Crops and Forage Dairy E-Source

Hoard's Dairyman's Crops and Forage E-source provides management information to dairy herd owners about growing top quality feeds for dairy cows. It starts with soil and nutrients, and applies to corn silage, alfalfa and corn silage. Testing of forages helps balance nutrient intake in dairy cow rations and storage of roughages affects feed quality. Comparing costs of custom crop work also helps farmers calculate total feed costs.

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This grazing is different

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Pick an effective inoculant for your silage

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Reduced-lignin alfalfa can improve digestibility

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Alfalfa fields are stashing nitrogen

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Making the right cut

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Seeding alfalfa in the late summer sun

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Weeds and alfalfa don’t mix

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Improve alfalfa yields by 1/2 ton per acre

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Alfalfa and grass work together

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Winter prep for alfalfa starts now

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Mixing grass with reduced-lignin alfalfa

Five things we learned about reduced lignin alfalfa

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Cool-season grasses have certain needs

Harvest decisions dictate alfalfa’s value, fate

Grass is finding newfound respect

New tool better estimates alfalfa quality

Disk mowers can devour grass yields

Grass deserves a second look

Wide-swath hay makes more milk

Conditioning and wide swaths speed dry down

Alfalfa: Consider late summer seeding

Alfalfa demands many nutrients

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There’s more to seed corn evaluation

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Dry matter or moisture content — what’s the difference?

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Don’t drop the ball on potassium

Monitoring feed dry matter: Keep it simple and repeatable

Forage mineral quality is evolving

Repeated sampling generates the best rations

Toward meaningful forage tests

Forage analysis: more vital than ever

Bale silage a great option in wet climates

Little details make all the difference in baleage

Silage piles aren’t always a best buy

Packing Bunkers: Five Steps To Getting It Done Right

Let’s Improve Bunker Management

There’s no substitute for plastic on bunkers

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The hauntings of crop year 2019

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A deeper look at feed cost

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What others charge for custom work

Calculating manure’s price tag

The feed supply: the quality cards we’ve been dealt

BY Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois

Reviewing forage and feed costs – What's fair?

BY Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois

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