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Berks brassicas
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20% on the turnips. “It’s working
real well,” Bair concluded.
“I wanted to do more with it,”
states Lynn Stoudt, Rl, Bernville.
Stoudt milks and feeds close to 100
Holsteins and Jerseys and ex
plained his reasons for putting the
brassicas in ag bags.
“I went into.it because I could
never grow a good crop of com,”
he explains because of the poor soil
on his farm. “I was also looking for
an alternative to com expense.” “I
especially liked the good analysis
on it and the regrowth. It’s as good
a silage as you’re ever going to
get.”
Stoudt planted 80 acres of rape,
turnips, and some swede. He has
been ensiling it in ag bags this fall
and experiencing no problems with
that. He lets it wilt three days and
then bags it. “The bagger gives
you more leeway on moisture
levels,” Stoudt says. “We can bag
45% to 75% moisture with no
juicing,” he adds.
He is also greenchopping and
feeding it right away to both the
milking animals and dry cows.
“We’re replacing some of the
haylage with this,” he says. “It has
plenty of protein for any kind of
cow,” he adds and states that his
herd is experiencing no health
problems and milking as well as
they should be.
Stoudt’s crop tested slightly
higher in protein then Bair’s.
Like Bair, Stoudt says there was
a noticeable increase in milk
production when feeding the
brassicas but added, as did Bair,
that he could not contribute it
entirely to the new forage. The
butterfat in both herds basically
remained the same.
Stoudt said that he did have
some hesitation in his cows before
they would eat the rape when he
grazed a portion of it but says that
now they except it.
Stoudt chisel plowed and used no
herbicides when planting his crop.
Although he also experienced some
insect damage, his yields have
been right around six tons per acre
as cut, comparable to his yields of
com silage.
“It gives green chop to feed
longer and definately extends the
pasture season,” Stoudt concludes.
He also adds that he thinks rape
may be more resistant to drought
then com and seems to be more
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tolerant to a low ph then many
crops are.
Insects and a lack of sufficient
moisture to germinate the spring
plantings were the problems
Stoudt faced with his crops of
brassicas. He does add that he is
happy with the results of his crop
but might lower his acreage on this
next year while adding sorghum
sudan grass instead.
“Most farmers are relatively
cautious,” Schaeffer states about
trying novel forages. He says that
further trials are being conducted
and also are in the planning stages.
“We’re not at a point where we
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