intake & Palatability

 

Nitrogren Management for Grass Pastures

 

 

 

Corn Silage

 

Evaluation of corn silage types for best performance

 

Corn Silage types for best performance

 

Corn silage cutting height

 

Impact of crop processing on corn silage utilization by dairy cattle

 

 

Corn Silage Sampling and Analysis

 

HOW TO PROCESS CORN SILAGE or view as a PowerPoint set

Keys to Higher Corn Forage Yields

 

 

UW-Agronomy Corn Silage Breeding Web Site

 

UW-Extension Corn Silage Web Site

 

 

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Other Forages

 

Small grain forage yields view as a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader)

 

Emergency Forage Plantings

Alternate Forage Crops

Red Clover in the “Twenty-First” Century

White Clover for Wisconsin Pastures

NFTA Forage Analysis Procedure

Sorghums, sudangrasses, and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids for Forage

New Forage Analyses

How to Manage Hail Damaged Alfalfa and Red Clover

Soybeans for Hay or Silage

Pea and Small Grain Mixtures

Root and Crown Rots and Virus Diseases of Alfalfa and Clover

Low Potassium in Forages

Influence of oat seeding dates on grain and forage yield, forage quality and milk yield view as a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader)

Influence of barley seeding dates on grain and forage yield, forage quality and milk yield view as a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader)

 

Brown Midrib Sorghum Forage

 

 

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Grazing/Pasture

 

 

 

Supplementing stockers on pasture

 

Rotational grazing

 

Stocker Cattle on Pasture

 

Wisconsin Grazing Profitability Analysis

 

Bloat - a description

 

Preventing bloat on pasture

 

Seeding rate for pastures

 

Grazing economics-Guell Brothers Farm

Forgey’s River-View Farm Economic Comparison

Comparing Selected Characteristics of Two Types of Graziers in Wisconsin

Cost of Production for Grazing

Establishing Kura Clover Stands

White Clover for Wisconsin Pastures

Ryegrass Types for Pasture and Hay

Ryegrass overseeding on pasture

Uses of Brassica Crops in Grazing Systems

Nitrate Poisoning in Cattle, Sheep and Goats

Frost Seeding of Forages

Frost Seeding Legumes and Grasses into Pastures

Calculating Grazing Forage Needs and Pasture Availability - (download as an EXCEL version 5 spreadsheet)

 

Pasture fertilization

 

 

 

Nitrogren Management for Grass Pastures

 

Supplementation on pasture
Evaluation of a simple method for measuring pasture yield

Rust on Orchardgrass and Ryegrass

Establishment and Management of Switchgrass

Maturities of Cool-Season Forage Grasses

Palatability of Cool-Season Forage Grasses

 

Stockpiling Cool-Season Grasses for Winter Grazing

Stockpiling Forages for Fall Grazing

 

Do You Have Poisonous Weeds in Your Pastures and Forages?

From Confinement to Grazing to the Future

My Years of Grazing Experience

Land Use and the Changing Face of Wisconsin Agriculture

 

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Feeding Forages

 

 

 

Variability of bypass protein in forages
Digestion kinetics of forages

 

Balancing use of corn silage and alfalfa in dairy rations
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Nutritional Considerations
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Economic Considerations
Low Potassium in Forages

Diurnal Variation in Forage Quality Affects Animal Preference and Production

 

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Nutrient Management

How much phosphorus do dairy cows need?
How much phosphorus do crops need?
Survey results of forage nutrient management of MN farms
Reducing phosphorus risk with management

Micronutrient status of manure

Nitrate Poisoning in Cattle, Sheep and Goats

Nutrient Management

Identifying and Managing Soil Compaction in Field Crop Production Nutrient Management

Low Potassium in Forages

Nutrient Mgmt Briefings-Review of 2002’s Nutrient Mgmt Plans

Regulatory Update: Comprehensive Nutrient Mgmt. Plans

Wisconsin Water Quality – Agricultural Performance Standards

 

 

 

 

 

OHIO

Indiana

Tall Fescue:

Utilization:

Weed Control:

Soils and Fertilizers:

Misc. Cultural Practices:

Last Updated ( Friday, 25 July 2008 )
 
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