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<blockquote data-quote="Twisted" data-source="post: 1836979" data-attributes="member: 43517"><p>The results of studies and experiments from 20 years ago proved that the endophyte free varieties could not withstand the pressures of grazing and would eventually die out. Researchers and cattlemen alike learned that fescue simply can't survive in a grazed pasture without endophytes. Did they quit there and call it good? No because slow weight gain was/is a solvable problem. The results of that research was to produce a variety of fescue that had endophytes but was still very digestible. They did that, that is where the novel varieties came from. I get that the previous failures may have left a bad taste but it's has been 10 years, your boots aren't the same after ten years.</p><p></p><p>I can buy K-31 cheap, real cheap compared to novel varieties, then pour money into other feeds to try and get the weight gain. I can't raise the other feeds on my operation, I can the grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twisted, post: 1836979, member: 43517"] The results of studies and experiments from 20 years ago proved that the endophyte free varieties could not withstand the pressures of grazing and would eventually die out. Researchers and cattlemen alike learned that fescue simply can't survive in a grazed pasture without endophytes. Did they quit there and call it good? No because slow weight gain was/is a solvable problem. The results of that research was to produce a variety of fescue that had endophytes but was still very digestible. They did that, that is where the novel varieties came from. I get that the previous failures may have left a bad taste but it's has been 10 years, your boots aren't the same after ten years. I can buy K-31 cheap, real cheap compared to novel varieties, then pour money into other feeds to try and get the weight gain. I can't raise the other feeds on my operation, I can the grass. [/QUOTE]
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