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<blockquote data-quote="dwa" data-source="post: 1384842" data-attributes="member: 18609"><p>That's why I wouldn't want to plant a field with it from my experience with it. Unless you are in the need of more summer grass. I'm assuming what we have in areas is the Pensacola variety. It does well in the summer but cows will not hardly touch it after a frost. My rest periods are normally 45-60 days. First rotation of the year may only be 30 days. With a variety of grasses you'll always have something in the fields that are in a vegetative state for them to get by on. </p><p></p><p>I've noticed that the shorter rotation you are on the cows always graze the grass they grazed the last time. Leaving some that matures and the rest very short. The answer could be to increase stocking rate to where the grass was grazed evenly. But I'll be damned if I'm gonna stock to where I only have 30-40 days of grass in front of me. One dry spell and you're toast. Also, I'm not going to mow a field after the cows leave every time. I haven't mowed my fields in 6 years. I do spot spray and have mowed some stuff after I have killed it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dwa, post: 1384842, member: 18609"] That's why I wouldn't want to plant a field with it from my experience with it. Unless you are in the need of more summer grass. I'm assuming what we have in areas is the Pensacola variety. It does well in the summer but cows will not hardly touch it after a frost. My rest periods are normally 45-60 days. First rotation of the year may only be 30 days. With a variety of grasses you'll always have something in the fields that are in a vegetative state for them to get by on. I've noticed that the shorter rotation you are on the cows always graze the grass they grazed the last time. Leaving some that matures and the rest very short. The answer could be to increase stocking rate to where the grass was grazed evenly. But I'll be damned if I'm gonna stock to where I only have 30-40 days of grass in front of me. One dry spell and you're toast. Also, I'm not going to mow a field after the cows leave every time. I haven't mowed my fields in 6 years. I do spot spray and have mowed some stuff after I have killed it. [/QUOTE]
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