Managing forages for hay production requires much skill. Excellent hay producers understand that yield, quality and persistence are key for a perennial forage production system to be successful.
Keith Johnson
Successive days of 90-degree plus high temperatures and very spotty rainfall is limiting pasture growth for livestock grazing in Indiana. It is important to develop a strategy of how to feed your livestock now in case the abnormally dry weather continues.
Managing pasture properly requires much skill, just like any agronomic crop.
National Forage Week (June 21 – 27) is coming to a close.
Almost forty years as Purdue University’s Forage Extension Specialist, there is one forage production practice recommendation that draws my ire and has become a major pet peeve; so much that every time the recommendation is offered I think I lose another hair follicle on my head and legs.
You don’t see birdsfoot trefoil in many Indiana pastures.
Much hay has been made in Indiana the last 10 days.
Do you remember the spring season of 2019?
To make excellent quality hay, the forage needs to be cut at the right growth stage and packaged into a bale at the right moisture content without incidence of rain damage.
As we near mid-May, it is important to have hay harvest equipment in excellent condition so the forage can be harvested at optimum quality when weather conditions allow and to reduce harvest delays because of equipment breakdowns.
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