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That 3-5 inch mat of thatch is not good for the regrowth. Based on what you are saying, I'd be very afraid that the thatch is going to harden into an impenetrable mat and smother regrowth. I would guess the rotting clover isn't fit for consumption. However, either take it off (bale) or tedder it...

Don't even try to broadcast seed over any relatively dense vegetation that has any height to it above I'd say 3 inches. A height if an inch or less is much more preferable. If you do this, the vast majority of the seed will never make contact with the soil surface. Of course, if the seed isn't...

I don't want to get technical here. The N is released from the 'plant' as the plants die off, are cut back, or are grazed. The N has long since been fixed, not by the plant, but by the associated bacteria. What is happening is that the nodes of bacteria, which are full of the nitrogen and have...

Good grief! It almost appears as if you are cleaning up the aftermath of a tornado to get that stuff and volume!

My first thought was, "That has to be one heck of a branch and to have 10 cows standing under it at the same time is extreme in the odds the branch falling and killing the cows." Then it registered. You said CHERRY. The tree was in leaf and the cows ate the leaves - quite a lot - which is what...

Interesting. Open Range laws. I didn't realize there were Open Range laws East of the Mississippi!

Threaten the neighbor with castrating the bull. If you can't get close to the bull, use a 22.

BBQ? 😁 I must say though, I COMPLETELY agree!

I'm not so sure I am. I've been 'threatened' with being asked to write a grazing management plan for ostriches. I've been attacked by a couple emus, and I have actually written a grazing plan that did include an emu. This has been a few years ago. I still haven't seen any information on how much...

I've got to resurrect this thread. As a conservation planner that gets to address resource concerns on a daily basis, and also be treated as if I'm a banker handing out free money (many people think that with me working for the government), the list I could add here would get pretty long. Here...

Thought you might like these. This was outside the office door. Fully developed seedhead and note the "W".

Shouldn't hurt anything. I seriously doubt you have any nutrient excess on your hayfield and would bet that you don't, and I'm not a betting man. That said, it would be prudent to get a soil test and see what you actually do need. Question: If you don't need the fertilizer, why take the time...

This one is smooth brome. Not that meadow brome isn't used here in the east, but I'm not aware of it occurring here and the smooth is naturalized. The meadow brome is also 'fuzzy' where the smooth brome is not, and this is not fuzzy.

The seedhead helps with brome, but the "W" (or "M") on the leaf is a dead giveaway.

@ClinchValley86, after figuring out it is brome, the answer to this is yes. It's present where you are, but not near as common as north of you and north of me for that matter. Well, in reference to southern Ohio anyway.

Oh, my! OK. that thought had crossed my mind. Anyone else notice the "W" on the leaves? It's brome! The seeds look somewhat uncharacteristically thin, but there is no doubt in my mind on the ID.

Don't ya know, the grass is ALWAYS greener on the other side of the fence. :giggle:

The seedhead isn't fully expanded by far. All of the 'seeds' will be attached directly to the rachis in perennial rye. This seedhead/inflorescence is going to be/is a panicle when fully developed. I'm going to guess your plant ID is recognizing a rachis rather than a panicle that isn't fully...

Leaf edge, not the underside. Basically, take a leaf blade and drag it across your fingertip kinda like using it like a knife. The leaf edge, but draw the leaf across your fingertip from the tip of the leaf to the base of the leaf, not the base of the leaf to the tip.