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<blockquote data-quote="fargus" data-source="post: 769446" data-attributes="member: 13480"><p>Been away for a couple days, sorry to start a topic and disappear.</p><p></p><p>We run intensive rotational grazing, the cows get moved every 1-3 days depending on growing conditions, stage of the season, etc. Our OG lasts 20+ years and we can pretty much count on some reseeding every year. The cows don't prefer it once it is 6+ inches tall, but will eat it if you force them to. In a continuous grazing system, or a longer rotation (1 week + in the same field) they'll annhilate OG because the regrowth is so vigorous. I do like how early it starts in the year, and it regrows fast. I think it disappears because it is the first grass to send up new shoots, and the cows nip it off then because they love the brand new shoots. That's murder to a grass, especially one that throws up new growth that quickly.</p><p></p><p>I was curious about the big bluestem because being a warm season grass it matures later. We get a lot of 80-90+ weather in June through the middle of August, and it would be nice to not have to hit every inch of the farm between May 1 and May 20. (If we don't, that's when that darned OG gets way ahead of us, and we never catch up after that.) I had heard a few good things about it, and finally saw the stuff live. It seemed to be fine-leaved, and wasn't even thinking about heading out yet. I wouldn't be using it for hay, it would strictly be a pasture species. The two most common dedicated energy crops grown here are switchgrass and miscanthus, with switchgrass yielding 4-5 tons/ac and established miscanthus doing 10+ so we know we can successfully grow C4 perennial grasses. Might be best if I stick to our tall fescue, reed canarygrass and trefoil cocktail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fargus, post: 769446, member: 13480"] Been away for a couple days, sorry to start a topic and disappear. We run intensive rotational grazing, the cows get moved every 1-3 days depending on growing conditions, stage of the season, etc. Our OG lasts 20+ years and we can pretty much count on some reseeding every year. The cows don't prefer it once it is 6+ inches tall, but will eat it if you force them to. In a continuous grazing system, or a longer rotation (1 week + in the same field) they'll annhilate OG because the regrowth is so vigorous. I do like how early it starts in the year, and it regrows fast. I think it disappears because it is the first grass to send up new shoots, and the cows nip it off then because they love the brand new shoots. That's murder to a grass, especially one that throws up new growth that quickly. I was curious about the big bluestem because being a warm season grass it matures later. We get a lot of 80-90+ weather in June through the middle of August, and it would be nice to not have to hit every inch of the farm between May 1 and May 20. (If we don't, that's when that darned OG gets way ahead of us, and we never catch up after that.) I had heard a few good things about it, and finally saw the stuff live. It seemed to be fine-leaved, and wasn't even thinking about heading out yet. I wouldn't be using it for hay, it would strictly be a pasture species. The two most common dedicated energy crops grown here are switchgrass and miscanthus, with switchgrass yielding 4-5 tons/ac and established miscanthus doing 10+ so we know we can successfully grow C4 perennial grasses. Might be best if I stick to our tall fescue, reed canarygrass and trefoil cocktail. [/QUOTE]
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