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Enhancing Small Grain Forage Production in Agriculture

Explore strategies to maximize fall forage productivity by comparing various small grains for grazing. Learn about the significance of soil testing, planting dates, seeding rates, and variety selection. Discover the impact of soil pH on wheat varieties through a lime rate trial. Gain insights into forage yields and best practices for small grain forage crops like rye, triticale, barley, and oats.

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Enhancing Small Grain Forage Production in Agriculture

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  1. Small Grains Forage Management Jeff Edwards and Daren Redfearn

  2. Objectives • Discuss practices that will help maximize fall forage • Compare several small grains for grazing

  3. Forage Production Keys • Soil testing can identify production problems. • Earlier planting dates increase forage production as well as increased seeding rates. • Variety selection is important.

  4. Sensitivity of Wheat Varieties to Low Soil pH

  5. Lime Rate Trial Garber 1997-98 Partial financial support from the Oklahoma Wheat Commission and Noble Foundation

  6. Eakly Lime Trial 1997

  7. Limed Unlimed, pH = 4.6 Eakly Lime Trial 1997

  8. 2174 Chisholm Champ Karl 92 Eakly Lime Trial 1997

  9. 135 lb 18-46-0/acre No 18-46-0 Eakly Lime Trial 1997

  10. Forage Yields in Low pH Soils

  11. Planting Date

  12. Variety 2000 (DM lb/a) 2-year Average (DM lb/a) 3-year Average (DM lb/a) 2174 2140 2280 2410 Chisholm 2160 2280 2380 Lockett 1920 2250 2300 Custer 1810 2120 2290 Fall Forage Production Statewide3-year Average

  13. Variety 2000 (DM lb/a) 2-year Average (DM lb/a) 3-year Average (DM lb/a) Lockett 6030 5830 6070 Dominator 6040 6030 5880 Tonkawa 6010 5690 5800 2174 5990 5720 5750 Full-Season Forage Statewide3-year Average

  14. Other Small Grain Forage Crops • Cereal rye • Triticale • Barley • Oat

  15. Forage Production Keys • Soil testing can identify production problems. • Earlier planting dates increase forage production as well as increased seeding rates. • Variety selection is important.

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