Dairy

• 2015 Brooks County Silage Trial Results

  August 17, 2015

   I want to share results obtained from the Brooks County 2015 Corn Silage Variety trial.  We planted this trial on March 25th and harvested 15 weeks later on July 10th.  This year’s trial included 69 replications, 23 varieties replicated three times each. There were no significant differences in yield among planted varieties.  The varieties are ranked according to…

  Posted in: Agriculture, Corn, Dairy, Variety Trials

• Mid-Atlantic Dairy Grazing Conference and Grazing School

  December 5, 2014

  Great article from Progressive Forage Grower about one of our Brooks County Dairy families, and an interesting soil health study I did with Dr. Hancock with some dirty underwear!! See this link to read the article https://bit.ly/1ybmAsy *Dr. Hancock with the “dirty” results of our soil health study UGA Extension Forage Specialist Dr. Dennis Hancock and UGA…

  Posted in: Dairy, Forages

• 2014 Brooks County Corn Silage Yield Results

  August 28, 2014

  I want to share results obtained from the Brooks County 2014 Corn Silage Variety trial.  We planted this trial on May 6th and harvested 13 weeks later on August 7th.  This year’s trial included 75 replications, 25 varieties replicated three times each. The varieties are ranked according to two different parameters, pounds of milk/acre and…

  Posted in: Corn, Dairy, Variety Trials