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OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
of time are hard to put a dollar amount on, but they certainly are there! Forage tests results may be ... a higher percentage of grass, forage samples are averaging about 4% ash contamination from external ... increase ash content, above what is considered normal in forages. Some studies indicate that leaving ...
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Hay Matters: Smart Storage and Testing Tips, Plus Some Events
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/hay-matters-smart-storage-and-testing-tips-plus-some-events
elements, there are a few things you can do to limit your potential volume and quality losses. Stack hay ... host is the Sarah Douglas family at Zido Valley Dairy and the main event sponsors are Lowe & Young ... dinner options. Meals are $10 per person. Attendees can view the trade show and tour the dairy facility ...
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Brassica Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/brassica-crops
Forage brassicas are fast-growing annual crops that are highly productive and digestible. Crude ... fertilization rate and weather conditions. The most commonly used forage brassica crops are rape, turnip, kale ... and swede. They can be grazed from 80 to 150 days after seeding depending on species (Table 7.12). ...
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Preserving Forage as Hay and Silage
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/preserving-forage-hay-and-silage
Good management practices are required for storing forage as either dry hay or as silage or balage ... a tedder. Tedders are especially effective with grass crops, but they can cause excessive leaf loss in ... They are not effective when conditions are humid, damp and cloudy. They are applied at the time of ...
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Stack Smart: Daily Hay Temperature Checks Could Save Your Barn
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/stack-smart-daily-hay-temperature-checks-could-save-your-barn
when the baler enters the field. As moisture increases in the bales, and they are tightly stacked in ... are Lowe & Young Equipment, Slicker Farms, and Avodah Contractors. The Dairy Summit will begin at ... tradeshow and tour the dairy facility for free. Finally, we are planning a Cow Feeding Clinic for August ...
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Annual Forage Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/annual-forage-crops-0
to provide supplemental feed when perennial forages are less productive; to provide emergency feed ... annual forage crops are best used for pasture or silage rather than for hay. Double-cropping combinations ... are feasible with these annual forage crops (for example, spring grains followed by summer annual ...
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Annual Forage Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/annual-forage-crops
to provide supplemental feed when perennial forages are less productive; to provide emergency feed ... annual forage crops are best used for pasture or silage rather than for hay. Double-cropping combinations ... are feasible with these annual forage crops (for example, spring grains followed by summer annual ...
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Pawpaws: An Alternative Fruit Crop in the Midwest
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0187
(neither toothed, lobed, or compound), that are up to a foot in length and are alternately arranged on the ... bell-shaped petals, and change from green to purplish-brown as they mature (Figure 4). The pawpaw flowers are ... self-pollinate, pawpaw flowers are different. They require two genetically different plants to fertilize and ...
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Disease Management in Forages
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/disease-management-forages
soils where they are adapted, practicing crop rotation (especially important for forage legumes), ... established forage crops. Effects of disease on individual plants vary widely. Some diseases are lethal while ... fungicide options are available for most forage species, but more options are becoming available especially ...
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Summer-Annual Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses-0
high-quality forage. They are well suited as supplemental forages during hot, dry periods when perennial ... cool-season forages are less productive. Because the need for extra forage usually becomes apparent after row ... by mid- to late July after a small grain harvest. They have the potential to produce forage yields of ...