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1 November 2017 Cooperative Extension Service Bullitt County 384 Halls Lane Shepherdsville, KY (502) Fax: (502) extension.ca.uky.edu Table of Contents Page 2-3 Cattle IRM Page 4 Pictures of KFB Annual Meeting Page 5-6 Pictures of Farm Safety Day Page 7 Pictures of KSU Third Thursday Page 8 9 Managing Late Pastures Page 10 KY Farm Market Enrollment Page 11 - Sheep & Goat IRM Page 12 & 13 HEEL Publication The fields are finally ready for harvest County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources
2 Beef Integrated Resource Management Review Weekly Kentucky Department of Agriculture Grain and Marketing Reports. Record average price for class and weight important to your operation. Spring Calving Herd wean the calves season. Keep back the best of the early-born heifer calves for potential replacements. If purchasing replacement females, identify dates and locations of regional sales. Marketing: Plan your calf marketing program. Alternatives include CPH-45 sales (check local sale for specific requirements and dates), weekly auction markets, private treaty sales to dealers or feeders, backgrounding the calves yourself, or retaining ownership through the feedlot. Give any necessary booster vaccinations to calves (ie IBR-PI 3 BVDBRSV) Consider selling open cows and heifers and those weaning poor calves. Inform tax preparer if the cows and heifers were raised or purchased. Put thin cows (body condition score of less than 5) on high quality feed or pasture, such as accumulated tall fescue. Obtain cow and calf weights at weaning and see your County Extension Agent for information on record keeping programs. Cull cows based on performance and pregnancy status and make initial heifer selections, keeping at least 20% more than you intend to retain for the next breeding Fall Calving continues Check calving pastures frequently. Identify calf with ear tag and/or tattoo while calves are young and easy to handle and record dam ID and birth date. Commercial male calves should also be castrated and implanted according to product recommendations. Castration and dehorning are less stressful when performed on young animals. Registered calves should be weighed during the first 24 hours. Move cows with young calves to the best pasture - accumulated fescue pasture can work well for this. Line-up A.I. sires and/or purchase new bulls at least 30 days before the breeding season - demand expected progeny differences (EPDs) and breeding soundness exam reports and check health history including immunizations. Choose a breed and use EPDs plus visual observation to select the bull that best fits your program and budget. Have veterinarian perform breeding soundness evaluations on bulls. Continued Next Page... 2
3 Fall Calving Continues Evaluate yearling replacement heifers for pelvic area, reproductive tract score, and weight. Heifers should reach their target weight of 65% of expected mature weight by breeding season. Considerations for all Cattle Treat calves and cows for external parasites. Remove fly-control ear tags to prevent resistance. Environment Plan for winter feeding area. Select at least three or four potential sacrifice areas (1 acre grass sod per cows). Consider installing geotextile-gravel pad in the sacrifice area. Consider impact of runoff from feeding areas. Perform annual maintenance to geotextile areas. Grade for drainage and gravel where needed. Forages Apply phosphate, potash and lime according to soil test recommendations. Do not harvest or graze alfalfa fields to replenish root reserves. Graze crop residues (Beware of grazing restrictions on certain crop herbicides). Beware of prussic acid (cyanide) poisoning from grazing summer annual grasses following frost. Start inventory of hay supplies and needs and test hay quality. Consider broadleaf weed control in grass pastures. Record-Keeping Fall calving herd: record calf information. Spring calving herd: record weaning weight and date. Record breeding cow and calf sales. Record cattle working procedures and practices for BQA records. Record shipment of cattle sold for BQA records. Record last calf born in fall season as end of calving season. Record the series of CPH-45 tags, the date applied and to which calving group they are applied. 3
4 September 16 Bullitt County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting 4
5 September 20 Farm Safety Day 5
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7 September 21 Third Thursday at Kentucky State University 7
8 Managing Pastures during the Late- Growing Season 9/14/2017 Glen Aiken Our cool-season grass pastures are in the second half of the growing season, and it is time to think about preparing them for cold weather and spring green-up.yes, I said spring green-up, because management inputs that prepare your pasture forages root systems to survive freezing ground temperatures and provide maximum storage of nutrients can promote early spring growth. In other words, your pastures get a good start in the next growing season with good grazing management and fertilization in the fall. Pastures are generally not as productive in the fall as during the spring season, so you may wonder why full attention is not spent on promoting and utilizing the spring growth. Maximizing and utilizing spring growth should be a priority, but fertilizer application and sound grazing management decisions in the lategrowing season can promote winter survival, which can carry-over into an early and strong spring growth. Why would we want to fertilize in the late summer or early fall? The answer is: why not? An application of 50 to 70 pounds of nitrogen from early August to middle September can generate growth of fall pasture. Much of this growth is due to increases in tillers/shoots that increases ground cover and thickens grass stands. An application of nitrogen in early to mid-august is routinely recommended for stockpiling tall fescue to maximize pasture growth for winter grazing that will save dollars spent on hay and feed. A fall application of nitrogen will also increase storage of nitrogen in the root systems, needed for maintenance during the winter months, and growth as air and soil temperatures rise in the early spring. Although a late application of nitrogen in October may not generate a reliable amount of forage growth, it can conserve the nitrogen stored in the roots to generate stronger and more productive grass stands in the spring. Phosphate and potash are ordinarily applied in the spring, but the fall is also a good time to spread these nutrients. If soil tests state that phosphate has dropped below 60 pounds per acre and potassium below 120 pounds per acre then it is wise to apply these nutrients prior to the onset of winter. Continued Next Page 8
