Alfalfa Hotline

2021 Scissors Cutting

Sponsored by the Kapral Agronomy Consulting, LLC, and Calumet County Forage Council.  Special thanks to Doug Kapral and Jeremy Hanson for taking the samples.

Monday, May 24, 2021

Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year Notes
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 29″ 22.6% 33.4% 39.8% 147.21 160 Bud 2020 Heavily Lodged
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 2019 Cut 5/23/21
Ken Rach – County Rd E 27″ 22.5% 27.2% 34.5% 182.69 168 Bud 2019
Forest Brook Farms – Irish Rd F 28″ 22.8% 30.6% 37.6% 160.96 163 Bud 2020 Lodged
Holsum Dairy 1 – Schneider Rd 26″ 23.0% 30.6% 37.2% 162.93 172 Bud 2020
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 26″ 24.0% 27.9% 34.3% 181.7 172 Early Bud 2019
WHD – HM Irish Road 23″ 23.1% 28.4% 34.6% 179.63 185 Early Bud 2020 Harv Extra
WHD – Redig Cty Y 23″ 24.6% 27.4% 33.2% 189.04 185 Early Bud 2020 Harv Extra
Schmitz Bros. 24″ 21.61% 30.50% 36.36% 166.64 180 Early Bud 2020
Van Daalwyk Farm 29″ 20.98% 32.20% 38.31% 154.85 160 Mid Bud 2019
Greg Bohman 29″ 21.82% 31.56% 37.05% 161.52 160 Early Bud 2020
Woldt* 24″ 17.96% 33.36% 43.75% 133.62 180 Early Bud established

* red clover, alfalfa, tall fescue mix

 

Friday, May 21, 2021

Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 27″ 23.1% 29.7% 35.8% 170.85 168 Early Bud 2020
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 26″ 22.4% 28.8% 34.2% 180.83 172 Early Bud 2019
Ken Rach – County Rd E 24″ 22.9% 27.2% 33.4% 188.93 181 Early Bud 2019
Forest Brook Farms – Irish Rd F 25″ 24.5% 28.4% 33.5% 185.76 176 Early Bud 2020
Holsum Dairy 1 – Schneider Rd 24″ 24.1% 27.2% 32.6% 193.74 181 Early Bud 2020
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 23″ 24.0% 27.4% 33.4% 188.54 185 Early Bud 2019
WHD – HM Irish Road 20″ 22.9% 24.8% 31.8% 203.8 205 LVeg-Ebud 2020
WHD – Redig Cty Y 21 26.4% 24.2% 30.0% 217.12 200 LVeg-Ebud 2020

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year
Schmitz Bros. 21 24.93% 25.23% 29.82% 215.80 205 Early bud 2020
Van Daalwyk Farm 24 22.69% 26.52% 32.99% 192.55 190 Early bud 2019
Greg Bohman 24 23.94% 26.91% 32.81% 192.76 190 Early bud 2020
Woldt* 20 21.74% 27.20% 34.73% 181.61 210 Late veg / early bud established

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 25″ 25.8% 22.7% 28.1% 235.84 177 Early Bud 2020
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 23″ 23.2% 23.8% 29.9% 218.72 185 Early Bud 2019
Ken Rach – County Rd E 22″ 21.9% 25.3% 31.0% 207.66 191 Early Bud 2019
Forest Brook Farms – Irish Rd F 23″ 23.3% 25.9% 31.6% 201.9 185 Early Bud 2020
Holsum Dairy 1 – Schneider Rd 20″ 24.3% 23.9% 29.9% 218.44 212 Late-Veg 2020
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 20″ 23.4% 24.1% 30.3% 215.16 212 Late-Veg 2019
WHD – HM Irish Road 17″ 23.1% 23.4% 29.3% 224.61 228 Late-Veg 2020
WHD – Redig Cty Y 18″ 24.3% 22.9% 28.9% 228.51 224 Late-Veg 2020

Monday, May 17, 2021

Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year
Schmitz Bros. 18.5″ 23.52% 23.73% 28.97% 225.97 220 vegetative 2020
Van Daalwyk Farm 22″ 23.44% 23.86% 29.87% 219.11 200 vegetative 2019
Greg Bohman 22″ 23.14% 23.31% 27.92% 235.80 200 vegetative 2020
Woldt* 14.5″ 21.68% 23.67% 30.53% 214.66 250 vegetative established
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 23″ 22.8% 25.4% 32.2% 199.29 195 Late-Veg 2020
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 20″ 21.9% 24.8% 31.1% 208.26 212 Late-Veg 2019
Ken Rach – County Rd E 20″ 23.5% 22.7% 29.0% 228.63 212 Late-Veg 2019
Forest Brook Farms – Irish Rd F 20″ 23.0% 25.0% 31.0% 208.89 212 Late-Veg 2020
Holsum Dairy 1 – Schneider Rd 18″ 23.3% 24.9% 30.8% 210.15 225 Vegetative 2020
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 17″ 22.3% 24.1% 30.7% 212.47 232 Vegetative 2019
WHD – HM Irish Road 15″ 24.4% 22.1% 27.9% 238.9 245 Vegetative 2020
WHD – Redig Cty Y 16″ 24.5% 22.2% 28.5% 233.05 238 Vegetative 2020

