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  1. Alfalfa Weevil Are Active- Time to Scout

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-are-active-time-scout

    treatment options, refer to our Alfalfa Weevil factsheet. It is a bit too early for early harvest as ...

  2. Harvest of Winter Annual Forages is Approaching

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/harvest-winter-annual-forages-approaching

    Multiple harvests will be possible with Italian ryegrass. Yield and quality of these crops are inversely ... 50-65 For lactating dairy cows or beef stockers, harvest these forages when neutral detergent fiber ... (NDF) is less than 55%. To achieve this, cereal rye should be harvested no later than the boot stage ...

  3. First Cutting of Forages is Fast Approaching

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/first-cutting-forages-fast-approaching

    freezes significantly damaged the crop a few weeks ago. But for most stands, timing for first harvest of ... 48% Mostly grass mix: 46 to 49% Pure grass stands should be harvested in the late boot stage just ... it does later in the summer. So for high quality forage, take your first and second harvest early if ...

  4. Short-Season Forages for Summer Planting

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/short-season-forages-summer-planting

    during the last week of July into early August. All those forages will be best harvested as ... links below: Emergency Forages to Plant Yet This Year for Mechanical Harvest ... , https://forages.osu.edu/news/emergency-forages-plant-yet-year-mechanical-harvest Emergency Forages to Plant Yet This Year for Grazing, ...

  5. Establishing New Forage Stands

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    harvest of the new seeding should generally be delayed until early flowering of legumes, unless weeds were ... direct seedings without a companion crop in the spring allows harvesting two or three crops of ... harvest after 70 days from planting, unless weeds are encroaching in which case the stand should be ...

  6. Harvest Management of Summer Annual Grasses

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/harvest-management-summer-annual-grasses

    sorghum, pearl millet, and teff grass. When should these grasses be harvested or grazed? The general ... guidelines for harvesting or grazing these summer annual grasses as listed in the Ohio Agronomy Guide are ... shown in the table below. Table 7-12: Harvest Information for Summer-Annual Grasses. A recent research ...

  7. Alfalfa Weevil – It’s Closer Than You Think

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-%E2%80%93-it%E2%80%99s-closer-you-think

    scouting.  Alfalfa fields should be scouted weekly for weevils until at least the first harvest.  Don’t let ... may be needed after the first harvest in heavily infested fields.          Spot problem fields early ... When alfalfa is around 12-16 inches in height, growers can consider an early harvest rather than ...

  8. Making Good Quality Baleage

    https://forages.osu.edu/video/making-good-quality-baleage

    properly making, storing and managing baleage.     Harvest & Storage ...

  9. Emergency Forages to Plant Yet This Year for Mechanical Harvest

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/emergency-forages-plant-yet-year-mechanical-harvest

    year. The focus of this article is for mechanical harvest. Another article lists options to consider for ... it harvested at right moisture for good fermentation. Forage sorghum Sorghum-sudangrass Sudangrass ... Best harvested as silage. Brown midrib (BMR) varieties are best for lactating cows. Conventional ...

  10. Time to Take the Last Forage Cutting

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/time-take-last-forage-cutting

    Authors: Mark Sulc and Rory Lewandowski The best time to take a last harvest of forages is this ... a reasonable harvest stage during the next two weeks, because the rainy weather early this season blew apart ... our normal harvest schedules. Many producers are faced with the choice between harvesting lower yields ...

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