Going, Going, … Gone??
Warm temperatures this week pushed hay NDF values up almost 13 points, 1.8 points/day on average. Grasses gained just over 8 inches and legumes about 4.5 inches. We also noticed quite a bit of hay harvesting activity around the county.
All grass fields and mixed stands with less than 50% legume sampled are now past target NDF, Mixed stands over 50% alfalfa are at target NDF, and we expect legume stands will reach target NDF within the next week. We advise Delaware County farms to proceed as quickly as possible to complete first cut of all core hay crop fields.
The sample results for the 28 sites sampled are in the table below. A map of locations with sample results can be viewed at http://goo.gl/u8fxHV. Link to a pdf of the full sized version of results here http://goo.gl/FkocLo.
