PR-870: 2025 Red and White Clover and Annual Lespedeza Report

Gene Olson, Ray Smith, Chris Teutsch, Brittany Hendrix | December 18, 2025 (New)

Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) is a high-quality, short-lived, perennial legume used in mixed or pure stands for pasture, hay, silage, green chop, soil improvement, and wildlife habitat. This species is adapted to a wide range of climatic and soil conditions. Stands of improved varieties generally are productive for 2½ to 3 years, with the highest yields occurring in the year following establishment. Red clover is used primarily as a renovation legume for grass pastures and hay fields. It is a dominant forage legume in Kentucky because it is relatively easy to establish and has high forage quality, yield, and animal acceptance.

PR-871: 2025 Alfalfa Report

Gene Olson, Ray Smith, Chris Teutsch, Brittany Hendrix | December 18, 2025 (New)

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) has historically been the highest-yielding, highest-quality forage legume grown in Kentucky. It is an important part of Kentucky’s cash hay enterprise and is an important component in dairy, horse, beef, and sheep diets. Choosing a good variety is a key step in establishing a stand of alfalfa. The choice of variety can impact yield, thickness of stand, and persistence.

PR-876: 2025 Alfalfa, Red Clover, and White Clover Grazing Tolerance Report

Gene Olson, Ray Smith, Chris Teutsch, Eric Vanzant | December 9, 2025 (New)

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is the highest-yielding, highest-quality forage legume grown in Kentucky. It forms the basis of Kentucky’s cash hay enterprise and is an important component in dairy, horse, beef, and sheep diets. Recent emphasis on its use as a grazing crop and the release of grazing-tolerant varieties have raised the following question: Do varieties differ in tolerance to grazing? To answer this question, we have chosen to use the standard tolerance test recommended by the North American Alfalfa Improvement Conference. This test uses continuous heavy grazing to sort out differences in grazing tolerance in a relatively short period of time.

PR-877: 2025 Cool-Season Grass Grazing Tolerance Report

Gene Olson, Ray Smith, Chris Teutsch, Tim Phillips, Eric Vanzant | December 9, 2025 (New)

Cool-season forages such as tall fescue, orchardgrass, and Kentucky bluegrass are the primary pasture grasses in Kentucky. Other species such as perennial ryegrass and festulolium can also be used in pasture systems. Little is known about the effect of variety on the grazing tolerance of these cool-season grass species.

PR-878: 2025 Cool-season Grass Horse Grazing Tolerance Report

Gene Olson, Ray Smith, Chris Teutsch, Tim Phillips, Laurie Lawrence | December 9, 2025 (New)

Cool-season forages such as Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, and orchardgrass are dominant pasture grasses for horses in Kentucky. Variety evaluations for yield have been carried out for many years, but little work has been done to evaluate varieties of these grasses for persistence when subjected to close, continual grazing by horses.

PR-868: 2025 Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test

Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine, Dalton Mertz | November 6, 2025 (New)

The objective of the Kentucky Hybrid Corn Performance Test is to provide relative performance estimates of hybrid seed corn sold in Kentucky. The test attempts to treat every hybrid in an unbiased manner. Agronomic practices that meet or exceed university guidelines are implemented at each location.

AGR-6: Weed Control Recommendations for Kentucky Grain Crops, 2026

Travis Legleiter | November 5, 2025 (Minor Revision)

The use of herbicides suggested in this publication is based on research at the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and elsewhere. We have given what we believe to be the most effective herbicides, with the most suitable rates and times of application.

PR-867: 2025 Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials

Dalton Mertz, Bill Bruening, Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine | October 30, 2025 (New)

The Kentucky Soybean Variety Performance Trials are conducted to provide an objective estimate of the relative performance of soybean varieties commercially available in Kentucky. Annual evaluation of soybean varieties provides farmers, seed producers, and other agricultural workers with current information to help them select the varieties best adapted to their locality and individual requirements.

PR-866: Kentucky Corn Silage Hybrid Performance Report, 2025

Cam Kenimer, Phillip Shine, Dalton Mertz | October 27, 2025 (New)

The objective of the Silage Corn Hybrid Performance Test is to provide unbiased forage yield and quality data for corn hybrids commonly grown for silage in Kentucky.

ID-125: Kentucky Wheat Guide

Chad Lee, Bill Bruening, J.D. Green, John Grove, Carrie Knott, Travis Legleiter, Edwin Ritchey, Carl Bradley, Raul Villanueva, Sam McNeill, Michael Montross, Greg Halich, Jordan Shockley, David Van Sanford, Grant Gardner | October 21, 2025 (Major Revision)

The soft red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in Kentucky provides flour for cookies, cakes, pastries, and crackers and is the fourth most valuable cash crop in the state. Winter wheat has been an integral part of crop rotation for Kentucky farmers. Wheat is normally harvested in June in Kentucky and provides an important source of cash flow during the summer months. Improvements in varieties and adoption of intensive wheat management practices have resulted in dramatically increased wheat yields.