Scissor Cut Results – 6/7/2022
Mature Hay for Mature Cows Hay continued to mature this week with all grasses reaching a fully headed stage. Fiber in grasses is advancing more slowly, while legumes still advanced by 1 point per ...
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Mature Hay for Mature Cows Hay continued to mature this week with all grasses reaching a fully headed stage. Fiber in grasses is advancing more slowly, while legumes still advanced by 1 point per ...
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Beef Go, Dairy Finish Hay quality past the target zone for dairy quality and growing yearling beef for all fields except pure alfalfa at sampling this week, alfalfa quality is at dairy quality stage. ...
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Dairy – Go, Go, Go! – Beef Wait With a little rain and lots of warm weather hay grew rapidly this week. Maturity advanced right along with the height with most fields at target ...
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Slow and Steady, but? Hay crops grew slowly the last week, and many grasses showed burned tips from several frosty mornings in the previous week. Grasses averaged just under 12 inches while legumes were ...
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A Slow Start Welcome to the first Scissors Cut sampling report for 2022. Getting first cutting right sets the stage for forage crop success for the year. Quality changes rapidly during as the crop ...
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CCE Delaware teamed up again with Dairy One, and their portable NIR, to test corn dry matter (DM) and starch content this week and the results are in the chart below. The 48 samples ...
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Corn looks pretty good in Delaware County this year, let’s get it across the finish line with a well-timed harvest to maximize quality. Not that there haven’t been challenges; a few weeks of dry weather ...
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2021 has generally been a good year for growing corn, except in more poorly fields. Corn maturity looks to be average to early around the county. Of course the weather the rest of the ...
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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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