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White clover is better for grazing and red clover is better for hay or silage. White is more drought tolerant. If you have had problems in the past in feeding orchardgrass it is likely due to the variety you planted and its rust resistance. If you have a rusty variety like Potomac cattle...

What are you wanting from your pasture? Persistance or performance? Shorter lived grasses offer more performance at a trade off to persistance. University of Tennessee has been doing some good work on varietal testing for forages http://forages.tennessee.edu/Page11-%20 ... rials.html...

The question that you should ask yourself before deciding on a pasture grass or mix is "What do you want out of your pasture?" Are you looking for persistence or are you looking for performance? From a persistence standpoint KY31 is tough to beat.... however, very little of the seed sold...