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<blockquote data-quote="Douglas" data-source="post: 943627" data-attributes="member: 8840"><p>I have been double cropping Red River for several years. For it to work well you need to renovate from time to time. Meaning a light discing every year for best performance. I do it in the fall before rye/ryegrass. My crimson clover now voluteers every year as well, and the renovation helps there i think too. I lightly disc, broadcast seed and drag.</p><p>You need to let the crabgrass go to seed every year as well for best performance. Crabgrass needs moisture. Crabgrass performs better after cereal rye than ryegrass, as the ryegrass holds up longer and delays crabgrass start. It will not do much of anything in a drought. When you have a dry spell you will wish you have bermuda. I don't count on it for the majority of my summer grazing. Having said all that, it is the highest quality annual forage you can grow in the summer . For stockers or replacements it is very good if properly fertilized. In a wet year you can't keep up with it. In my system i use an August burndown then plant winter annuals in Sept. It can be done without the burndow and a little more discing. There is a guy here in NC the markets grass fed cattle on crabgrass & Marshall ryegrass only. Baldwin farms i think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Douglas, post: 943627, member: 8840"] I have been double cropping Red River for several years. For it to work well you need to renovate from time to time. Meaning a light discing every year for best performance. I do it in the fall before rye/ryegrass. My crimson clover now voluteers every year as well, and the renovation helps there i think too. I lightly disc, broadcast seed and drag. You need to let the crabgrass go to seed every year as well for best performance. Crabgrass needs moisture. Crabgrass performs better after cereal rye than ryegrass, as the ryegrass holds up longer and delays crabgrass start. It will not do much of anything in a drought. When you have a dry spell you will wish you have bermuda. I don't count on it for the majority of my summer grazing. Having said all that, it is the highest quality annual forage you can grow in the summer . For stockers or replacements it is very good if properly fertilized. In a wet year you can't keep up with it. In my system i use an August burndown then plant winter annuals in Sept. It can be done without the burndow and a little more discing. There is a guy here in NC the markets grass fed cattle on crabgrass & Marshall ryegrass only. Baldwin farms i think. [/QUOTE]
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