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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1617997" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Like Bigfoot, I looked at many of the NWS grasses, including gamagrass - but the high cost of seed, difficulty in getting them established, and the limited grazing they'll support made them all non-starters here, as we were a grazing only operation and bought in all our hay. </p><p></p><p>KY 31 is still what it used to be... but attention to the issues associated with the endophyte have made it less desirable for many producers. And, the NRCS and FSA 'have it in for it' because it's not a good 'wildlife' habitat plant. That said, it is tough as nails.</p><p>In our experience, the endophyte-free fescues will turn toes-up at the first hint of drought or overgrazing. Novel endophyte types are the way to go, if you're wanting to escape the 'summer slump' and 'fescue foot' issues associated with KY-31 while still getting reasonable performance and persistence. A mix of MaxQ fescue and Persist orchardgrass, with a good white and red clover interseeded) has worked fairly well here as well as in southern middle and western TN. </p><p>Persist has far outlasted any other OG we ever planted, and palatability was way better - OG used to be the very last thing the cows would eat before they moved to a fresh paddock. Timothy only lasts a year or two here; for me, about the only thing it's good for is using to dilute out clover seed so that I get a more even distribution when broadcast seeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1617997, member: 12607"] Like Bigfoot, I looked at many of the NWS grasses, including gamagrass - but the high cost of seed, difficulty in getting them established, and the limited grazing they'll support made them all non-starters here, as we were a grazing only operation and bought in all our hay. KY 31 is still what it used to be... but attention to the issues associated with the endophyte have made it less desirable for many producers. And, the NRCS and FSA 'have it in for it' because it's not a good 'wildlife' habitat plant. That said, it is tough as nails. In our experience, the endophyte-free fescues will turn toes-up at the first hint of drought or overgrazing. Novel endophyte types are the way to go, if you're wanting to escape the 'summer slump' and 'fescue foot' issues associated with KY-31 while still getting reasonable performance and persistence. A mix of MaxQ fescue and Persist orchardgrass, with a good white and red clover interseeded) has worked fairly well here as well as in southern middle and western TN. Persist has far outlasted any other OG we ever planted, and palatability was way better - OG used to be the very last thing the cows would eat before they moved to a fresh paddock. Timothy only lasts a year or two here; for me, about the only thing it's good for is using to dilute out clover seed so that I get a more even distribution when broadcast seeding. [/QUOTE]
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