Corn Silage: Key Characteristics – Nutritional Value & Tonnage Through my years in the seed industry, I have observed that designating a hybrid as a ‘silage’ hybrid often was a way of moving inventory of hybrids with any of the following characteristics: tall plant type, questionable standability or poor dry-down. Until the last 15 years […]
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TOOL #5- Comprehensive Forage Crop Nutrition Programs to Maximize Yield & Quality
Conventional Agronomic Mindset Conventional University agronomy focuses on soil pH, and N, P & K applied in dry bulk. This is the paradigm I was taught at Ohio State and worked in during the early years of my sales career. This philosophy is based on the idea that if you put enough pounds of something […]