Henning, Jimmy C.

Smith, S. Ray

Teutsch, Christopher D.

English

University of Kentucky

2021 Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference Conserving High Quality Forage as BaleageAGENDA Thursday February 24, 20228:00 AM 8:15 AM 8:45 AM 9:15 AM 9:45 AM 10:15 AM Welcome and overview for the day-Brett Reese, Southern States and President of KFGC and Dr. Ray Smith, University of Kentucky  The biology of silage fermentation and additives-Dr. Chris Teutsch, University of Kentucky Species and variety options for baleage-Dr. Ray Smith, University of KentuckyHarvest timing and moisture determination-Ben Connor and Dr. Jimmy Henning, University of KentuckyBreak-Visit Exhibits and Place bids in Silent AuctionMowing and conditioning for baleage: Equipment adjustment and harvest management-Dr. Jessica Williamson, AGCOAlfalfa Insect Update-Dr. Lee Townsend, University of Kentucky (ret.) Lunch, KFGC Alfalfa Awards, Silent Auction resultsOptimizing quality with bale density and time of wrapping-Dr. Jessica Williamson, AGCORound bale silage: Farmer results in Kentucky-Dr. Jimmy Henning, University of KentuckyBaled silage panel: Making high quality baleage-Dr. Jessica Williamson, AGCO and Craig Cohron, Warren County Kentucky producerFinal comments and Survey CollectionAdjourn11:00 AM11:30 AM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM2:30 PM3:00 PMiiiFOREWORD Thanks to the leadership of Drs. Garry Lacefield and Ray Smith, the Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference has been educating hay producers for four decades. The University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council are excited to continue this tradition.  The focus of this year’s conference is Conserving High Quality Forage as Baleage.  The topics covered will be remind participants of best management practices that they may be familiar with and update them on new and emerging technologies and machinery techniques. .  We are truly excited about the future of alfalfa and grass hay production in the Commonwealth.  It is our sincere hope that you will go away from this conference with at least one idea or practice that you can implement to improve hay quality on your farm.   On behalf of the program committee, we want to thank the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council for their continued support of this program.  We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the speakers for providing their presentations and papers for the proceedings.  We would like to recognize Kim Field and the KDA for their longtime support of the Alfalfa Awards.  Lastly, we would like to dedicate this proceedings and conference to the valiant efforts of Chris Teutsch and the whole Kentucky ag family to clean up and rebuild after the devastating tornados in December.    Sincerely, Chris Teutsch Ray Smith Jimmy Henning Forage Specialists, University of Kentucky ivTABLE OF CONTENTS Agenda ........................................................................................................................iii Foreword ........................................................................................................................iv Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................v Meet our guest speakers ......................................................................................................1The biology of silage fermentation and additives .................................................................4 Species and variety options for baleage ............................................................................. 44 Harvest timing and moisture determination .......................................................................55Mowing and conditioning for baleage: Equipment adjustment and harvest management..........................................................................................................................62Alfalfa insect update: 2021 Growing season .........................................................................81 Optimizing quality with bale density and time of wrapping........................................................90 Round bale silage: Farmer results in Kentucky....................................................................105 v1  Meet our Guest Speakers (In order of appearance)   Dr. Jessica Williamson, PhD  Livestock and Forage Manager, Global Product Management AGCO Corporation Cell:+1 (620)504‐8433 PO Box 969 420 W. Lincoln Boulevard Hesston, KS 67062‐0969 USA jessica.williamson@agcocorp.com  Dr. Jessica Williamson is the Global Livestock and Forage Manager at AGCO. Jessica’s expertise is in forage quality, management and production, as well as ruminant nutrition and the plant‐animal interaction. Jessica is responsible for designing and conducting field tests on hay and forage equipment globally for the Massey Ferguson and Fendt brands; educating AGCO personnel and customers on forage management, production and livestock nutrition; and working with the Green Harvest marketing, product management, and engineering teams on new and ongoing forage and livestock nutrition projects. We are excited to have Dr. Williamson as our guest at this years conference.  Dr. Lee Townsend Extension Professor – Entomology (ret.) Department of Entomology University of Kentucky  Dr. Lee Townsend is a retired extension entomologist from the University of Kentucky.  His responsibilities included insects associated with field crops, forages, livestock, and landscapes.  He also coordinated the Pesticide Safety Education program for the state. Dr. Townsend was one of the highest regarded Extension Specialists in the UK College of Agriculture in both quality of programming and in his service to clientele and especially to county extension agents. He is currently continuing to teach courses in the college. Dr. Lee Town is the 2022 recipient of the Garry Lacefield Public Service Award from the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council. Dr. Townsend has spoken to the Alfalfa Conference several times and we look forward to his comments.    2  Ben Connor Philanthropy Officer ‐ University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment 1451 University Drive Lexington, KY 40546‐0097 859‐257‐7200 benjamin.conner@uky.edu  Ben Conner currently serves as a philanthropy officer at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Prior to his current role, he served as the Scott County UK Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources. Ben has previously worked for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, and Dow AgroSciences. He grew up raising cattle with his family on a stocker operation in Oakland, KY and a registered Angus herd in Buffalo, KY. Ben graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Education from UK in 2016 with a minor in Animal Sciences. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Science Translation and Outreach at the University of Kentucky with a focus on how to achieve optimum moisture content in round bale silage. Ben has presented his data at field days, and is pleased to get to share his new results at the 2022 Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference. Ben resides in Lexington with his wife, Blair, and son, Campbell.  Craig Cohron  Heritage Farms 3445 Sugar Grove Road Bowling Green, KY 42101 ccohron@me.com  Craig and his wife Tina co‐own and operate Heritage Farms with his parents.  Their farm is located in the South East Corner of Butler County.  He is the fifth generation to raise cattle and work the soil on the original farm.  Their diversified family operation that includes 150 beef cow calf pairs, 120 acres of double crop winter annual forages, 1000 acres of summer grain crops, and around 300 pasture acres. In addition they have a commercial broilers operation.  Forages became an important focus with Craig as he took on the expansion of their smaller beef herd after graduating from WKU with a Bachelor’s of Science Agriculture Degree in 2002.  Craig’s goal has been to raise as much high quality forage as possible in a double crop rotation.  He admits that this was a struggle to accomplish this goal until investing in hay wrapping equipment.  They currently plant timothy, triticale, oats, and ryegrass in the fall after grain corn or soybeans are harvested.  The diversity 3  in these different crops help extend their harvest window in the spring.  While harvesting forages, they are also planting spring grain crops.  This allows the Cohrons to keep tillable land in grain production while providing forages needed to maintain cow calf pairs as well as weaned growing cattle.  Craig’s desire to provide better forages to his own cattle and willingness to help others, led him towards Byron Seeds LLC as a customer first, and later as a farmer/dealer.  Being in the forage seed business was a great opportunity that changed again in the fall of 2016 when he was asked to consider transitioning away from being a seed dealer and taking on the roll as territory manager for the KY and TN area.  From day one, Craig states that he has approached this responsibility from a farmer’ point of view, bringing his own successes and failures to the table to help others grow forages that they need on their own farm. Craig has been active in the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council is currently finishing a term as a director for the council. He is an articulate advocate for forage, winning both the Kentucky and the National Forage Spokesperson Contest of the American Forage and Grassland Council. We are excited to have Craig share his experiences making round bale silage at the 2022 conference.     

