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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 596392" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>I too live in NC and I have a problem understanding why in this discussion there is talk of feeding hay this time of year when fescue grows extremely well and the residual thatch is a good host for getting rye started and producing prior to March. Starting in late August and early September depending on rain, I begin my approaching toward stockpiling fescue for the Winter. My herd is concentrated on the tallest grass available and rotated daily to permit the rest of the farm to produce as much growth as possible. Once I get 10 acres or so eaten down to 3 to 4 inches and manured rather heavily I take a cheap seed slinger and a worn out drag harrow and start over seeding. Normally this is with Marshall rye and if there are bare spots in the previous forage I blend in fescue. Normally the seeded plants have sprouted and are growing within a week to ten days. I do not plan on going back on these until I get some decent top growth but I now have grass staged in various growth heights and most of the land is in production. I will by this date have paddocks grazed within the last month already approaching a growth level to where it will soon could be grazed in an emergency. These areas will be reserved for grazing in Feb. I have only 50 round bales for emergency feed and I plan on going through the entire Winter on stockpiled grass. Herd size is ~100 cows and heifers and various aged calves as I calve year round selling calves 4 times a year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 596392, member: 8973"] I too live in NC and I have a problem understanding why in this discussion there is talk of feeding hay this time of year when fescue grows extremely well and the residual thatch is a good host for getting rye started and producing prior to March. Starting in late August and early September depending on rain, I begin my approaching toward stockpiling fescue for the Winter. My herd is concentrated on the tallest grass available and rotated daily to permit the rest of the farm to produce as much growth as possible. Once I get 10 acres or so eaten down to 3 to 4 inches and manured rather heavily I take a cheap seed slinger and a worn out drag harrow and start over seeding. Normally this is with Marshall rye and if there are bare spots in the previous forage I blend in fescue. Normally the seeded plants have sprouted and are growing within a week to ten days. I do not plan on going back on these until I get some decent top growth but I now have grass staged in various growth heights and most of the land is in production. I will by this date have paddocks grazed within the last month already approaching a growth level to where it will soon could be grazed in an emergency. These areas will be reserved for grazing in Feb. I have only 50 round bales for emergency feed and I plan on going through the entire Winter on stockpiled grass. Herd size is ~100 cows and heifers and various aged calves as I calve year round selling calves 4 times a year. [/QUOTE]
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