—Uincaittr Farming. Saturday, Junt 8.1974
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From Local Ag Teachers:
The article this week was
prepared by Glenn L.
Spangler, teacher of
agriculture at Manheim
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Managing Forage Crops
With today’s protein
prices, it pays to properly
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With good management
practices you can increase
the yearly per acre value
from |2OO-acre to over 1300-
acre.
Eight now is one of the
most critical times of the
year for forage
management. With first
cuttings of alfalfa being
completed it is time to
seriously consider top
dressing your fields. An 0-35-
105 applied, both after first
cutting and in the fall can
help to change an average 3
ton-acre yield to a 5 ton-acre
yield. Also 2 pounds of boron
per year should be applied to
increase yield. Phosphorous
level is of special im
portance, because low levels
are a major reason for low
yields. Also by splitting the
fertilizer application potash
can be used more efficiently.
Besides fertilization, there
are other management
practices which will help
you. Insect control is
becoming a major problem
this year in alfalfa. Many
fields will have to be sprayed
for alfalfa weevil. Later this
season you should check
your field for leaf hoppers.
Weeds are also problems in
many fields. Measures,
should be taken to control
weeds especially in new
seedings, because they will
rob your- alfalfa and Jorage
grasses of water, nutrients
and return a poorer quality
product.
Strip tests prove it Cattle
prefer Pioneer ® brand sor
ghum-sudangrass hybrid over
other brands. That means
they’ll eat more . . make
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Timing of cutting is im
portant for two ~ reasons.
Protein content' drops as
both legumes and graueS
mature. While in the bud
stage alfalfa’s protein is
near 20 percent and it drops
to 16 percent'in the full bloom
stage. Likewise, grasses
protein drops from 18 per
cent in the vegetative stage
to 7 percent in the dough
stage. Considering only find
cutting, 50 pounds of actual
protein per acre is lost by
waiting from l-10th bloom to
full bloom to cut your alfalfa.
The loss of protein per acre
by waiting to cut grasses
would be much greater.
Secondly alfalfa should not
be cut too early. Cutting too
early decreases yield, but
more important is the fact
that it depletes the root
reserves. Subsequently this
will increase the chances of
loss due to winter kill and
insect and disease damage.
Things to
Remember When
Managing
Forage Crops
1. Topdress alfalfa with an
0-70-210 and 2 pounds of
boron split after first cutting
and in the fall. Topdress
fields with less than 30
percent alfalfa with a 50-50-
50 in the spring. Note: (When
seeding a field to forage take
a soil test and make certain
that pH is at the correct
level; otherwise fertilizers
will not be as available).
2. Harvest alfalfa in very
early or early bloom stage.
Grasses just as beads are
emerging from the boot.
3. Check fields for insects
and use proper control
measures.
4. Control weeds to
maintain quality forage.
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