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Perennial Warm-Season Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/perennial-warm-season-grasses
capacity. They generally require much lower levels of nitrogen fertilization than cool-season grasses. The ... species. One drawback to eastern gamagrass is its need for a long, late summer rest period beginning by ... will at best require two to three years before acceptable growth is achieved. Fields previously in row ...
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OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
our legumes. Forages that can be harvested at that time, most often meet nutrient requirements of beef ... Beef cows do not require the same level of nutrition dairy cows need to maximize production. However, ... are enough nutrients to meet the livestock’s requirements in various stages of production. We may need ...
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Brassica Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/brassica-crops
fibrous roots, and each plant produces many stems. Rape regrows after harvest and is the easiest brassica ... 180-day growth period while rape hybrids yield best with 60 days of growth for the first harvest, followed ... by 30 days for the second harvest. TURNIP (Brassica rapa L.) is a fast-growing crop that reaches near ...
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Established Stand Harvest Mangement
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/established-stand-harvest-mangement
with maturity, dry matter yield usually increases up to fullflower stage in legumes and full ... Producers often want to harvest the fall growth from forage stands, but fall harvesting usually increases ... weighed against the increased risk of stand damage from fall harvesting. Minimizing Fall Harvesting Hazard ...
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Insect Pest Management
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/insect-pest-management
economically justifiable to either harvest the crop, provided it is near the harvestable stage; or treat the ... as follows: if alfalfa is more than seven days from a harvest for plants under normal stress, treat ... justified when one or more late instar larvae are found feeding per stem and the stand cannot be harvested ...
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Italian Ryegrass
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/italian-ryegrass
do not have a vernalization (cold temperature) requirement for flowering, so they will head out ... The types known in the industry as true Italian ryegrass varieties have a vernalization requirement ... forage yields ranging from 3.5 to 6.7 tons of dry matter from a harvest in early November to the last ...
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Summer-Annual Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses-0
cool-season forages are less productive. Because the need for extra forage usually becomes apparent after row ... by mid- to late July after a small grain harvest. They have the potential to produce forage yields of ... 8 feet tall. Sudangrass regrows following each harvest, until cool temperatures or lack of moisture ...
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Summer-Annual Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses
cool-season forages are less productive. Because the need for extra forage usually becomes apparent after row ... by mid- to late July after a small grain harvest. They have the potential to produce forage yields of ... 8 feet tall. Sudangrass regrows following each harvest, until cool temperatures or lack of moisture ...
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Preserving Forage as Hay and Silage
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/preserving-forage-hay-and-silage
Good management practices are required for storing forage as either dry hay or as silage or balage ... Curing forage for hay requires more drying time, resulting in greater chances for rain damage, and more ... forage will settle together and be hard to loosen up to increase the drying rate. Tedders can be a good ...
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Fall Farmer Exchanges
https://offer.osu.edu/fall-farm-exchanges
research, and future on-farm research needs with a primary focus on weed management. More information on the ... and a potluck lunch at 11:45. The tour will focus on emerging equipment, recent and current on-farm ... open to the public. August 27, 2025 | 1-3 p.m. Plow-Down vs. Harvest of Leguminous Cover Crops Scott ...