ampac-kick off meeting edward n. ballard extension educator, animal systems effingham center
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AMPAC-Kick OffMeeting
AMPAC-Kick OffMeeting
Edward N. Ballard
Extension Educator, Animal Systems
Effingham Center
GrazingCheapest Source
of Nutrients
GrazingCheapest Source
of Nutrients
Every day spent grazing is money saved !
Every day spent grazing is money saved !
Winter Annuals in the Grazing Program
Winter Annuals in the Grazing Program
• Cool season annual forages can be planted in autumn for deferred grazing during the late autumn, winter and early spring.
Winter Annuals Include…
Winter Annuals Include…
Rye Wheat Barley Triticale
Spring Oats Turnips Rape KaleCollards Tylon Tyfon
Annual Ryegrass Perennial Ryegrass
Growth curves for cool-season perennial grasses, warmseason perennial grasses, and winter annuals.
Growth curves for cool-season perennial grasses, warmseason perennial grasses, and winter annuals.
Winterannual(small grainannual ryegrass)
Winterannual(small grainannual ryegrass)
Cool-seasonperennial grassesCool-seasonperennial grasses Warm-season
perennial grassesWarm-seasonperennial grasses
Winter annual(small grain/annual ryegrass)
Winter annual(small grain/annual ryegrass)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Typical season of use for winter annual forages
Typical season of use for winter annual forages
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Crop residue
Stockpiled perennial pasture
Winter annual
U of I Dudley Smith Year-Around Grazing
Project
U of I Dudley Smith Year-Around Grazing
Project• Cows grazing Alfalfa-
Orchardgrass• April through October• Winter Grazing-- Corn
Stalks with either• Turnips-Spring Oats or
Springs Oats & Cereal Rye• Yield Data--Soil
Compaction-- Insect & Weed Control
Utilizing SPA DataUtilizing SPA DataIL 1996 IL 2000 U of I
Dudley Smith
Total Cow Cost $414.03 $304.92 $190.18
Total Feed Cost $268.48 $209.18 $158.71
Pasture Cost $84.05 $76.91 $102.12
Crop Residues $1.96 $0.78 $40.53
Harvested Forages $83.98 $81.25 $0.00
Other Raised Feed $60.34 $19.96 $5.12
Purchased Feed $38.16 $30.28 $10.94
* All figures are financial annual cost/cow
Utilizing SPA DataUtilizing SPA DataIL
1996IL
1999U of I
Dudley Smith
Total Feed Fed 5177 4710 316
Raised Hay 3091 3189 0
Other Home- Raised Feed 1734 932 127
Purchased Hay 112 187 170
Purchased STupplements 78 114 19
Purchased Silages & Conc. 166 288 0
* All figures are lbs DM/cow/year
*Cost rent $120 per acre
Section 9
Section 8
Section 7
Section 6
Section 5
Section 4
Section 3
Section 2
Section 1
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 9
February 21, 2001
February 7, 2001
January 24, 2001
January 10, 2001
December 27, 2000
December 13, 2000
November 29, 2000
November 15, 2000
November 1, 2000
November 1, 2000
November 15, 2000
November 29, 2000
December 13, 2000
December 27, 2000
January 10, 2001
January 24, 2001
February 7, 2001
February 21, 2001
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Field1
Field2
Water Water
Cornstalks &Turnips &
Springs Oats
Cornstalks &Springs Oats-
Cereal Rye
U of I DudleySmith Farm
Christian Co.
November 1, 2000Spring Oats -Cereal Rye-
Corn StalksSeeded August 15
Oats- 1 Bu.Rye-1 1/2 Bu.
