Recent content by SimAngHerf

I plant a decent amount of Tifleaf 3 pearl millet just south of you in MS. It will grow like no other and produces good tonnage for wet hay. I would be cautious planting behind mowing because the heavy residue can make it difficult to get proper seed placement and allowing ample sunlight for the...

A prepared seedbed that promotes good seed to soil contact will always out perform a no-till broadcast. I have never gave it much thought but I think the loose soil will absorb more moisture for germination compared to packer pasture. We have to be careful with any soil tillage and grazing due...

I can’t help you much but the vetch we had on our leased farm never seem to do much until spring. We are in Northwest Mississippi

We planted about 100acres of Annual Ryegrass and Balansa, it done well for us and came back good this year on it’s own. How pasture was a little low in PH and P & K and it still done good.

I have not seen it in person as I have only seen one dairy guy that had some inline wheat bales and that is it. I have read it in various university papers, YouTube and seen photos.

Good point on the last statement, that hadn’t occurred to me at all.

I do plan to purchase a wrapper, I have looked and asked about renting with no success and I’m like on liking the control of when I can have it. My only thought on the hugger is able to stack them 3 high on the flat side, if not for that need I certainly wouldn’t entertain the thought. I didn’t...

So this coming summer I plan to put up about 500-600 (4’x5.5’) of ryegrass and pearl millet bales. I’m fairly certain the first cut and all of the millet will be put up wet but hoping 1 or 2 cuts of the ryegrass can go up dry. We don’t really have the option for an in-line wrap due to rolling...

Sometimes I wish we had warmer winters for better cool season growth but I dang sure don’t want y’alls summers and droughts.

Did you harvest it with disc cutter or moco? I haven’t been around any baled SS so I’m concerned how the taller stalks will bale.

How did your pearl millet and SS turn out? I have used millet for a cover crop to help clean up a field and been astonished by how fast it will germinate and get to 30”. Plan to do about 45 acres in baleage this coming summer.

I think you and I were on the same page regarding the very low possibility of Urea becoming volatile and that is likely what they were referring too. I was just asking because you never know what someone else may teach you.

Well I’m 100% with y’all on having faith in the weather man. I reckon my thoughts were what is the harm if fertilizer is broadcasted then the shower is missed?

Butch, thats kinda my thoughts as well but here's one other factor that caused me to test. I noticed their piles are a lot firmer than I would like to see, not horse crap but also not a pie. Usually they arent quite that firm on this hay. I market my feeders as grass-fed and finished but I can...