Forward of Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forages Conference [2022]

Proceedings of the 40th Annual Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage ConferencePresented by: Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council UK College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment VIRTUAL on March 2, 3, and 4, 2021 Editors: Chris D. Teutsch and Carrie A. Thrailkill 2021 VIRTUAL Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference Optimizing Forage Quality for the CA$H Hay Market AGENDA Tuesday March 2, 2021 6:00 PM Welcome and program overview-Ray Smith, University of Kentucky 6:05 pm Welcome-Brett Reese, President of KFGC 6:15 pm Measuring forage quality: sampling and interpretation-Chris Teutsch, University of Kentucky 645 pm Using forage quality to market hay-Tom Keene, University of Kentucky 7:20 pm What does past research tell us about drying rate in alfalfa?-Jordyn Bush, University of Kentucky  7:45 pm Question and Answers 8:00 pm Final comments-Ray Smith Wednesday March 3, 2021 6:00 PM Welcome and program overview-Ray Smith, University of Kentucky 6:05 pm Adjusting hay equipment to minimize field losses-Phillip Eby and Jordan Milewski, New Holland  7:00 pm Alfalfa awards-Brett Reese and Kim Field 7:20 pm New data on maturity differences in orchardgrass and alfalfa – Implications on forage quality-Ray Smith 7:45 pm Question and answers 8:00 pm Final comments-Ray Smith Thursday March 4, 2021 6:00 PM Welcome and program overview-Ray Smith, University of Kentucky 6:05 pm Farmer panel: When weather doesn’t cooperate: Which fields do I cut first? 6:10 pm Dennis Wright video 6:25 pm Brad Hines video 6:40 pm Clayton Geralds video 7:30 pm Options for managing thinning stands of alfalfa-Jimmy Henning 7:55 pm Questions and answers 8:00 pm Final comments-Ray Smith Photos are from the 2020 Bale Density and Storage Study that was conducted at the UK Grain and Forage Center of Excellence located in Princeton, KY.   FOREWORD Thanks to the leadership of Drs. Garry Lacefield and Ray Smith, the Kentucky Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference has been educating hay producers for four decades. The University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council are excited to continue this tradition.  The focus of this year’s conference is Optimizing Forage Quality for the CA$H Hay Market.  The topics covered will be remind participants of best management practices that they may be familiar with and update them on new and emerging technologies and marketing strategies.  We are truly excited about the future of alfalfa and grass hay production in the Commonwealth.  It is our sincere hope that you will go away from this conference with at least one idea or practice that you can implement to improve hay quality on your farm.   On behalf of the program committee, we want to thank the Kentucky Forage and Grassland Council for their continued support of this program.  We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the speakers for providing their presentations and papers for the proceedings.  We would like to recognize Kim Field and the KDA for their longtime support of the Alfalfa Awards.  Lastly, we want to extend a special thanks to Ms. Carrie Thrailkill for her efforts in preparing these proceedings.   Sincerely, Chris Teutsch Ray Smith Jimmy Henning Forage Specialists, University of Kentucky TABLE OF CONTENTS Agenda ........................................................................................................................iii Foreword ........................................................................................................................v Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................vi Measuring forage quality: sampling and interpretation .......................................................1 Using forage quality to market hay .......................................................................................26 What does past research tell us about drying rate in alfalfa.................................................44 Adjusting hay equipment to minimize field losses ................................................................82 New data on maturity differences in orchardgrass and alfalfa .............................................99 Farmer Panel: Dennis Wright .................................................................................................106 Farmer Panel: Brad Hines ......................................................................................................123 Farmer Panel: Clayton Geralds ..............................................................................................130 Options for managing thinning stands of alfalfa ...................................................................140 Notes ......................................................................................................................................151 

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