40 LBS N
November 1, 2000Turnips - Spring Oats-
Corn StalksSeeded August 15
Turnips- 4 lbsOats 1 Bu.40 LBS N
Costs for Winter Grazing Spring Oats and Turnips - Seeded August 9,
2001
Costs for Winter Grazing Spring Oats and Turnips - Seeded August 9,
2001Chisel- July 22 $11.00 per acre
Disc and mulch $ 9.0 per acre
Nitrogen 40 units $12.00 per acre
Seeded and mulch spring oats $ 9.00 per acre
Spring oats seed cost 1 ½ bu at ($2/bu) $ 3.00 per acre
Seeded turnips and mulch $ 9.00 per acre
Turnips seed – 4 lbs per acre( $1.80 per lb) $ 7.20 per acre
Total Seeding Cost per acre for 6.2 $60.20 per acre
Total Cost for seeding 6.2 acres $373.24
Winter Costs for November 1, 2001 to March 14, 2002
Winter Costs for November 1, 2001 to March 14, 2002
Turnips – Spring Oats – Corn Stalks
Hay 4800 lbs for 8 cows (600 lbs per cow)$50 price per ton
$ 120.00
Propane Cost
60 gallons at 79¢ per gallon $ 47.40
Total Costs $167.40
All Costs $540.64
Costs per day for 134 days of grazing 50¢per day
Total costs per cow for 134 days $ 67.58
Average daily gain per cow 1.86 lbs
Cow eating whole turnip
January 8, 200118 Inches snow cover--Turnips& Oats
December, 2000
Spring Oats and Cereal Rye
Seeded August 9, 2001
Spring Oats and Cereal Rye
Seeded August 9, 2001Chisel – July 22 $11.00 per acreDisc and mulch $ 9.00 per acreNitrogen 40 Units per acre $ 12.00 per acreSeeded and mulch Spring Oats and
cereal rye $ 9.00 per acreSpring Oats seed cost 1 bu at $2.00 per bu $ 2.00 per acreCereal Rye 1 ½ bu per acrre at $5.25 per bu $ 7.87 per acre
Total Seeding Costs per acre for 6.2 acres $ 50.87 per acre
Total Cost for Seeding 6.2 acres $315.40
Winter Costs for November 1, 2001 to March 14, 2002
Winter Costs for November 1, 2001 to March 14, 2002
Spring Oats – Rye – Corn Stalks
Hay 4800 lbs for 8 cows (600 lbs per cow)
$50 price per ton$ 120.00
Propane Costs
60 gallon at 79¢ per gallon $ 47.40
Total Costs $ 167.40
All costs $ 482.80
Costs per cow for 134 days of grazing 45¢
Total costs per cow for 134 days $ 60.35
Average daily gain per cow 1.55 lbs
Five Types of Land Management
Five Types of Land Management
• Extended rotations of cool season pasture• Permanent pasture of native, warm season
grasses• Winter grazing on a corn-spring oats rotation
with cover crops• Winter grazing on small grain-corn rotation
with cover crops• A continuous corn rotation with no grazing
Continuous Corn (Control) C2
Dry lot
Continuous Corn Control C3
row crop/winter grazing(48 acres each)
cool season pasture(6, 2.5 ac. paddocks each)
warm season pasture(2,2.5 ac. each)
continuous corn (control)(5 acres each)
Miscanthus demo plot(0.1 acre each)
dry lot/corral area(5.5 acres)
700 N
22
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Dudley Smith FarmPotential Plot
Layout - June 2003
Acreage per experimental unit
Corn(RCG 6)
A8
A7
B10
B9
M12
M11
B2
B1
A4
A3
M6
M5
B14
B13
A16
A15
M18
M17
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6
Treatment Codes
A- AMPAC mixB- Barenbrug mixM-MaxQ mixW- Warmseason mixRG – Row crops grazedC – Conventional Crop
Continuous Corn(Control) C1
Oats (RCG 4)
Oats (RCG 5)
Oats(RCG 2)
Corn(RCG 1)
Corn(RCG 3)
Winter grazecorn residues+
annual rye
Winter Grazecorn residues+
annual rye
Winter Grazecorn residues+
annual rye
Winter grazecorn
residues
Winter Grazecereal rye
oatsturnips
Winter grazecorn residues
Winter graze
cereal ryeoats
turnips
Winter grazecereal rye
oatsturnips
U of I Dudley Smith FarmCow Grazing, May, 2003
U of I Dudley Smith FarmSpring Calf Crop-2003
Utilize Crop Residues for Fall, Winter Grazing
Utilize Crop Residues for Fall, Winter Grazing
What about Turnips and other grazing alternatives?
What about Turnips and other grazing alternatives?
Aerial Seeding Turnips,Oats and Rye
8-20-2001
Cliff Schuette
Turnipsand Cereal Rye
Airseed 8/25/2000 Turnips-3 lbs
Rye 2 BuAirplane $8/AcreCorn 183 Bu/acre
Atrazine 1 lbPartner April 28
Seeded on Aug 19, 2002Picture on Aug 22, 2002
Barkant Turnip and Rye After Spring Oats-Cost:Turnip-$10,
Rye-$8, Airplane-$8Total-$26
60
Barkant Turnip and Rye After Spring Oats-Cost:Turnip-$10,
Rye-$8, Airplane-$8Total-$26
60
Turnips- Costs $10 Rye- $8Planted after spring oats
Forage Turnips and Oats in Corn Stalks-Cost: $10 Turnips, $7.50
Oats, $8 for Airplane-$25.50/Acre
Forage Turnips and Oats in Corn Stalks-Cost: $10 Turnips, $7.50
Oats, $8 for Airplane-$25.50/Acre
Turnips and Rye flown in Beans-Sept 15th- 2 weeks
prior to Harvest
Turnips and Rye flown in Beans-Sept 15th- 2 weeks
prior to Harvest
Fall Seeding- Germination is better when sown …
Fall Seeding- Germination is better when sown …
And not flown.And not flown.
Turnup- Forage and Tuber at 2 months
Turnup- Forage and Tuber at 2 months
Tuber in Corn-3 monthsTuber in Corn-3 months
Jimmy Ayars-Christian Co. Spring, 2003Turnips-3 lbs-Oats-3 Bu.
