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Ongoing Forage Research Initiatives

Our goal is to have a program that will help to improve profitability of New York State forage/livestock operations, while at the same time minimizing any negative effects of forage crops on the environment. Grass forage crops as a potential bioenergy supply to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and maintain open spaces also is being studied.

Specific Projects include:

Predicting forage quality of mixed alfalfa-grass stands in the spring.
Methods to evaluate differences in yield and quality among grass cultivars.
Grass as a potential biofuel for the Northeastern USA.
Methods of ensiling forages on a small scale.
Impact of timing and distribution through the year of dairy manure on grass stands.
Production of low potassium grass for non-lactating dairy cows.

Recent Publications

Cherney, J.H., and R.L. Kallenbach. 2005. Chapt. 18. Forage Systems in the Temperate Humid Zone. In (R.F. Barnes et al., ed.) Forages: Vol. 2. The Science of Grassland Agriculture. 6th ed., Iowa St. Univ. Press. (Accepted).
Cherney, D.J.R. and J.H. Cherney. 2005. Forages: Grasses. Pages 417-420. In: (Pond, W.G., and A.W. Bell, ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, NY.
Cherney, D.J.R. and J.H. Cherney. 2005. Forages: Shrubs and Forbs. Pages 425-428. In: (Pond, W.G., and A.W. Bell, ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, NY.
Cherney J.H. and D.J.R. Cherney. 2005. Forages: Legumes. Pages 421-424. In: (Pond, W.G., and A.W. Bell, ed.) Encyclopedia of Animal Science, Marcel Dekker, Inc., NY, NY.
Hall, M.W., J.H. Cherney and C.A. Rotz. 2005. Saving Forage as Hay or Silage. In (E. Rayburn, ed.) Pasture-Based Forage-Livestock Systems. Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES) (in press).
Cherney, D.J.R., M.A. Alessi, and J.H. Cherney. 2005. Influence of grass species and sample preparation on ensiling characteristics. Crop Sci. 45: (in press).
Cherney, D.J.R., and J.H. Cherney. 2005. Forage yield and quality of temperate perennial grasses as influenced by stubble height. Online. Forage and Grazinglands doi:10.1094/FG-2005-0215-01-RS.
Cherney, J.H., and D.J.R. Cherney. 2005. Agronomic response of cool-season grasses to low intensity harvest management and low potassium fertility. Agon. J. 97:1216-1221.
Cox, W.J. and J.H. Cherney. 2005. Timing corn forage harvest for bunker silos. Agron. J. 97:142-146.
Cox, W.J. R.R. Hahn, P.J. Stachowski, and J.H. Cherney. 2005 Weed Interference and glyphosate timing affect corn forage yield and quality. Agron. J. 97:847-853.
Kilcer, T.F., Q.M. Ketterings, J.H. Cherney, P. Cerosaletti, P. Barney. 2005. Optimum stand height for forage brown midrib sorghum x sudangrass in northeastern USA. J. Agron. and Crop Sci. 191:35-40.
Cherney, J.H., P.B. Woodbury, and S.D. DeGloria. 2005. Grass Bioenergy in the Northeastern USA. p. 71. In: Third USDA Symposium on Greenhouse gases and carbon sequestration in agriculture and forestry. 21-24 Mar., Baltimore, MD. USDA.
Woodbury, P.B., J.H. Cherney, J. Wightman, J.M Duxbury, W.J. Cox, C.L. Mohler, and S.D. DeGloria. 2005. Evaluating strategies for biomass fuel production in New York State. p. 250. In: Third USDA Symposium on Greenhouse gases and carbon sequestration in agriculture and forestry. 21-24 Mar., Baltimore, MD. USDA.
Cherney, D.J.R., M.A. Alessi, and J.H. Cherney. 2005. Influence of grass species and sample preparation on ensiling characteristics. p. 474. In: Proc. Int. Grassl. Congr., XXth, 26 June - 2 July, 2005. Dublin, Ireland. Wageningen Acad. Publ. Wageningen.
Cherney, J.H., and D.J.R. Cherney. 2005. Grass pellet bioenergy in the Northeastern USA. p. 403. In: Proc. Int. Grassl. Congr., XXth, 26 June - 2 July, 2005. Dublin, Ireland. Wageningen Acad. Publ. Wageningen.
Cox, W.J., J.H. Cherney, and D.J.R. Cherney. 2005. Evaluation of narrow-row maize in field-scale studies. p. 817. In: Proc. Int. Grassl. Congr., XXth, 26 June - 2 July, 2005. Dublin, Ireland. Wageningen Acad. Publ. Wageningen.
Cherney, D.J.R., J.H. Cherney and L.E. Chase. 2004. Lactation performance of Holstein cows fed fescue, orchardgrass or alfalfa silage. J. Dairy Sci. 87:2268-2276.
Ketterings, Q.M., T.F. Kilcer, P. Cerosaletti, and J.H. Cherney. 2004. Phosphorus removal by sorghum-sudangrass in Northeastern USA. Forage and Grazinglands doi:10.1094/FG-2004-1015-01-RS.
Casler, M.D., R.E. Barker, J.H. Cherney, and Y.A. Papadopolous. 2004. Stability of non-flowering orchardgrass. Crop Sci. 44:1601-1607.
Cherney, D.J.R., J.H. Cherney, L.E. Chase, and W.J. Cox. 2004. Milk production in Holstein cows as influenced by corn silage quality differences. Prof. Anim. Sci. 20:302-311.
McBride, M.B. and J. H. Cherney. 2004. Molybdenum, sulfur and other trace elements in farm soils and forages after sewage sludge application. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Analy. 35(3-4): 517-535.
Cherney, J.H., Q. Ketterings, and J.L. Orloski. 2004. Plant and soil elemental status as influenced by multi-year nitrogen and potassium fertilization. J. Plant Nutr. 27(6):991-1014.
Lewis, A.L., W.J. Cox, and J.H. Cherney. 2004. Hybrid, maturity, and cutting height interactions on corn forage yield and quality. Agron. J. 96:267-274.
Cherney, J.H. and D.J.R. Cherney. 2003. Chapt. 4. Assessing Silage Quality. pp. 141-198. In (D.R. Buxton, et al., ed.) Silage Science and Technology. ASA Monograph Series No. 42, ASA, CSSA, SSSA, Madison, WI.