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Corn, grows at a soil temp 5 degrees colder than Sorghum, Sorghum Sudan. Single cut, like the oats. When the oats are ready for hay, I believe the corn wouldnt be unmanageable. And if you buy just whole feed corn... A shocking amount will germinate. Good value per investment. I would give...

I destocked 30% of my cows. Kept all my calves. Plan to turn the bull in on all the heifers and see what shakes out. If it gets super dry, i guess they will be feeders.

If you are giving half away now, i'ld almost bet you could graze it twice early in the season and stockpile after Sept 1. Then strip graze and you'ld probably need around 1.25 of stockpile to make it through winter if you normally feed for 100-110 days for winter. Doing it this way you wouldn't...

Ergot, Starts out looking orange, matures into a black mass resembling mouse poop. I've got it bad enough this year I can find it on fescue, orchard, annual ryegrass, and even a little of the johnson grass headed early enough to pick it up. They tell me it has the same effects on cattle as the...

Also. This time of year you might find bin run oats for 5.00 instead of 15.00 a bag at the Co-op. I see them on craigslist occasionally. Have no idea in your area, but an hour of looking and calling around might save some real money.

I can't help much as i've never got a decent stand of brassicas, i firmly believe that is caused by me planting them with cereal rye way to late in the season. I can tell you though that Stan Smith and the Ohio University Beef Extension has done the legwork on planting spring oats in the fall...

I've been working hay fields for the locals, sunburning through my long sleeves. I do have the skin of a princess though.

I wish I could have bought this white herd out when they were younger. 48 cows and after 2 years of culling for open and broken mouth i only have 10 left. They sure do good on fescue though, trying to keep all the heifers I can after the black cow wreck last year. These are the product of...

I'm not clipping. My hog is a POS and only mows at 1 height. Which is apparently the height to really cause eye problems. Trying to do the trampling with the cows this year. Daily move. He's a before and after. Should take another 50 days or so. I see them everyday so i'll know if they start...

I know the conditions were good last year and the fields were hot. That and the fact that I had 69 cows new to the farm, 36 of which were first calf heifers. It wasnt a fun summer. Finding a lot of ergot this year in the fescue. Not very excited, but I guess it will give a chance to see how...

Don't spray with round-up. Orchard and Fescue quit growing in the summer, but they are never truely dormant, if it's green then glyphosate with kill it. Really in my area the only stands of grass anyone sprays with round-up is bermuda early in the spring.

Look on the drivers side in front of the hip. If its sunk in they arent eating. If its flush or even rounded out, they are full. If they fescue pasture that isnt very diverse. They may be getting warm and not eating in the heat of the day. I bet they just arent eating enough for you to notice...

They were screaming for 4 inches here night before last. Started posting flash flood warnings 2 days in advance. Got less than a .25... Dry the next 8 days i guess.

After an e-mail, some phone calls, and harassing all the old timers. It looks like a smaller less robust version of Reed's canary grass. Now that could be because they are new volunteers and will strengthen with time, or a different variety. Could be completely different, but that's the thought...

They say timothy is the last of the cool seasons to head. I have gamma grass that has went to seed. Therefore, i'm not even sure what if this is a cool or warm season, but most of it is just now hitting boot stage. I did find a good seed head though. It doesnt look like a bunch grass, but that...

Seems early for emergence, but with hurricane moisture coming Monday night. Feeling pretty optimistic about the stand. I'm not sure the difference in corn and SS seedlings at that size. But if the Corn isn't coming it was only 14 dollars wasted.

I'm afraid the fall won't play out the way I dream. I may have to plant Oats early in the spring after strip grazing this winter instead of ryegrass. I'll try to post a follow up though. I'm putting in a 2 and 5 acre test plot on the 15th. One is a 5 way mix, the other a 16. Both from green...

Just finished up. Mix is whole Feed corn, BMR Forage Sorghum, BMR pearl millet, hybrid sudangrass, cow peas, laredo soybeans, Sunn Hemp... Planted the 1st, cows will start harvesting in september when it cools down a little. I Dont have any shade in those fields. But with the BMR and delayed...

Soon to a field near you. Gamagrass is up as well as Johnson grass. People are clearing off their bermuda fields to let the sun shine in. I'll finish no-tilling my warm-season mix in the morning. First time I've mixed seeds together. First time for planting summer annuals for me. Kind of excited...

I will add that i believe the others are right about the grazing management.. With this method you are relying on the cows to distribute manure evenly. I believe the chart from grazing school said in continuous grazing it takes 27 years to get a manure pile per square yard. 1 year under daily...