FIRST FALL FREEZE. Alfalfa
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1 By Virgil Schmittt, ISU Extension Field Agronomist 1514 Isett Avenue Muscatine, IA Covering the Iowa counties of Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Louisa, Muscatine, and Scott FIRST FALL FREEZE The week end freeze raises concerns about managing sudangrass and sorghumsudan hybrids, and there are also concerns about managing alfalfa around the time of the first freeze. Some things to consider: Alfalfa Alfalfa usually requires 24 F to completely kill its top growth. Temperatures a few degrees above 24 degrees F will cause visible damage, but the plant will continue to grow using the remaining leaf area. To optimize plant development and its over wintering ability, allow the plant to grow until a killing frost or mid October; whichever comes first. If no killing frost occurs by mid October and a harvest is desired, harvest the forage. The short daylengths and cold fall temperatures will minimize the use of root reserves prior to the "soon to come" killing frost. There is an old, persistent false hood around that alfalfa becomes toxic following a frost. Alfalfa does NOT contain any "toxic" compounds that arise from exposure to frost. However, alfalfa can cause bloat, and immediately after a frost, alfalfa's bloat potential is higher than normal. An over simplified and brief explanation for this is: Bloat is largely caused by a rapid release of soluble proteins into the rumen. Alfalfa has considerable amounts of soluble proteins. As cattle eat alfalfa, their chewing action breaks up plant cells and slowly releases the soluble proteins into the rumen. If the cattle eat recently frosted alfalfa, they eat already broken cells from the frost which rapidly releases soluble proteins which increases the chance of bloat. Once the frosted parts of the plant dry, alfalfa's bloat potential is back to normal.
2 Sudangrass and Sorghum Sudan Hybrids These crops require 28 F for a killing frost, however even a "light" frost requires special management. Prussic acid accumulates in the frosted tissue within a few hours after thawing and wilting. A "light" frost may damage just the tops of plants. If this occurs, delay grazing or harvest a few days after frost to allow the prussic acid to dissipate from the plant tops. Livestock can be returned to frost injured sudangrass (18 inches or taller) and sorghum sudan (28 inches or taller) after 5 to 7 days. Sometimes a "light" frost enhances development of young shoots from the base of the plants. If this occurs, delay sending livestock to graze this forage since these new shoots would be high in prussic acid. Ideally, wait for the new shoots to get to a proper grazing height (sudangrass 18 inches or taller and sorghum sudan 28 inches or taller), but more than likely a complete killing frost will occur before that would happen. Once a complete killing frost occurs, wait until the frosted tissue is drying out (usually about 10 days) before grazing or harvest. If haying the forage, the curing process decreases the prussic acid content as much as 75%, which removes the feeding concern. However, haying these forages this late in the season is nearly impossible because of poor dry down conditions. If green chopping the forage, chop only as much forage as the cattle will consume in 4 to 5 hours. Never green chop the forage and let it sit on the wagon overnight. If ensiling, harvest at proper moisture for your storage structure to ensure good fermentation. Good fermentation takes a minimum of 4 weeks. The fermentation process will reduce the prussic acid content. Since immature plants can contain higher prussic acid levels, leave this forage ferment for at least 8 weeks before feeding. Never allow horses to graze sorghums or sudangrass at any time. See Steve Barnhart s recent article in the ICM News for more information at
3 CORN Corn Ear Rots Nearby counties have had many cases of Fusarium and Diplodia ear rot this fall, which could cause storage and marketing problems. While I ve not seen extensive infections in any of the counties I serve, it would still be wise to scout each hybrid in each field for evidence of ear rots. If in scouting corn fields, more than 10% of the ears have more than 25% of the ear covered with mold, it s recommended to harvest as soon as possible and dry the corn down to 15% to prevent the mold from spreading further and potentially producing mycotoxins. For more information on scouting for mold, including pictures, see Alison Robertson s ICM News article at Stalk Rots While scouting for ear rots, also check each hybrid in each field for stalk rots. If stalk rots are found, again harvest the field as soon as possible. Drying & Storage Concerns With the late maturing crop, corn will dry down more slowly in the field than normal, which will likely increase drying costs this fall. Greg Brenneman, ISU Extension Ag Engineer, reports that it takes 15 to 20 Growing Degree Days (GDDs) to drop corn about one percentage point of moisture. With normal weather, we can expect early October corn dry down of 0.5 to 0.75% per day and decreasing in late October to less than 0.33% per day. Based on these drying rates, corn matured to black layer on October 1 is expected to drop into the low 20% moisture range by late October, and will require additional drying for long term storage or sale. At least LP prices have come down from last fall.
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