Tips & Tricks

  • Soil testing tools

    Managing Your Fields in the “Off” Season

    Joy Beam, King’s AgriSeeds

    Regular soil testing followed by liming and fertilizing according to recommendations is arguably the one management practice that will have the greatest long-term effect on production per acre.  It should be the first dollar spent when striving to maximize your land’s productivity, help your crops reach their potential, and optimize the cost-…

  • Grazing cows

    Late Fall Alfalfa and Pasture Q & A

    Genevieve Slocum and David Hunsberger, King’s AgriSeeds

    Questions from readers of OnPasture.com; Answers from Genevieve Slocum and David Hunsberger, King’s AgriSeeds

  • Cattle grazing on ryegrass and oats

    Spring Oats, the Missing Piece

    Southeast AgriSeeds

    A great challenge in cattle operations is needing forage…fast. In Bermudagrass based systems, the lack of growth between when Bermuda growth slows and cereal rye or ryegrass growth begins is an incredible challenge. A similar issue is found in fescue based systems- fall growth of fescue slows or nearly stops once the day length shortens and…

  • Hay bales in a field

    What’s the best time of day to make hay?

    Joy Beam, King’s AgriSeeds

    The best time of day to cut hay is a balancing act between maximizing the nutritional quality and store-ability of the bales. During the day, the plant undergoes the process of photosynthesis, or production of carbohydrates- what we know better as ‘sugars’. However, these sugars are produced at a rate faster than the rate at which…