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March 2025 (pdf version)

• See KY Forages YouTube for recordings of KY Alfalfa and Stored Forage Conference

• Upcoming Events (see Forage website for details and to register, click on EVENTS)

• Congrats to 2025 Alfalfa Award Winners

• Join/ Renew KFGC Membership

• Pub of the Month: Broadleaf Weeds of Kentucky Pastures AGR-207

• UK Spring Fencing Schools April 22nd and 24th

• 2025 Kentucky Beginning Grazing School April 29-30

• Hay Prices as of mid-February 2025

• What We Can Learn from Others

Forage Timely Tips for March

• Sign up for a KY Grazing or Fencing School
• Continue pasture renovation by no-tilling seeding legumes.
• Place small seed at 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep and check depth several times during planting; slow down for more precise seeding.
• Continue feeding hay until adequate forage exists in the pasture for grazing
• Spring seeding of grasses should be done in early to mid-March (but fall is preferred)
• Begin smoothing and re-seeding hay feeding and heavy traffic areas
• Graze pastures overseeded with clover to reduce competition from existing grasses but pull off before grazing new clover plants.
• Provide free choice high-magnesium mineral to prevent grass tetany on lush spring growth.
• Early March is an ideal time to control many broadleaf weeds including: buttercup, poison hemlock, chicory, dock, and biennial thistles.