Scissor Cut Results 6/8/21
Last Report for 2021 Only five fields remained unharvested to be sampled this week. Grasses increased in height by 10 inches, most species are now pollinating and likely are at their full height. Only ...
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Last Report for 2021 Only five fields remained unharvested to be sampled this week. Grasses increased in height by 10 inches, most species are now pollinating and likely are at their full height. Only ...
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Past Peak Wet weather this week has slowed hay harvest across the area. 17 fields remained unharvested and were sampled this week. Grasses heads are fully emerged in all but the latest heading species. ...
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Well Begun is Half Done The good weather this last week allowed most farms to make great progress on first cutting. Grasses grew an average of 7.1 inches this week and some fields grew ...
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Warm and Growing; Mowers Going! Rain or shine, the forages grow, and in the last week grasses grew on 4.25 inches, reaching an average of a 19 inch canopy height! We even measured some ...
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The sun shines, planters are rolling…. The last soil temp survey for 2021: Our soil temp taking crew made its final round of temp-taking on 5/11/2021. A return to cool wet weather the week ...
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Get Set — Go The old timers always said , “a cold wet May is a barn full of hay”. Cold and wet is a good description of our May so far, but don’t ...
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To: Delaware County 4-H Members Please see the message below from the NYS 4-H Program Leader Andy Turner indicating that 4-H will not be participating in the NYS Fair this year. ...
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On Your Mark Welcome to the first Forage Quality Scissors Cut report for 2021. This year we are sampling 42 sites in Delaware County and the NYC Watershed. Grass and legume heights measured this ...
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Seize the Day Weather this week included both cold days with a couple inches of snow and bright sunny days. Soil temperature measured on April 27, 2021 (a clear sunny day) averaged 60.7° for ...
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Cooler This Week Delaware County has experienced cooler than average temperatures and received between .5 and 1 inch of rain in the past 7 days. Resulting soil temperatures observed on Tuesday 4/20 averaged 7° ...
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