by Henry Jordan | Jun 5, 2024 | Crop Production, Farming, Forages, Ryegrass Variety Trials, Variety Tests
August 13 – Forage quality results are available from the GCREC. Samples from two replications were collected, ground, and analyzed for quality. July 19 – Forage quality results are available from the WREC. Samples from two replications were collected,...
by Henry Jordan | Sep 14, 2023 | Crop Production, Farming, Forages, Ryegrass Variety Trials, Variety Tests
September 14 – Quality results are now available on the variety selection platform for the ryegrass trials at the Clanton Research and Extension Center (CREC) and the EV Smith Research Center (EVSRC). Forage quality at the CREC was reduced for the first harvest...
by Henry Jordan | Aug 25, 2023 | Farming, Forages, Ryegrass Variety Trials, Small Grain Forages, Variety Tests
Recently, Dr. Marcelo Wallau, University of Florida Forage Extension Specialist, spent some time at Auburn reviewing our cool-season variety trial data and discussing the results. Much of his discussion with Dr. Leanne Dillard, Auburn Forage Extension Specialist, and...
by Henry Jordan | Jul 17, 2023 | Farming, Forages, Ryegrass Variety Trials, Variety Tests
July 12 – Entry forms for the Auburn University Variety Testing – 2023-2024 Ryegrass Variety Trials are now available. View last season’s data here. The deadline for seed is August 27th. Please send a minimum of 3 lbs of seed per entry. For the...
by Henry Jordan | Jan 24, 2023 | Crop Production, Farming, Forages, Ryegrass Variety Trials, Small Grain Forages, Variety Tests
During the 2022 Christmas break, Alabama experienced a SEVERE cold snap. What makes this event unusual is how fast temperatures dropped. It went from t-shirt weather to sub-freezing overnight, and temperatures remained below freezing for several days. As a result,...