Crops and Forage Management

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Challenges and progress in water quality
Workman, Kirsten (PRO-DAIRY, 2024-11)
Working on water quality issues and solutions in the Finger Lakes region has been a bit stressful lately. Disagreements surrounding proposed watershed rules and regulations in Owasco Lake, a newly released Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Cayuga Lake, a surge in late summer and early fall algae blooms across many of the Finger Lakes, along with added pressure from climate change make for a bit of heart burn for all of us. However, collaboration and doubling down on effective solutions might be just the antacid we need.
Soil health and corn silage performance: Comparing grain and dairy field systems
Workman, Kirsten; Lawrence, Joe (PRO-DAIRY, 2024-10)
Soil health is a key focus of corn growers working towards safeguarding their operation against increasingly challenging growing conditions and larger sustainability goals. Understanding the contributing factors that lead to resilient cropping systems in NY is an important part of farms meeting those goals. With funding support from the New York Corn Growers Association Corn Research and Education program soil health data was collected from the NY Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program in 2023. The annual hybrid evaluation program offers the opportunity to compare the same hybrids in different growing environments. Measuring key soil health parameters at each location with the Cornell Assessment of Soil Health (CASH) test offered additional insight into the role of soil health in the overall performance of the crop grown at each location.
2024 Corn silage harvest
Lawrence, Joe (PRO-DAIRY, 2024-08)
Despite all the variable and often extreme weather this season, the general narrative is of above average heat, and speculations of an early corn silage harvest. When looking at the growing degree day (GDD) accumulation for the growing season, locations across New York and the Northeast are well ahead of the 15-and 30-year averages. Using the Climate Smart Farming Growing Degree Day Calculator and data from locations across the state (with a May 10 example planting date) the season is 100 to 200 GDD’s ahead of the 15-year average through August 10.
Solid Waste Rules Updates: What NY farmers need to know
Workman, Kirsten (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-11-30)
Livestock Mortality Management
Workman, Kirsten; Rowland, Sally; Latessa, Sara; Albrecht, Greg (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-11)
NNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSAGM) have updated the livestock mortality management guidance to reflect recent changes in NYSDEC’s Division of Materials Management regulations for mortality burial and to clarify the allowable options for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). After an initial interpretation in November 2023 that did not allow burial on CAFOs, the agency has reviewed and updated the guidance to allow burial in some cases for permitted farms.
2023 Corn silage overview
Lawrence, Joe; Kerwin, Allison (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-10)
The 2023 growing season varied greatly in the Northeast. These extremes were captured in fields across locations of the NY VT Corn Silage Hybrid Evaluation Program . This level of variation offers the opportunity to contrast hybrid performance in diverse environments. However, it may also reduce the usefulness of studying broader forage quality trends.
Corn silage harvest: An exercise in patience (2023)
Lawrence, Joe (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-08)
As we look across NYS and the Northeast, the 2023 growing season has thrown just about every weather scenario at us, making it hard to generalize any conditions across the state or region. However, as reports come in regarding the timing of tasseling, one general trend seems to be that the timing of tasseling is lagging behind 2022 by a week or more, despite similar planting dates. This has prompted the recycling of this title from an article shared during another challenging growing season. Due to the uncertainties of this season, we offer some follow-up ideas to build on the Corn silage harvest toolkit: 2023 edition shared last month.
Assessing forage crop damage from recent weather events (2023)
Lawrence, Joe (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-07)
Reports of isolated crop damage due to recent weather events range from flooding to hail to wind. While some of these events have impacted relatively small areas in NY, the damage is greater in other areas of the Northeast. Regardless of whether a few acres or several fields were affected, it is helpful to get out and scout your crops to understand the impacts.
Strategies for hay crops 2023
Lawrence, Joe; Workman, Kirsten (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-06)
The 2023 season has been a roller coaster for producing dairy quality hay crops across NYS. With widespread dry conditions throughout much of May, many experienced below average first cutting yields, though there were pockets with reports of average or better yields. There was better news on the quality front, with reports of average to above average forage quality for timely harvested first cutting being fairly uniform across the state.
Considerations for N-fixing biologicals in corn production
Lawrence, Joe; Workman, Kirsten; Ketterings, Quirine (PRO-DAIRY, 2023-05)
In recent years, products containing nitrogen (N) fixing bacteria have been marketed for their ability to supply N to a corn crop. With recent volatility in fertilizer markets, farmers are interested in using biologicals for nitrogen management, but data are needed to truly understand when and how they can provide a production benefit in our region, for cropping systems on both cash grain and dairy operations, with and without a manure history.

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