A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1998 Penn This is the second week we can look at Pasture Cover and Pasture growth per day These charts are from the study across PA Several Penn State County agents are measuring pasture growth on Farms in their county and watching how the growth is different across the state Pasture Growth/day is the paddocks that increased m growth and then the in crease is divided by the days between samples For example, if the average of the paddocks increases 700 lbs this week and there were 7 days between sam pling, then the average growth would be 100 lbs per day Ave Pasture Cover is the average amount of grass that is on the .all paddocks measured on the farm As you can see the Average Cover tends to increase thru the spring as the grass grows faster than the herd can consume. When tins is happening a faster rotation can be used or take paddocks out for hay/haylage The last chart compares the Pasture cover for each County according to the equal Weeks Notice how the southern coputies grow faster and earlier in the early spring 1 will have comments about what has affected the charts Tioga County. The break in the growth line chart is were the paddocks measured wcie al giazcd and thus thcic wa’s no growth that week i 90 j 80 i 50 I 40 I 33 Tioga County, The pasture cover and the Growth per Day has decreased since the farmer has clipped his paddocks This is the first clipping this summer He is still on a two week rotation with his herd 2500 2000 1 500 1000 <*■> o n. o) * o» to cj cn n. C\J C\J C\J CV '— T- CNJ CM *•" in u> m to co to Berks County, The Dry weather continues on this farm and effect on the Ave Cover , 3000 r 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 t- co m co co <ococo oocsi *- <d co OJ CM CM • t- CM c: -c m co co -. •-* f-- r- -- tnmm <o <o h* The Berks County Growth/day shows how the dry weather is slowing the growth. Most 01 May the grass was growing 70-100 lbs a day. Most of the June growth averaged 50 lbs per day. This farm is on soil conditions that may show dryer conditions. State Extension Research Pasture Growth Char Coordinated By CRAIG WILLIAMS Tioga County Extension Agent Tioga Corr. Ave Growth/day Tioga Ave Pasture Cover Berks Ave Pasture Cover Berks Pasture Growth/Day Somerset County has had humid weather and ram the past weeks like me how Even the cover was thru the spring and may now be growing faster. 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 00^-*“OIrtCMO)inCMO> miAmi/) to (o The pasture growth/day for the past two weeks is the average of all 5 pac The paddocks on this farm are growing at ~50 lbs per day or 350 lbs per paddock could recover 1000 lbs of grazable forage in three weeks if this tinues The spike on May 15th is from only a few paddocks in the averagi : 90 | 80 ! [ ! 70 1 60 j 50 II 40 ii 20 10 O 00 Tf f- CM ' ■—■ ■— if) Bradford County 1400 1350 1300 1250 1200 1150 1100 1050 Somerset Ave Pasture Cover Somerset Corr. Ave Growth/day O m CM 0> U*) CM O) t- CNJ CM ID m m to m Bradford Pasture Cover. Bradford Growth/day t
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