2020 Alfalfa Scissors Clipping Results

2020 Scissors Clipping Results

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
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)

 

Sample 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

 

Sample 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

Sample 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

 

Sample 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 clover mix (sampled all three)