Jimmy Ayars-tunrips-oats spring, 2003
Jimmy Ayars Spring, 2003
Jimmy Ayars-June 24, 2003
Jimmy Ayars, Turnips and Oats baled, June, 2003
Jack Wock, Jersey Co. Turnip & Spring Oats, June 4,20033 Acres-126 grazing days to date
Jack Wock, Jersey Co. June 4, 2003-Bonar RapeSeeded 3 lbs/acre-April 12, 2003
Jack Wock, Jersery Co. June 4, 2003Pennleaf Pearl Millet-20 lbs/acre & Pasja 3 lbs/acre seeded May 15
Part 1 - Dynamo, Samson, Barkant, Purple-top Turnips and Dwarf Essex and Interval Rape Dry Matter (DM) Yield Comparison - Wiley Farm**
Part 1 - Dynamo, Samson, Barkant, Purple-top Turnips and Dwarf Essex and Interval Rape Dry Matter (DM) Yield Comparison - Wiley Farm** Comments
8/21/98 Comments 11/04/98
Leaf DM (lbs./A)
(% of Total)
Root DM (lbs./A)
(% of Total)
Total DM (ave of
10/19/98 & 11/04/98)
Purple-top Turnip no N
4” tall healthy stand 36 plants/yd
16”-20” tall uneven, mature root > top
1,190 lbs. 19%
5,165 lbs. 81%
6,355 lbs./A
Purple-top turnip w/N
4” tall healthy stand 36 plants/yd
20”-24” tall more even mature root > top
2,488 lbs. 30%
5,842 lbs. 70%
8,330 lbs./A
Samson turnip no N
4” tall healthy stand 36 plants/yd
17”-26” tall large roots still growing
5,379 lbs. 53%
4,762 lbs. 47%
10,141 lbs./A
Dynamo turnip no N
6” tall excellent stand 44 plants/yd
16”-26” tall top > root still growing
7,025 lbs. 56%
4,356 lb. 44%
11,381 lbs./A
**Wiley Farm, Schoolcraft, MI: 55 acres, broadcast-seeded from a 4-wheeler onto disked green bean stubble on 7/21/98 @ a rate of 1.5 lbs. seed/A (Herd cyclone seeder without fertilizer). Irrigated with ¼” of water on the 5th and 9th days after seeding. Portions of both Purple-top and Barkant were top-dressed with 300 lbs. of 21-0-0/A on 9/25/98. Total DM values are averages from the 10/19/98 and 11/04/98 samples.
Oats and Rye in Combination
Oats and Rye in Combination
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr MayAug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
For
age
For
age
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Ava
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MU-FSRCMU-FSRC
OatsOatsRyeRye
Trainor Turnips andAnnual Rye Fall 2002Trainor Turnips and
Annual Rye Fall 2002
Trainor Turnips and Annual RyeFall 2003- November
Trainor Turnips and Annual RyeFall 2003- November
Cost per pound of forage dry matter
consumed
Cost per pound of forage dry matter
consumed
AnnualRyegrass Stockpile Hay
Forage yield 7000 3895 2000utilization 70% 70% 80%harvested forage 4900 2727 1600
cost/ lb/ dm consumed $0.016 $0.008 $0.035Jim Gerrish, FSRC, MO
Daily feed costs and cost per pound of calf
gain
Daily feed costs and cost per pound of calf
gain
AnnualRyegrass Stockpile Hay
cow weight 1350 1350 1350intake 0.028 0.028 0.028lb forage/cow/day 37.8 37.8 37.8cost/ cow/ day $0.62 $0.31 $1.32calf ADG 2.45 2.24 2.02cost/ lb/ gain 0.25$ 0.14$ 0.65$
Jim Gerrish, FSRC, MO
Dry matter (DM) intake (kg day-1), cost of wintering ($ cow-
1) and relative cost (%) of wintering a spring calving beef cow on a variety of forages for 122 days during winter.)
Dry matter (DM) intake (kg day-1), cost of wintering ($ cow-
1) and relative cost (%) of wintering a spring calving beef cow on a variety of forages for 122 days during winter.)
Forage(s)
Tall Fescue StockpileAnnual RyegrassWheatRyeTurnipRapeTall Fescue Hay1
Tall Fescue HayTurnip + TF HayTurnip + TF StockpileRape + TF HayRape + TF StockpileTurnip + Alfalfa HayAlfalfa Hay (fair)
DM Intake(kg day-1)
23.2815.7016.0217.0416.1515.6728.1223.8520.3919.0119.9818.6719.0623.39
Cost($ Cow-1)
67.4445.9071.2840.9534.1951.5787.7274.5653.2447.5864.1657.7772.04
129.72
RelativeCost (%)
10068
106615176
13011179719586
107192
Source: G.J. Bishop-Hurley & R.L. Kallenbach, University of Missouri, 2000