Thursday, May 14, 2021

Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year
Schmitz Bros. 15.5″ 25.00% 19.90% 24.87% 274.82 240 vegetative 2020
Van Daalwyk Farm 17.0″ 23.13% 22.06% 28.23% 236.29 230 vegetative 2019
Greg Bohman 17.0″ 24.55% 19.93% 25.05% 272.44 230 vegetative 2020
Woldt* 12.0″ 19.68% 23.37% 31.99% 205.49 270 vegetative established
Diedrick Family Farms 21″ 22.1% 22.6% 29.6% 223.82 207 vegetative 2020
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 17″ 22.7% 21.5% 27.7% 242.18 230 vegetative 2019
Ken Rach – Cty Rd E 18″ 23.5% 21.3% 27.2% 247.13 225 vegetative 2019
Forest Brook Farms – Irish Rd F 18″ 25.2% 20.6% 26.1% 259.7 225 vegetative 2020
Holsum Dairy 1 – Schneider Rd 16″ 20.2% 22.6% 29.5% 224.83 238 vegetative 2020
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 15″ 18.4% 25.7% 34.5% 185.87 245 vegetative 2019
WHD – HM Irish Road 13″ 23.4% 20.3% 25.7% 265.09 260 vegetative 2020
WHD – Redig Cty Y 14″ 25.7% 20.1% 26.0% 261.66 252 vegetative 2020

 

 

 

 

2020 Scissors Cutting

Sponsored by the Calumet County Forage Council and Kapral Agronomy.
Special  thanks to Jeremy Hanson and Doug Kapral for taking the samples.

Samples taken Monday June 1, 2020            
Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year Notes
Van Daalwyk Farm, Elm Road 29″ 19.36% 32.99% 39.08% 150.41 160 mid-bud 2019
Schmitz Bros. 29″ 19.07% 32.35% 40.41% 146.66 160 mid bud 2018
Greg Bohman, County PP 26.5″ 22.86% 28.29% 33.64% 185.03 170 mid bud 2019
Woldt* 23.5″ 21.90% 27.10% 35.23% 179.2 185 early-mid bud established

* established stand has alfalfa, fescue and red clover mix (sampled all three)

 

Samples taken Friday, May 29, 2020            
Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year Notes
Van Daalwyk Farm, Elm Road 27.5″ 23.63% 29.55% 34.85% 175.68 165 early bud 2019
Schmitz Bros. 26″ 22.08% 30.21% 36.25% 167.73 170 early bud 2018
Greg Bohman, County PP 24″ 24.06% 28.82% 34.35% 179.78 180 early bud 2019
Woldt* 22″ 20.05% 31.50% 41.19% 145.18 200 late veg. established

* established stand has alfalfa, fescue and red clover mix (sampled all three)

 

Samples taken Thursday, May 28, 2020            
Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year Notes
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 25″ 24.2% 27.7% 34.0% 184.3 176 bud 2017
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 22.5″ 24.8% 26.8% 32.5% 194.6 188 early bud 2019
Ken Rach – County Rd E 22″ 26.2% 25.1% 31.0% 208 190 early bud 2018
Schwarz Farms – County Rd F 26.5″ 23.0% 29.1% 35.5% 173.5 170 early bud 2017
Greg Vollmer – Faro Springs Rd 23″ 23.6% 28.0% 40.7% 153.49 185 early bud 2018 Grass/Alfalfa Mix
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 21″ 25.5% 26.5% 32.8% 193.7 195 early bud 2019

 

Samples taken Tuesday, May 26, 2020            
Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year Notes
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 22″ 24.8% 25.7% 31.2% 205.6 200 pre-bud 2017
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 19″ 28.4% 21.1% 26.2% 256.7 217 vegetative 2019
Ken Rach – County Rd E 19″ 25.7% 22.9% 28.5% 231.9 217 vegetative 2018
Schwarz Farms – County Rd F 22″ 22.1% 28.0% 34.2% 182.6 200 pre-bud 2017
Greg Vollmer – Faro Springs Rd 21″ 24.0% 27.9% 38.7% 161.4 205 vegetative 2018 Grass/Alfalfa Mix
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 17″ 26.6% 24.2% 28.8% 225.9 230 vegetative 2019
Van Daalwyk Farm, Elm Road 22″ 22.71% 28.53% 34.51% 179.88 200 vegetative 2019
Schmitz Bros. 23″ 25.34% 26.68% 32.47% 195.38 195 vegetative 2018
Greg Bohman, County PP 22″ 26.17% 24.89% 30.20% 213.92 200 vegetative 2019
Woldt* 17.5″ 19.09% 28.36% 39.87% 155.89 230 vegetative established

 

Samples taken May 22, 2020
Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year Notes
Diedrick Family Farms – Banner Road 16″ 24.0% 20.0% 24.9% 274 238 vegetative 2017
Schaefer Farms – Quinney Road 14″ 27.9% 19.8% 24.7% 276.7 255 vegetative 2019
Ken Rach – County Rd E 14″ 24.2% 25.4% 31.4% 204.6 255 vegetative 2018
Schwarz Farms – County Rd F 17″ 21.9% 23.8% 29.9% 218.7 230 vegetative 2017
Greg Vollmer – Faro Springs Rd 15″ 24.8% 23.2% 30.8% 214.3 245 vegetative 2018 Grass/Alfalfa Mix
Hedrich Farms – Irish Road 13″ 24.5% 23.8% 28.5% 229.7 260 vegetative 2019

 

Samples taken May 21, 2020
Grower Height (inches) Protein ADF NDF RFV PEAQ Growth Stage Seeding Year
Van Daalwyk Farm, Elm Road 13.0″ 25.20% 21.42% 26.56% 253.01 260 vegetative 2019
Schmitz Bros. 15.5″ 26.60% 18.85% 24.37% 283.07 240 vegetative 2018
Greg Bohman, County PP 13.0″ 24.57% 20.56% 26.35% 257.06 260 vegetative 2019
Woldt* 11.0″ 26.28% 21.18% 27.07% 248.63 270 vegetative established

* established stand has alfalfa, fescue, and red cover mix (sampled all three)