Fond du Lac County Alfalfa Quality Watch
1999 Scissors-cut Program
mowers.gif (14677 bytes) Alfalfa scissors-cut samples are taken from two fields.  Two samples are taken per field and the results presented here are laboratory result averages. These samples are pure alfalfa. Stands that contain grasses or weeds will likely be lower in quality than the results below indicate. Additionally, these results do not account for respiration or harvest losses in quality. Actual harvested feed may be 20 to 30 points lower in RFV than the standing forage at the time of cutting. PEAQ measurements are also taken on the scissor-cut samples and are presented here as a benchmark to compare individual producer fields.  PEAQ results from around the county are included as a base for comparison. 

Fond du Lac Co. Alfalfa Scissors-cut\PEAQ Results
Date/Location Scissors Cut Analysis PEAQ Estimate
  CP ADF NDF RFV Maturity Max. Ht. RFV
May 12 % % %     (in)  
  Byron 25.6 27.7 32.9 191 L. Veg 22 200
  Malone 25.7 26.3 32.0 199 L. Veg 20 211
May 17              
  Byron 24.6 29.9 36.1 169 Bud 26 172
  Malone No Report L. Veg 24 190
  Brandon         L. Veg 24 190
  Rosendale         Bud 27 168
May 20              
  Byron 23.4 32.2 37.4 158 Bud 30 158
  Malone 23.2 29.4 36.0 171 Bud 26 172
  Brandon         L. Veg 27 175
  Rosendale         Bud 32 149
May 24              
  Byron 22.4 34.3 40.8 142 Bud 31 152
  Malone 22.4 31.7 38.2 156 Bud 26 164
  Brandon         Bud 31 152
June 1              
  Byron 17.8 36.7 45.6 123 E. Flower 35 131
  Malone 21.0 33.3 40.1 146 E. Flower 32 140
June 10              
  Byron 18.9 37.0 46.2 121      
  Malone 17.3 38.7 47.4 115      

View statewide Forage Quality Results at:  http://cf.uwex.edu/ces/ag/scissorsclip/

For more information contact Mike Rankin

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