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<blockquote data-quote="Otha" data-source="post: 1770350" data-attributes="member: 41397"><p>That is an interesting article. It has two weak points for my operation. The first being in mentions east Texas ranch which makes sense because the rye grass pasture it mentions for early spring grazing doesn't work that well alot of years in this area. Rye grass doesn't begin to grow much till late feb or mid march. It mentions that the stockpiled grass needs to be grazed by mid January which still leaves a lot of hay to be fed to get you to that rye grass. The second problem is sometimes it's been cheaper to buy and feed hay than spread the rye grass. Cost of fertilizer and rainfall can make the rye grass plan cost more pretty quick. Rye also seems to compete more with the Bermuda come may. We've seen better results with over seeding oats and wheat even though it cost more to no till it in than spread the rye grass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otha, post: 1770350, member: 41397"] That is an interesting article. It has two weak points for my operation. The first being in mentions east Texas ranch which makes sense because the rye grass pasture it mentions for early spring grazing doesn't work that well alot of years in this area. Rye grass doesn't begin to grow much till late feb or mid march. It mentions that the stockpiled grass needs to be grazed by mid January which still leaves a lot of hay to be fed to get you to that rye grass. The second problem is sometimes it's been cheaper to buy and feed hay than spread the rye grass. Cost of fertilizer and rainfall can make the rye grass plan cost more pretty quick. Rye also seems to compete more with the Bermuda come may. We've seen better results with over seeding oats and wheat even though it cost more to no till it in than spread the rye grass. [/QUOTE]
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