9 Continued Both of these nutrients have critical functions in growth and maintenance of grass and legume root systems. Fall is also a good time to spread lime if needed to increase soil ph. It does not make much sense to fertilize during a dry summer, but there will likely be some showers in the fall before freezing temperatures. Grass plants that are stressed from hot and dry summer weather have less chance to recover with fall rains if fertility is low. Consequently, plant losses can be high and pastures will exhibit deterioration in the spring following a dry summer with overgrazing, and low fertility in the fall. Best grazing management practices in the late summer and fall will also improve winter survival and spring growth. Pastures should be rotationally stocked such that cool-season grasses are grazed to a 3- to 4 -inch height and rested to obtain above a 6- inch pasture height before grazing again. Perennial grasses and legumes during the fall are primarily growing new tillers and leaves to increase their capacity to produce soluble carbohydrates through photosynthesis. During the fall, a substantial amount of these carbohydrates are routed to the root systems for storage and used as an energy source during the winter and spring green-up. You can think of the fall as a time when perennial grasses and legumes are trying to prepare themselves for freezing temperatures. The fall growth must be grazed, but enough green residual should be maintained for recovery growth and replenishment of stored carbohydrates in the root systems. If there is not enough leaf material to generate enough carbohydrate for new growth, the plants will draw the needed carbohydrate from their root systems. Make sure to reduce thatch in pastures that are going to be frost planted with clovers. In late November or December, graze all pastures to a 3- to 4-inch height. However, successful frost planting of clovers is doubtful if there is excessive amounts of mowed material on the ground. Mowing might be needed if there are ungrazed weeds or summer grasses, such as fox tail. You could be inclined to graze or mow close to the soil surface, but why give spring weeds room to emerge and have some competitive advantage with the grass and emerging clover? A final note in regards to stockpiled Kentucky 31 tall fescue: Ergot alkaloids are oftentimes higher in the fall than in the spring. Fall growth of tall fescue that is fertilized in the late summer has the greatest potential to be very toxic. It is advisable that fall growth of tall fescue not be grazed until after a hard freeze less than 27 degrees Fahrenheit that inactivates fescue growth. 9
10 2017 Certified Roadside Farm Market enrollment period open Kentucky Ag News - Kentucky Farm Bureau The season for roadside farm markets is far from over, but Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) wants to help market owners get next year s efforts off to a great start enrollment for the 2017 Certified Roadside Farm Market program is now open. Established in July 1996, the KFB Certified Roadside Farm Market program began as an initiative to help farmers market their fruits and vegetables directly from roadside markets to consumers across the Commonwealth. Since then, the membership has expanded to include farm enterprises like greenhouses, landscape nurseries, Christmas tree farms, vineyards/wineries and meat/cheese farm markets. The KFB Roadside Farm Market program celebrated its twenty-first year in Markets certified through this program are identified by a sign with the cornucopia logo and listed in the KFB Certified Roadside Farm Market Directory. The program also provides collective advertising, promotional items, education tour opportunities, and other marketing benefits with the intent to increase the net farm income of member markets. Early enrollment discounts are available for the 2017 KFB Certified Roadside Market program. Returning markets that renew their membership by November 21 receive the discounted rate of $275. Renewal rates increase to $350 for markets that wait to enroll November 22 through December 31. Roadside markets that are first- and secondyear members to KFB s Certified Roadside Market program can join for just $250 during 10 the early enrollment session, which ends November 21. First- and second-year market members who enroll November 22 through December 31 can join for $325. To apply for membership, visit kyfb.com/ rfmenrollment. For questions about enrollment and the benefits of participating in the KFB Certified Roadside Farm Market program, please contact Fran McCall, Commodity Specialist and Roadside Farm Market Coordinator, at (502) , extension 7238, or by at Fran.McCall@kyfb.com. Check out the wealth of video and article archives online at extension.org for information regarding; Community, Disaster Issues, Energy, Environment, Family, Farm, Health & Nutrition, Lawn & Garden, Pest Management, Youth.
11 Sheep & Goat Integrated Resource Management Fall Breeding: Put marking harness on Bucks and rams. Give mature bucks/rams access to 35 females, yearlings access to 25 females and ram lambs and buck kids access to 15 females. Check and record marks daily. Change marking harness color every 15 to 16 days. Preparations for Fall Kidding/Lambing: Vaccinate pregnant does and ewes approx. 30 days prior to kidding or lambing with CD/T (Enterotoxemia Types C, D and Tetanus) Shear pregnant wool ewes. Trim feet and run through foot bath with 10% zinc sulfate solution. Check facilities, equipment and supplies to ensure everything is ready for kidding/ lambing. Marking Harness De-worm pregnant ewes and does with a FAMACHA score of 3,4 or 5. Keep pregnant females on pasture as long as possible for exercise. 11 Fall Kidding & Lambing: Closely observe late gestation does and ewes and feed at the same time every day. Move does/ewes to individual pens following kidding/lambing for nursing & bonding (2-5 days) Trim navel cord if needed and dip in 7% iodine solution. Check teats to make sure they are functional and make sure kids & lambs nurse as soon as possible after birth. Record birth weights, date, and sex of newborn kids & lambs as well as dam ID. Check newborn kids/lambs often (every 2-4 hrs).
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