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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1806945" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>The reason I was asking, I was considering (in part) how significant winter grazing would be for you. I'm going to guess you calve year round and don't try to get all your calves in either the spring or fall. With that in mind, I would definitely plant tall fescue as the main pasture grass. You can use KY31, or a tall fescue with a novel endophyte, but not endophyte free. You need the endophyte for winter vigor in the tall fescue. If you use KY 31, make sure you have a healthy mix of a clover/legume to buffer any effect of fescue toxicosis that may occur. IF you calve all in the spring, consider a stand of orchard grass instead of the fescue as that will provide a bit more growth/forage for the calves during the summer, but the trade off is that it doesn't carry into the winter as fell as the fescue, but it is still decent. The calves should do better with actual grazing. The cows can harvest directly from the pasture or consume hay, there is little if any difference between hay and grazing for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1806945, member: 43196"] The reason I was asking, I was considering (in part) how significant winter grazing would be for you. I'm going to guess you calve year round and don't try to get all your calves in either the spring or fall. With that in mind, I would definitely plant tall fescue as the main pasture grass. You can use KY31, or a tall fescue with a novel endophyte, but not endophyte free. You need the endophyte for winter vigor in the tall fescue. If you use KY 31, make sure you have a healthy mix of a clover/legume to buffer any effect of fescue toxicosis that may occur. IF you calve all in the spring, consider a stand of orchard grass instead of the fescue as that will provide a bit more growth/forage for the calves during the summer, but the trade off is that it doesn't carry into the winter as fell as the fescue, but it is still decent. The calves should do better with actual grazing. The cows can harvest directly from the pasture or consume hay, there is little if any difference between hay and grazing for them. [/QUOTE]
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