Production and Utilization of Stockpiled Tall Fescue: Understanding the Basic Concepts (2020)

Frequently referred to as “standing hay” or “autumn-accumulated forage,” stockpiling is a forage management practice to accumulate late summer and fall growth of tall fescue (from August to November) as stockpiled feed for winter grazing (November through February).

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Planting Guide for Forage Crops in North Carolina (2020)

This planting guide by NC State Extension provides the best available information about planting dates, rates, and depths for forage crops commonly grown in North Carolina. The process of establishing a forage crop is very important because:

• It is expensive — $100 to $250 per acre
• Perennial crops can remain productive for several years without replanting, and thus poor stand establishment can result in long-term low forage productivity
• Soil and water conservation and animal feeding depend upon rapid establishment of persistently good forage stands

In addition to this publication, use this online tool to quickly access information about establishing forages, to use a pure live seed calculator, and to find estimates of frost dates in North Carolina.

Tree Growth, Crop Yields, and Estimated Returns for an Agroforestry Trial in Goldsboro, North Carolina (2013)

This presentation describes the results of a long term agroforestry project at the Center for Environmental Farming System’s Cherry Research Farm in Goldsboro, NC to measure the production tradeoffs of trees and crops vs silvopasture systems. The site also served as a North Carolina Agroforestry demonstration site to landowners, farmers, professionals, and researchers and as a research site for graduate students and professors interested in agroforestry systems.

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