Forage Planting
Herbicide soil persistence (residual life) is the length of time a herbicide remains active in a soil.
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Summer annuals work well for fall and winter pasture
A great cover crop includes a warm-season grass, cool-season grass, warm-season legume, cool-season legume, warm-season broadleaf and cool-season broadleaf.
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Silvopastures in the southeast U.S.
Ecosystem services provided by silvopastoral systems are mediated by specific management practices, environmental conditions and overall design of the system.
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Frost seeding clovers into tall fescue pastures provides multiple ecosystem services
Ball, crimson, red and white clovers can be successfully frost seeded into tall fescue pastures as a strategy to create a grass-legume mixture and to improve pasture and livestock responses.
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Advice from an agronomist: Increasing forage biodiversity on your ranch
Improving plant biodiversity on your ranch will often increase forage supply, forage quality and soil health, along with carbon capture potential.
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Maximize seeding yield: Plant early
Inspect new alfalfa stands about a week after freezing temperatures. If populations are inadequate for long-term productive stands, no-till alfalfa seed to thicken the stand.
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3 seeding tips for perennial pastures
A quality stand of perennial pasture can be a great long-term solution for your soil health and bottom dollar.
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Overseeding to thicken thinned alfalfa stands
The best option with today’s high fertilizer prices and corn value is to turn the stand over to take the legume and rotational credits for corn production and replant alfalfa into new fields.
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Best of both worlds: Interseeding alfalfa into corn
The reason for this somewhat “out of the box” idea is to attempt to establish alfalfa a full year earlier than a conventional crop rotation would allow.
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