Grazing Fall Triticale

[randiliana]

We've grazed Fall Rye many times in the past. So far I haven't found or heard of much that is tougher than Fall Rye is. But, this year we have a bunch of Fall Triticale that we are combining (first year for that too) and we are thinking of seeding a bunch of it too. It makes some really good bales. However, I am wondering how tough this stuff is if it is grazed in the fall. I know with Fall Rye, we can pretty much put cows out on it when it is seeded, and leave them there, and/or graze it again for a while in the spring. Of course you don't get quite the yields the next year as you would if you hadn't grazed, but it doesn't kill it off.

If Triticale isn't tough enough, we are considering either selling it and buying Rye seed, or simply fencing it off.

Consider too, that our winters get down to -30 C often, and sometimes colder than that.

 

[turklilley]

I grazed triticale last fall and into winter, it didn't seem to hurt it, but I didn't harvest it for grain.

 

[Stocker Steve]

I grazed triticale last fall and into winter, it didn't seem to hurt it, but I didn't harvest it for grain.

Same here.
I think there is a wide range of winter hardiness with different tritricale crosses.

 

[randiliana]

Thanks, guys, I'm still not sure exactly what we are going to do.