DS Farms Rosenholm Dairy Brief Summary: Brief Summary Partners Size - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1/16/2017 DS Farms Rosenholm Dairy Brief Summary: Brief Summary • Partners • Size ‐ acres and cows • Where cover crops are used • History of cover crops 1

1/16/2017 2017 DS Farms Plot DS Farms Treatments • DS Farm Cover Crop Plot Treatments: (listed starting at South Property Line) • Planted: 9/14/2016 1 Oats ‐ 3 passes 2 Oats + Clover ‐ 6 passes • Following Corn Silage 3 Clover ‐ 6 passes • Planted with 7 foot Great Plains no ‐ till drill 4 Rye ‐ 6 passes • Winter Barley is a mixture of varieties from 2015 ‐ 5 Rye + Clover ‐ 6 passes 16 winter barley trials in Buffalo County 6 Rye + Clover + Turnips ‐ 6 passes 7 Clover + Turnips ‐ 8 passes • Residue Levels = Planted: 47% Not Planted 58% 8 Barley ‐ 4 passes • Soil Types ‐ Seaton Silt Loam 9 Barley + Clover + Turnips ‐ 8 passes 10 Oats + Clover + Turnips ‐ 8 passes 2

1/16/2017 2017 Rosenholm Dairy Plot Rosenholm Plot Treatments Rosenholm Farm Cover Crop Plot Treatments: (listed starting at Heish Valley Road) Planted: 9/16/2016 1 Rye ‐ 2 passes 2 Rye + Berseem Clover ‐ 2 passes Following Corn Silage 3 Clover ‐ 2 passes Planted with 7 foot Great Plains no ‐ till drill 4 Clover + Turnipss ‐ 2 passes 5 Rye + Clover + Turnips ‐ 4 passes Winter Barley is a mixture of varieties from 2015 ‐ 16 6 Oats ‐ 2 passes winter barley trials in Buffalo County 7 Oats + Clover + Turnips ‐ 2 passes Residue Levels = Planted: 31% Not Planted 36% 8 Oats + Clover ‐ 2 passes 9 Oats + Turnips ‐ 4 passes Soil Types ‐ Tarr Sand 33.8%, Bilson Sandy Loam 10 Winter Barley ‐ 2 passes 29.0%, Merit Silt Loam 18.3% 11 Winter Barley + Turnips ‐ 2 passes 12 Winter Barley + Clover + Turnips ‐ 2 passes 13 Winter Triticale + Clover + Turnips ‐ 2 passes 14 Winter Wheat + Clover + Turnips ‐ 2 passes Oats + Berseem Clover Oats + Turnips 3

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1/16/2017 DS Farms Rye alone DS Farms Field without Cover Crop Rosenholm Farms (Dec 3, 2016) 5

1/16/2017 Jimmy Ellis (Nov 27, 2016) Fall Yields Questions: Ave DM Tons dm% CP% DM dm per acre R ‐ Turnip 1 0.15 3.51 369.01 0.89 Thank you! R ‐ Turnip 2 0.15 3.25 3187.76 R ‐ Oats 1 0.20 2.62 2520.78 1.25 R ‐ Oats2 0.22 2.08 2475.36 R ‐ Oats+Turnips 1 0.20 2.01 2373.38 1.52 R ‐ Oats+Turnips 2 0.17 2.22 3711.54 R ‐ Barley+Turnips 1 0.18 2.65 1200.10 0.65 R ‐ Barley+Turnips 2 0.18 2.69 1381.48 DS ‐ Oats 1 0.17 2.20 922.67 0.76 DS ‐ Oats2 0.17 2.20 2131.69 DS ‐ Oats+Turnips 1 0.14 2.84 3505.73 1.51 DS ‐ Oats+Turnips 2 0.14 2.84 2537.73 Jim ‐ Oats+Turnip 1 0.17 1.99 6845.87 4.20 Jim ‐ Oats+Turnips 2 0.13 1.49 9947.02 6