Diversity can aid in reducing or diluting the effects of fescue toxicity, improve nutritive value of forage, increase weight ...

This makes red clover the optimal legume and annual ryegrass the optimal grass for frost seeding. Red clover is also preferred for frost seeding alfalfa stands since alfalfa seeds won’t grow where ...

Frost seeding is the easiest method for adding new forage legumes or grasses to existing ... improve forage quality and eliminate or minimize the need for nitrogen fertilizer. Clover, alfalfa and ...

Frost seeding employs a phenomenon that occurs each spring when atmospheric conditions ... Most often consisting of perennial forages like clover, alfalfa, or pasture blends, these fields tend to ...

LINNEUS, Mo. — Adding diversity to a pasture can make it more productive than growing tall fescue alone. Diversity can also aid in reducing or diluting the effects of fescue toxicity, improve ...

With the 2020 crop scenario, the farmer has options: Don’t insure the alfalfa Insure it under a 2020 forage seeding policy (no 2019 cutting option) Insure it under a 2021 forage production policy.

But interseeding isn’t all rosy, he acknowledges. If you have an extremely dry spring, the alfalfa will germinate unevenly or compete excessively with corn for soil moisture. Under such conditions, ...

“We’re seeing an uptick in 30' and larger box drills,” says Mike Hanson, sales manager at Lindstrom Equipment, “for seeding alfalfa with a nurse crop, drilling narrow row soybeans and ...

During the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council assembly in November, board members discussed a possible shift in optimal timing for frost seeding clover — broadcasting red clover into winter ...