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Join producers, industry partners, and agency folks for a two-day networking and learning opportunity featuring keynote speakers, extension educators, and others during on-farm classroom discussions and live demonstrations.

Certain herbicides can be used under fencerows and around farm structures.

Silo gas is formed by the natural fermentation of chopped silage shortly after it is placed in the silo.

In spring 2025, a cereals trial designed to evaluate forage production potential was established at Rock Springs.

By developing a grazing plan that integrates cool-season perennials with warm- and cool-season annuals and warm-season perennials, graziers can significantly extend the grazing season while both avoiding overgrazing and maintaining soil health.

A weekly check-in on silage crop moisture progression at several locations across Pennsylvania

Details rotating perennial pastures with annual crops, grazing cover crops, and grazing crop residue—all of which show promise to improve profit and soil health and increase diversity on crop farms.

As we approach the peak of summer with hot, dry weather, we need to adjust our grazing strategies to maintain pasture longevity.

A diagnostic tool to measure the extent and depth of subsurface compaction is a penetrometer, or soil compaction tester.

Frost increases the risk of bloat in alfalfa as well as prussic acid, i.e. cyanide poisoning, and nitrates in warm season annuals.

Reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) is a tall, leafy, high-yielding perennial.

As the weather turns colder in the fall, it's time to winterize your pesticide sprayer before it gets too cold and causes damage to sprayer components. The following are tips to guide you.

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is a short-to-medium height, cool-season, long-lived, highly palatable, perennial grass that has smooth, soft, green to dark green leaves with boat-shaped tips.

The seed delivery system in drills is not as precise as that used in planters because they use flutes or sponges to meter seed instead of seed singulation.

Here we share the benefits and drawbacks of four compost production methods, as well as six straightforward tips for using compost.

Uncover agronomic and nutritional strategies to manage molds and mycotoxins in corn silage, safeguarding forage quality, livestock health, and profitability for Pennsylvania producers.

Learn to interpret forage quality reports, assess hybrid performance, and optimize silage nutrition to boost profitability in corn silage production.

Gain practical tools to interpret forage analysis reports and evaluate silage additives, helping you preserve quality and boost profitability in corn silage production.

Explore strategies to boost corn silage yield, quality, and profitability with insights on hybrid selection, PDMP trial data, and agronomic best practices.

A weekly check-in on silage crop moisture progression at several locations across Pennsylvania.

A weekly check-in on silage crop moisture progression at several locations across Pennsylvania.

Fall is an excellent time to manage biennial and perennial weeds and Japanese stiltgrass in pastures and hay and to control problem weeds after silage harvest.

A weekly check-in on silage crop moisture progression at several locations across Pennsylvania.

Horsenettle was a serious problem in many grass forages this season. Some management considerations are below.

Control annual weeds now in fallow areas to prevent seed set. Also, now is the time to start considering ways to manage perennials in small grain stubble.