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This article was originally posted on Field Crop News. Written by Joel Bagg. First-cut continues with variable yields. Yields are generally good in eastern Ontario. In western Ontario areas where alfalfa winterkill and injury occurred, stands are thin, with many reported yields at 50 – 80% of normal. This has created some concern about producing adequate forage supplies. Considerable acres have been seeded to annual forages such as ryegrass, cereals, cereal-pea mixtures and sorghums. Many of those affected also plan to seed cereals and Italian ryegrass following winter wheat harvest. (Summer Seeding Oats For Forage ) Hay Storage Be sure to monitor hay storages for heating. Hay that is baled at too high a moisture will heat rapidly. Heating occurs from…

This article was originally posted on Field Crop News . Written by Joel Bagg. First-cut dairy haylage is in full swing the first week of June, with some farms finished. Harvest has been delayed by slow forage crop growth, and also corn and soybean planting on some farms. Yields are quite variable, depending on location and management, but most are below normal. Alfalfa growth and maturity is considerably delayed, but grass is much more advanced relative to the alfalfa and most grasses have headed. Fall rye and winter tricale haylage is done. Some poor winter wheat fields are also being harvested as haylage. With tighter forage supplies, and high land and forage costs, reducing fermentation dry matter losses (shrink) and improving…