Fall Feeding Decision Tools
Nancy Glazier, Small Farms & Livestock Specialist
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
Last Modified: July 22, 2016
Many farms in the Lake Plains and Finger Lakes Regions in New York have diminished forage supply for the feeding season we are about to enter. Drought conditions have challenged our production systems in 2016. Here are some tools to help with decision making.
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Pricing Corn Silage - updated (pdf; 398KB)
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Estimating Corn Grain & Corn Silage Yields (pdf; 271KB)
Forage Shortage Intervention Tools (pdf; 236KB)
Determining Your Current Forage Inventory (pdf; 435KB)
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