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Field 1

2009-2010

Field 1 Photos from 2009-2010 Growing Season

The 2009 Crop was Alfalfa-Sweetclover-Turnip
Sprayed 24 ounces/acre of Glystar+ with Flame and Actimaster on May 6, 2009.  Planted 5.5 lbs./ac. alfalfa, .4 lbs./ac. sweet clover, .5 lbs./ac. turnip on May 7, 2009 with JD 1590 no-till drill .5" deep.  Fertilized with 60 lbs./ac. 7-25-15-6-4 microessentials, 50 lbs./ac. 0-0-60 and 1 lb./ac. Boron.  No post emergent herbicide was applied.  Yield was 1.47 tons/acre from cutting taken on July 20, 2009. 

2009 Spring Soil Fertility Test Results

2009 Forage Quality Analysis (Alfalfa-Sweetclover-Turnip)

2009 Fall Soil Fertility Test Results

2009 Fall Check-Strip Soil Fertility Test Results

2008

Field 1 Photos from 2008 Growing Season
 

The 2008 Crop was a Ten Species Cover Crop
Sprayed 22oz. glyphosate, 17 pounds/100gallons AMS and 1 quart/100 gallons Flame on June 2, 2008.  Planted .4 lb/ac. sunflower, .8 lb./ac. radish, .8 lb./ac. turnip, 6.0 lb./ac. cowpea, 4.8 lb./ac. buckwheat, .3 lb./ac. sweet clover, .8 lb./ac. red clover, 4.5 lb./ac. soybean, 2.0 lb./ac. sudan grass, 2.0 lb./ac. millet on June 8, 2008 (18 lb./ac.) with a JD 1590 no-till drill 1" deep.  Fertilized with 50 pounds of 11-52-0 (5.5 pounds/acre actual N).  Cover crop was left standing un-harvested over winter of 2008 - 2009. 

2008 Soil Foodweb analysis

2008 Soil Fertility Test Results