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Madison County Democrat
London, Madison County, Ohio
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Ohio dairy farmer John Shantz has integrated ladino clover into his 170-acre farm over eight years, using it in rotations with alfalfa, brome, and timothy to improve pasture, hay, soil nitrogen, and reduce bloat issues in his herd.
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After eight years, John Shantz, an Ohio dairy farmer, could not get along without ladino even if he wanted to. The clover has taken over his 170 acre farm. In fact, Shantz plows under ladino to get land back to alfalfa and brome. By the time alfalfa dies out the volunteer ladino stand is thick enough to sweeten the pasture and hay mixture. It continues to feed nitrogen into the soil after the alfalfa goes.
Shantz starts brome or timothy with alfalfa. Later, the grass competes with volunteer ladino. He says this is a good mixture. It cures faster than clover alone and he has less trouble with bloat.
His corn, small grain, alfalfa-rotation provides hay, grain and silage for his dairy herd. The older seedings of brome and timothy mixed with volunteer ladino are divided into small fields. On pasture, cows are moved once a week. His crop rotation is established on 35 acres his most level land.
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John Shantz, an Ohio dairy farmer, has used ladino clover for eight years on his 170-acre farm. He plows it under to revert to alfalfa and brome, but it volunteers back to enhance pastures and hay, adding nitrogen to soil. He starts brome or timothy with alfalfa, allowing grass to compete with ladino for a mixture that cures faster and reduces bloat. His rotation of corn, small grain, and alfalfa provides feed for his dairy herd, with older seedings divided into small fields and cows moved weekly on pasture. The rotation is on 35 acres of level land.