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.
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