Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) Stick/Alfalfa Scissors Clip

Predictive Equations for Alfalfa Quality (PEAQ) Stick/Alfalfa Scissors Clip will be conducted by the Outagamie Forage Council again this year, the same way it always has, with the cooperation and support of many individuals.

Samples will be collected on Monday and Thursday, when the crop reaches a height and stage of maturity when it is reasonable to begin sampling with results posted on Tuesday and Friday at https://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/scissorsclip/ or available through voicemail at (920) 832-4769.

Date	Farm	Height/Maturity Stage	PEAQ (RFV)	Lab Results (RFQ)
5/30/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	35″/Bud	138	169.18 (cutting now)
5/30/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	35″/Bud	138	158.97
5/30/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	35″/Bud	138	172.13
5/30/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	36″/Bud	135	161.53
5/30/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	37″/Bud	126	205.85
5/30/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	29″/Bud	160
5/30/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	N/A
5/28/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	33″/Bud	145	132.45
5/28/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	35″/Bud	140	164.33
5/28/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	33″/Bud	145	157.59
5/28/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	32″/Bud	149	181.64
5/28/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	36″/Late Bud – Early Flower	136	180.51
5/28/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	28″/Bud	164	160.96
5/28/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	N/A
5/23/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	31″/Bud	152	157.80
5/23/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	31″/Bud	152	217.40
5/23/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	30″/Bud	156	222.08 (severe lodging)
5/23/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	32″/Bud	156	229.85
5/23/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	32″/Bud	149	167.13
5/23/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	27″/Bud	168	221.67
5/23/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	Harvested
5/20/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	28″/Bud	165	196.98
5/20/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	28″/Bud	165	224.69
5/20/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	28″/Bud	165	216.32
5/20/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	28″/Bud	165	178.91
5/20/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	31″/Bud	153	179.84
5/20/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	26″/Bud	172	217.50
5/20/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	54″/Headed Out		153.27
5/16/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	25″/Early Bud	176	235.38
5/16/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	24″/Very Early Bud	181	291.65
5/16/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	25″/ Very Early Bud	176	266.06
5/16/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	23″/Early Bud	185	236.61
5/16/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	27″/Bud	166	223.19
5/16/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	22″/Bud	190	272.56
5/16/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	42″/Heads 3/4 out	N/A	179.15
5/13/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	22″/Vegetative	200	234.52
5/13/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	22″/Vegetative	200	272.03
5/13/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	21″/Vegetative	206	276.86
5/13/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	21″/Vegetative	206	292.16
5/13/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	23.5″/Bud	183	250.13
5/13/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	20″/Bud	202	288.86
5/13/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	38″/Flag Leaf	N/A	187.38
5/9/24	SUGAR CREEK FARMS – ALF	17″/Vegetative	231	263.96
5/9/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – ALF	19″/Vegetative	218	318.93
5/9/24	NEIGHBORHOOD DAIRY – ALF	17″/Vegetative	231	277.9
5/9/24	LARRAND DAIRY – ALF	17″/Vegetative	231	263.38
5/9/24	KNIGGE FARMS – ALF (Winne)	20″/Vegetative	211	303.63
5/9/24	REMER FARMS – ALF (Winne)	18″/Vegetative	224	330.04
5/9/24	BIRLINGS BOVINE – RYE	34″/Vegetative	N/A	192.88

Thank you to the following farms and collectors:

Sugar Creek Farm (New London) collected by Much Crop Consulting
Neighborhood Dairy (Kaukauna area) collected by Kevin Naze Dairyland Seed Company
Birlings Bovines (Black Creek/Seymour area) collected by Tilth Agronomy
Larrand Dairy (Freedom area) collected by Tilth Agronomy
Birlings Bovines (Black Creek/Seymour area) – Cereal Rye collected by Tilth Agronomy
Knigge Farms (Omro area)- collected by Tilth Agronomy
Remer Farms (Omro area) – collected by Tilth Agronomy

Outagamie Forage Council to Pilot Project to Monitor Maturity and Quality of Winter Cereal Forages

The number of farms planting winter cereal crops continues to increase every year. There are tens of thousands of acres of these forage crops grown in Northeast and East-Central Wisconsin. While the history of some of these crops may be rooted in their use as a forage to provide supplemental heifer or dry cow feed, we now manage the harvest of these crops quite differently. Many farms have greater forage needs than what their existing cropping acreage can support, so it should not be a surprise to anyone that we cannot allow all of our acreage to remain fallow during the winter months. Crops like winter triticale have proven time and time again that when managed effectively and harvested correctly, they can provide supplemental forage to the lactating dairy herd ration. As a result of the increase in acreage and the necessity to accurately identify the ideal time to the harvest winter cereal crops to maximize both yield and quality, the Outagamie Forage Council will be piloting a project where we collect height and maturity information, and then report lab analysis values for these crops. Results will be posted on this page.