ANFS602 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 Notes
24 Feb 2019
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In mid-atlantic region (us), there aren"t plant species that will provide ample fresh herbage yr round. In mid-atlantic region we must augment pasturage w/ preserved forage (hay, silage), or grain w/ supplements. Growth curves for cool season perennial grasses, warm season perennial grasses, and annual grasses: at this latitude no forage species gives us uniform year-round productivity. All 3 are important in the production & availability of high-quality forage: hay storage, corn for silage, silage. Herd moved from paddock to paddock on a rotational basis. Identify the native species: corn, alfalfa, white clover, sunflower, wheat, barley, alsike clover, sweet clover, soybean, potato. Sugarbeet: almost all of our agronomic crops are non-native, only sunflower. Queen of the forages: high in protein for hay/silage. Rarely used as a forage: perennial cool-season forage grasses, orchardgrass, tall fescue, smooth bromegrass, ky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, timothy.
