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| 1072 - Forages | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1072.11) | 180 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve profitability |
| 1072.12) | 65 |
Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic service for weed ID and control |
| 1072.13) | 30 |
Number of producers utilizing UK diagnostic services for plant disease control and management |
| 1072.15) | 0 |
Number of producers conducting on farm demonstrations or applied research trials |
| 1072.16) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting practices that improve environmental quality |
| 1072.17) | 0 |
Number of producers who reported improved record-keeping practices |
| 1072.18) | 0 |
Number of producers who reported saving money or reducing cost of operation |
| 1072.1) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting improved grazing system practices |
| 1072.10) | 50 |
Number of producers utilizing improved forage species for pasture or hay |
| 1072.9) | 0 |
Number of producers adopting improved practices to manage endophyte-infected tall fescue |
| 1072.8) | 30 |
Number of producers adopting one or more best management practices for optimum forage establishment for pasture or hay |
| 1072.7) | 60 |
Number of producers adopting improved varieties |
| 1072.5) | 19 |
Number of producers adopting improved hay storage practices |
| 1072.4) | 7 |
Number of producers utilizing ration balancing to improve livestock nutrition |
| 1072.3) | 4 |
Number of producers testing stored forage |
| 1072.2) | 33 |
Number of producers adopting practices to improve grazing infrastructure (fences, water) |
| 1072.6) | 3 |
Number of producers adopting haylage/silage for improved forage quality and storage |
Author: Robert Amburgey
Major Program: Forages
The winter and spring of 2019 did a tremendous amount of damage to our hay and pasture fields, particularly where cattle were fed and equipment was required to move across rain soaked fields. It is usually hard to get farmers to agree on a lot of things, however, there was 100% agreement among cattle producers in Bath County that these high traffic, and heavy feeding areas were in need of a lot of work.To try to address this issue, on March 19th the extension office hosted a video training
