Cooperative Extension
Colorado State University

FROM THE GROUND UP

APRIL 2000
VOLUME 20
ISSUE 4

Improving Forage Yields And Quality In Colorado

Forage production management techniques address equipment, processes, and irrigation.

Forage production occurs throughout the state of Colorado.  Some production techniques, such as harvest and storage, can be addressed on a statewide basis.  Other concerns, such as water use, depend on altitude, geography, and other factors.  In this issue of Agronomy News, we address a variety of topics related to forage production.  The first article deals with harvest and storage management in general.  Grazing windrows is the topic of the second article.   The third article addresses the use of large bale silage as a storage device.  A model for determining water use in mountain meadows which considers geographic and agricultural factors unique to production sites is presented in the final article.  Together, these articles provide information of use to forage producers throughout the state.

FROM THE GROUND UP agronomy news is a monthly publication of Cooperative Extension, Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

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