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Tom Kilcer

Tom Kilcer is a certified crop adviser in Kinderhook, N.Y.

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Forage has greened up, so what’s next?Forage has greened up, so what’s next?

Mar 19, 2024

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A forage harvester chops and blows hay into a wagon

The ‘dirt’ on ash and milk The ‘dirt’ on ash and milk

Jan 19, 2024

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A tractor plowing through forage

The whole story on winter triticale

The whole story on winter triticale

Grain cross of wheat and rye, Triticale with green ears

9 steps to maximize winter forage

9 steps to maximize winter forage

Narrow rows of corn are perfect for rapid shading of the ground from weeds

Livestock/Dairy

Try forage sorghum for organic dairying

Try forage sorghum for organic dairying

winter triticale stubble

What’s next after winter forage?

What’s next after winter forage?

sorghum field

More tips for using forage sorghum

More tips for using forage sorghum

male sterile BMR sorghum plot

Sorghum vs. silage? Some points to remember

Sorghum vs. silage? Some points to remember

pumpkins growing through a killed cover

Caring for your soil’s skin

Caring for your soil’s skin

agriculture field with water ponding in deep tire tracks

Don’t just ‘rip out’ compaction

Don’t just ‘rip out’ compaction

farmer using a penetrometer to check soil compaction

Dig down for better crop yields

Dig down for better crop yields

triticale field

Triticale and nitrogen: A perfect combo

Triticale and nitrogen: A perfect combo

triticale

Short on forage? Here are some late options

Short on forage? Here are some late options

Wet weather got you behind? Don’t panic

Wet weather got you behind? Don’t panic

Freshly cut alfalfa field windrows

Focus on forage quality over quantity

Focus on forage quality over quantity

man standing in tall field of winter triticale

Ensure your winter triticale yields protein

Ensure your winter triticale yields protein

Tractor spraying fertilizer

Crop Protection

Don’t apply unnecessary nutrients

Don’t apply unnecessary nutrients

Sorghum-Sudan plots

Try this alternative forage system

Try this alternative forage system

injecting of liquid manure with green tractor and yellow vulture spreader trailer

How to maximize dairy manure

How to maximize dairy manure

tractor spreading lime onto field

Crop Protection

2 ways to stave off high fertilizer prices

2 ways to stave off high fertilizer prices

corn silage

5 steps for harvesting sorghum silage

5 steps for harvesting sorghum silage

triticale being harvested

6 ways to maximize winter forage yield

6 ways to maximize winter forage yield

sorghum field

5 tips to get your sorghum turbo-charged

5 tips to get your sorghum turbo-charged

mower cutting forages

Use solar power to dry first-cut winter forage

Use solar power to dry first-cut winter forage

Triticale

Optimum management leads to optimum forage

Optimum management leads to optimum forage

Richardsons seed plot

A deeper dive into BMR sorghum for dairy

A deeper dive into BMR sorghum for dairy

field of sterile BMR forage sorghum

Sorghum shows potential as corn silage replacement

Sorghum shows potential as corn silage replacement

corn silage being loaded into truck

Shopping for silage? Make a short-season variety work

Shopping for silage? Make a short-season variety work

Winter triticale sprouts from an autumn field

It’s already chilly, but winter triticale can still be planted

It’s already chilly, but winter triticale can still be planted

Aerial view of corn being harvested for silage

Test your forage, prepare your fields for next spring

Test your forage, prepare your fields for next spring

Close up of red clover

Dig deeper into alfalfa vs. red clover

Dig deeper into alfalfa vs. red clover

Bales of hay form a line

Late-season oats help make up difference of lower hay yields

Late-season oats help make up difference of lower hay yields

Field of red clover

Red clover shows promise as short-rotation forage

Red clover shows promise as short-rotation forage

Close up of harvest of winter forage

4 steps to ensure good haylage in wet weather

4 steps to ensure good haylage in wet weather

Field of sorghum glows in sunlight

Stay ahead of your fieldwork with shorter crop rotations

Stay ahead of your fieldwork with shorter crop rotations

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