1 / 33

www.florida-agriculture.com

www.florida-agriculture.com. Florida Market Bulletin has classified ads for all agricultural related products Good place for buying and selling livestock. December 2, 2006. Call 352-793-2778 to Register. Workshops Available Livestock Nursery Operations Fruit Crops Organic Growing and

geoff
Télécharger la présentation

www.florida-agriculture.com

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. www.florida-agriculture.com • Florida Market Bulletin has classified ads for all agricultural related products • Good place for buying and selling livestock

  2. December 2, 2006 Call 352-793-2778 to Register • Workshops Available • Livestock • Nursery Operations • Fruit Crops • Organic Growing and • Vegetables • Agribusiness & Marketing

  3. Pasture Establishment & Management By Martha Thomas

  4. Soil Fertility • Without the right soil fertility everything else you do could be useless. • You must have a soil sample taken to make sure your soil is right for what you are planting. • N, P, K • PH Dolomite/Lime

  5. Fertilization • Granular • Liquid (herbicide can be added) • Bio-Solids

  6. What is N-P-K • 20-5-10What does this mean? • N- 20% nitrogen .20x 300lbs/acre= 60lbs per acre of N • P- 5% phosphorus .05x300lbs/acre= 15lbs per acre of P • K-10% potassium .10 x 300 lbs/acre= 30lbs per acre of K • Lime or Dolomite

  7. Choosing The Date • Knowing when to plant a forage is critical to the success of the crop. • Applying the fertilizer at the proper time so that you get the most out of it. • Soil moisture is critical to planting dates • Spring and Fall Droughts • Cold Front Patterns will help you to know when the rain will come.

  8. Fertilizing Pasture • For grazed Bahia grass one time fertilization in the spring is adequate. Use a fertilizer that meets your soil requirements. • For cutting hay or seed you need to fertilize after each cutting.

  9. Avoid Overgrazing • Too many horses or cows per acre destroy the roots and causes bare spots which lead to weeds. • Rotate pastures so that pastures keep a strong root base.

  10. Turning Grass to Cash • Beef Cattle • Goats • Hay • Seed • Sod • Horses

  11. Grassto Cash $$$

  12. Preparing Soil • Do a soil analysis to find out which elements your soil is lacking. • Disk the soil to 100% disturbance to get rid of any existing forage. • Plant an annual in summer and/or fall. • In summer plant permanent pasture.

  13. Preparing Soil The biggest mistake people make is not properly preparing the seedbed. It should be free of weeds and grass.

  14. Hay Production • The most common forages for hay in Lake County are Bahia and Bermuda (Tifton 44). • Fertilize in spring 80 lbs./A Nitrogen and all the recommended P & K. Apply an additional 80 lbs. N and 40 lbs. K after each cutting, except for the last in the fall. Include 20 lbs. of P in the supplemental fertilizer if soil tested medium or low in P.

  15. Hay for the Horse Industry • Bahia will generally not meet maintenance requirements. • Bermuda can meet requirements also, legumes such as Alyceclover, Alfalfa, and Rhizoma Peanut are the best for meeting nutrient requirements.

  16. Common Bahia Grass Pasture • Lasts for 20 years if managed properly and no mole crickets. • Good for grazing cattle, goats, and horses. • Can also make cow hay, cut seed or sod. • Cutting sod is only for those who plan for intensive management. (You must build soil back up after cutting)

  17. Stocking Rates • Three acres per cow • Three acres per horse • One acre per ewe/ goat • SPACE requirements differ and careful evaluation needs to be made prior to developing a business plan.

  18. Winter Annuals • Rye (Sandy well drained soils) • Rye Grass (Flat woods or wet loamy soils) • Oats • Mixtures

  19. Rye For Winter Grazing

  20. Controlling Weeds Weeds will take over a pasture if not managed properly. Weeds shade out grass and rob moisture and nutrients. • Tropical Soda Apple!!! • Briars • Smut grass • Dog Fennels • Toxic Weeds (lantana, sicklepod, nightshade)

  21. Preventing Weeds • Do not overgraze • Maintain proper soil fertility • If you see a problem try and control it as soon as possible so that it does not spread

  22. Common Herbicides • For most pastures 2,4-D or Pasture Guard will control most broad leaf weeds. • Velpar is available for use on smutgrass. • Remedy on brush and briars.

  23. Tropical Soda Apple • Milestone 6 oz. per acre

  24. New Herbicides • These herbicides will control all stages of TSA plants with one application and without mowing. Also, they have some soil residual activity, preventing TSA establishment for 6 to 12 months. • 5 to 7 fluid ounces per acre which is projected to cost approximately $2.50 per fluid ounce.

  25. Toxic Weeds • Cherry Trees • Lantana • Sicklepod • Night Shade • Azalea's (Very poisonous to goats) • Oleander (Usually found in yards)

  26. Insects The two major concerns with pasture in Florida are: • Army Worms- insecticide • Mole Crickets- baits and biological control (new research)

  27. Getting Help • Natural Resource Conservation Services • EQIP offers financial and technical help to assist eligible participants with installing or implementing structural and management practices on eligible agricultural land. • Calvin Hubbard 352-343-2481

  28. QUESTIONS

More Related