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I tried it a few times in the last few years in small plots of disturbed soil. I inoculated it and broadcast spread it in a mix with Teff grass, Berseem Clover, Crimson clover, Daikon Radish and some other stuff I don't recall.......It didn't grow much over 8", the clover seemed to smother it...

I Down here in the middle of the mitten I run my herd in flood plain, oak/maple ridges, and in red pine plantations. I thinned the pines about a decade ago and have rows about 20' apart. I unrolled first cut orchard/clover hay down the rows and now have some very nice silvopasture. The red...

That stuff looks pretty rough for second cut. Awful brown. Does it smell clean? I feed second cut orchard grass in the dead of winter. Last few years though the cattle have been avoiding it and preferring first cutting. It looks nice and green, smells nice. I haven't tested it yet. I would...

Last 4-5 years the ground hasn't frozen at all. That's why I have been unrolling. It was in the 50's this weekend. In December. I also had the same experience bale grazing. I did it on sandy ground with maybe an inch of top soil. Somehow still turned into a muddy mess that didn't grow...

Now that you say that......I am getting old faster than I think. It was near 20 years ago. Feels like yesterday. Yea black was nonexistent then. I have many fond memories of white faced cattle chasing me across pastures and destroying my VERY Expensive survey equipment. It is my...

I have tried half a dozen novel and no endophyte fescues here in MI. I have neighbors who throw it in their hay mix. I haven't had any luck with it. I plant a tilled up strip 15' wide and a few hundred feet long. I do it about every year. I try to mix a cool season grass, a small amount of...

What I was saying is that he isn't BS. Some of his ideas just don't work other places. It is the snow that kills me when unrolling. Those 800lb 4x5's don't roll real well in a foot of snow. It is like pushing them up a hill. Also takes forever. I end up pushing it 6 feet and have to take a...

I get a bunch of feral RCG in my flood plain fields after every flood year. Cows only eat the very tops when it is about 12" to 18" tall. Terrible feed. The "improved" stuff I have planted gets eaten to the dirt and killed off so often I have given up on it. I have a guy supply some of my...

Herefords in GA and SC are well known to be tolerant of KY31. The Trask lines. I spent 4 years running power lines with GA Power and most of the pastures north of the fall line, Macon to Disgusta were KY31......And most of the cattle were red with faces. Most guys raising them didn't even...

I have had loads of luck unrolling hay on bare spots and wore out, plugged up ground. It seeds and fertilizes at the same time. Needs to be first cut though. Preferably some that got a little long and rank before cutting. Stuff that works on one place doesn't necessarily work in another...

I tried oats like that once here in MI on bare ground when things were defrosting.....Got maybe one plant to grow per pound of seed. Your mileage may vary.

There was a study done in Wisgonsen a few years ago showing that pastures grazed over winter after dormancy didn't grow any slower than stockpiled pastures that were skipped. Spring growth was the same for both. I think I remember that dormancy was the key though. If the fall growing cool...

I was just doing the same thing with a t-post pounder I keep in my Jeep. It didn't work too well so I was gonna put the 16lb sledge to it. Thanks for the info. I have used a few times and it is my new favorite farm tool. I still have a good bit of grass to graze but am trying to stretch it...

I couldn't get a hold of the Hay b gone guy. The Judy baler is sold from a distributor down your way in Greenville OH. I am going down there tomorrow to pick one up. The timing is great too. My tractor is going to be spending the next month at the dealer getting an engine rebuild.

I went to Forestry school there in Houghton for a bit. Don't forget about the exotic maple. Tiger stripe, Birdseye, there's another I can't remember(it's been 20+years). The sugar or hard maple has a genetic variation and viola $20,000 trees!

Up here in Michigan those fresh shoots from the stumps make excellent cow fodder. I unroll or set out a couple round bales and watch the cows ignore and feast on oak, maple, ash and hickory leaves. I try to cut out the black cherry first. Anyplace that the bales were will grow good grass in a...

I am pretty sure that If we don't subsidize some of our beef operations, especially during the hard times we will all be eating Argentine, Brazilian, or Ozzy beef. When Country Of Origin Labeling (COOL) went away and imported beef is labeled "Product of the USA" because the primals were broken...

Old thread I know but I am trying to find the contact info for the Hay B Gone guy? I am in Michigan and have been unrolling hay by hand for a few years. Health issues are making a 4x5 really hard to roll through the snow. I need an unroller. I can't seem to find any phone numbers or email...