Hi Folks,

I have had a few recent conversations about compiling some of the resources being circulated regarding managing forages through the weather challenges we continue to see. There are a number of great resources being passed around and while I know I will never get a completely comprehensive list and you may have others you prefer over these, I tried to pull together links to a number of related resources that I am aware of.

Thanks,

Joe

 

Perennial Hay Crops

Nitrogen Fertilization of Perennial Grass

http://forages.org/files/gis/GIS15_Nitrogen_Fertilization_of_Perennial_Grass.pdf

 

Guidelines for Nitrogen Management of 4-5 Cut Intensively Managed Grasses

http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publications/files/VeryIntensiveGrassManagementGuidelines_8_23_18.pdf

 

Winterkill, what to do now

https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/publications/pro-dairy-publication-series/

 

Assess Alfalfa, Winter Cereal and Grass Stands for Spring Reseeding Decisions

https://nydairyadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_658.pdf

 

Late planted corn for silage and GDD accumulation

https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/publications/pro-dairy-publication-series/

 

Storage strategies for over mature hay

https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/publications/pro-dairy-publication-series/

 

Hay Harvest in a Difficult Year: Time to Give Wide Swathing a Try?

https://blogs.cornell.edu/scnydairyandfieldcrops/2019/06/17/seems-like-a-year-to-give-wide-swathing-a-try/

 

 

Late Planted Corn

BMR Sorghum Sudangrass vs. Late Planted Corn

http://www.nnyagdev.org/reportarchives/NNYBMRSXSvsLateCorn04.pdf

 

Late planted corn for silage and GDD accumulation

https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/publications/pro-dairy-publication-series/

 

Interactive GDD calculator

http://climatesmartfarming.org/tools/csf-growing-degree-day-calculator/

Training video: https://vimeo.com/340915608

 

Harvesting Barren and Poorly Pollinated Corn – Wisconsin

http://wisccorn.blogspot.com/2012/07/harvesting-barren-and-poorly-pollinated.html

 

How Late Can I Plant Corn? – Wisconsin

http://wisccorn.blogspot.com/2013/06/B039.html

 

Hybrid Maturity Decisions for Delayed Planting – Indiana

https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/HybridMaturityDelayedPlant.html

 

 

Summer Annual/Emergency Forage Options

Summer Annual Forage Options for NNY

BMR Corn, BMR Sorghum Sudangrass, Pearl Millet, Oats, Buckwheat, Teff, Small Grain with Peas

https://nydairyadmin.cce.cornell.edu/uploads/doc_668.pdf

 

Late Spring: Forage considerations beyond corn.

https://prodairy.cals.cornell.edu/publications/pro-dairy-publication-series/

 

BMR Sorghum Sudangrass vs. Late Planted Corn

http://www.nnyagdev.org/reportarchives/NNYBMRSXSvsLateCorn04.pdf

 

Agronomy factsheets

http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/guidelines/factsheets.html

#14 –Brown Midrib Sorghum Sudangrass, Part 1

# 26 – Brown Midrib Sorghum Sudangrass Nitrogen Management

 

# 24 – Teff as Emergency Forage

# 46 – Nitrogen Management of Teff

 

# 92: Guidance for Growing BMR Brachytic Dwarf Forage Sorghum

 

# 56: Winter Triticale Forage

 

Annual Forage Alternatives to Corn Silage – Breakeven Cost – Penn St.

https://extension.psu.edu/annual-forage-alternatives-to-corn-silage?j=411150&sfmc_sub=43247764&l=159_HTML&u=7792672&mid=7234940&jb=15&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_campaign=FAFC-2019-JUNE-12-GN-EM-Field+Crop+News&utm_content=FAFC-2019-JUNE-12-GN-EM-Field+Crop+News&subscriberkey=0030W00003VI1GvQAL 

Joe Lawrence, MS, CCA

Dairy Forage Systems Specialist

PRO-DAIRY

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