Forage Focus: Preparing For A Not Quite As Dry Spring
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Most forecasts indicate that Virginia will experience improvement in drought conditions during 2008. However, according to the National Drought Monitor and NOAA rainfall for the spring months may still be behind normal. They predict that it will not be as dry as 2007. February is a great month to prepare for this “not quite as dry” grazing season.
Pasture care and renovation: February is still a good time to put down lime and maybe some fertilizer. If you haven’t sent off a soil sample, do it now! The pH should be in the 6.5 to 7.0 range. This will help both legumes and grasses utilize nutrients efficiently. Late winter is early enough in the growing year to allow lime to make changes in pH before most of the growing season.
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