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Research Project: Improving Sustainability of Dairy and Forage Production Systems for the Upper Midwest

Location: Environmentally Integrated Dairy Management Research

Title: Rhizoma perennial peanut strip planting: How did it work over the years?

Author
item BERNARDINI, MARILIA - University Of Florida
item DUBEUX, JOSE - University Of Florida
item DANTAS QUEIROZ, LUANA - University Of Florida
item GARCIA, LIZA - University Of Florida
item Jaramillo, David
item SANTOS, ERICK - University Of Alberta
item SOLLENBERGER, LYNN - University Of Florida
item VENDRAMINI, JOAO - University Of Florida
item RUIZ-MORENO, MARTIN - University Of Florida

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/2022
Publication Date: 9/1/2022
Citation: Bernardini, M., Dubeux, J., Dantas Queiroz, L., Garcia, L., Jaramillo, D.M., Santos, E., Sollenberger, L., Vendramini, J., Ruiz-Moreno, M. 2022. Rhizoma perennial peanut strip planting: How did it work over the years?. Meeting Abstract. 022 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Nov. 6-9, 2022.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Rhizoma perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata Benth; RPP) is a perennial warm-season legume adapted to the U.S. Southern Coastal Plain. Propagation of RPP is costly because of multiple activities involving digging and sprigging rhizomes. Strip-planting RPP is an alternative to reduce establishment cost. This practice consists of planting 50% of the area in strips, and can offset a large portion of the establishment costs and allow producers to expand the area of this important forage legume. We established two on-farm and one on-station fields of RPP using a strip-planting approach in 2014 and we are presenting the evolution of these fields over the years. Over the six years, RPP was managed under continuous stocking and variable stocking rate at the Experimental Station and grazed under producer’s management practice at the two on-farm sites. At the North Florida Research and Education Center in Marianna, FL, the RPP strips expanded horizontally at a linear rate of 14 cm per year (84 cm in 6 years), mixing with the Argentine bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flügge). Strip width was 2.37 m initially (2015), and in 2021 measured 3.21 m wide. Strip planting proved to be a sound practice to establish RPP with reduced costs. This practice has been included in Florida USDA-NRCS EQIP programs, allowing producers to have a cost share to further reduce the establishment costs.