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Northern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center

Title Summary Date ID Author(s)
Corn Planter Unit Calibration Recommended to Maximize Profits Dec 9, 2011
Role of Illegal Hispanic Labor Force in American Agriculture Oct 12, 2011
Should Farmers Invest in IRA’s to Save Income Taxes? Dec 9, 2011
Small Grain Forage Variety Testing, 2009.

A forage production trial of commercial barley, oat, rye, triticale, and wheat cultivars has been conducted yearly from 1994-2009 at the Northern Piedmont AREC, Orange.  Long-term results were published in 2004 and are available on the web at http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/418/418-019/418-019.html

Aug 28, 2009
The Virginia Alfalfa Variety Report: A Five-year Summary (1999 - 2003) May 1, 2009 418-018
The Virginia Perennial Cool-Season Grass Forage Variety Report: A 3-Year Summary (2002-2004)

Perennial cool-season forage grasses are the foundation of ruminant livestock production systems in Virginia. Sound management of these grasses begins with proper species and variety selection. This report is a summary of forage variety trials performed with perennial cool-season grasses at Virginia Tech Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (ARECs) from 2002 through 2004. It includes trials seeded at the Southern Piedmont AREC (SPAREC) at Blackstone and at the Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, September 2001 and harvested for three years (2002 through 2004) 

May 1, 2009 418-200
Virginia Small Grain Forage Variety Testing Report: Long-Term Summary (1994-2004) May 1, 2009 418-019