Abstract
Warm season grasses, such as sudangrass, and millet can provide quality forage in the hot summer months, when cool season perennial grasses enter dormancy and decline in productivity. The addition of summer annuals into a rotation can provide a harvest of high-quality forage for stored feed or grazing during this critical time. Generally, summer annuals germinate quickly, grow rapidly, are drought resistant, and have high productivity and flexibility in utilization. The UVM Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program conducted this variety trial to evaluate the yield and quality of warm season annual grasses.
Keywords
Vermont, University of Vermont, summer annuals, annuals
Publication Date
12-2021
Recommended Citation
Darby, Heather; Ziegler, Sara; Krezinski, Ivy; and Malone, Rory, "2020 Summer Annual Variety Trial" (2021). Northwest Crops & Soils Program. 438.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/nwcsp/438