Graze King 90 is a fall planted cereal grain that can be used as a forage in the following spring. Planting dates range from September to late November, depending on your latitude and growing conditions. Cereal rye is very adaptable because of its ability to be planted very late in the fall yet have outstanding winterhardiness.
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Silo-Pro Brachytic Dwarf BMR Forage Sorghum
Silo-Pro was introduced by CISCO in the spring of 2015. What makes Silo-Pro work well in the Midwest is that it only gets 6-7 feet tall. It is very resistant to lodging. It has very wide leaves that canopy over the rows very quickly. This is great weed control.
Silo-Pro can be harvested once as a direct chop in the soft dough stage. It can also be cut in the mid-boot stage, wilted, and chopped. When cut in mid-boot, Silo-Pro will regrow and can be harvested again in the same manner. The advantage of the two-cut system is a higher crude protein (CP) and improved TDN.
Read MoreValor Winter Barley Performs Well in Penn State Trials
For the second year in a row, CISCO Seeds' Valor Winter Barley performed exceptionally well in the Penn State trials.
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Enduro Elite Alfalfa Performing Well Against Aphanomyces Race 2
An area DSM was out scouting fields a few weeks back and found some significant problems with Aphanomyces Race 2. He was in the Dubuque, Iowa area, which is known to be a hot-bed for APH2. There were several areas in the field that were not as tall or vigorous. He realized right away that it was likely an issue with APH2, so he dug up plants to see what was going on beneath the plant (APH2 is a soilborne fungus).
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FIXatioN BALANSA CLOVER OFFERS SOY FARMERS A SECOND CHANCE
Flooding can cause nitrogen leaching or volatilization (microbe conversion) in the soil. One option to combat unfavorable conditions would be to plant FIXatioN balansa clover, a product from Grassland Oregon. FIXatioN will not only grow in water-logged soils, it is a Bio-Massive™ and hardy cover crop that can, in the right conditions, fix up to 200 pounds of nitrogen per acre. FIXatioN’s roots break up compacted soils, fix nitrogen and prepare the soil for the next year’s crop.
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