Forage Testing Offered

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/08/2010 - 00:00

Forage Testing For Beef Producers

 

The focus is on hay and silages samples impacted by floods, rain or delayed harvest. 

The Iowa Beef Center will offer producers 50% cost-share ($6.20/sample) on a maximum of three forage samples analyzed and assistance in ration balancing.  Producers can request sample bags, information forms and a hay probe from the County Extension Office.  Producers will bring their cored samples to the Extension Office, along with their completed forms.    

For more information, contact Winnebago County Extension 641-584-2261 or Russ Euken, ISU Extension Beef Program Specialist 641-923-2856.

Resources for more information

Forage Sampling and Sampling Equipment /Publications/PM1098B.pdf

Interpretting Testing Results  http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id101/id101.pdf

Video on forage sampling method
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-sample-forage-for-nutritional-analysis-217983/

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