xbred
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How many of you fertilize pasture.. or use open pasture/native unimproved pasture? I have to fertilize, clip, and move cattle... All are high cost.. i graze 1 unit per 1.5 acres.. and buy hay...
xbred":msnr4zv3 said:teach me... litter is hard to get here, but not impossible.. i get it when i can... i have good grass and take care of it.. i'm always willing to learn...do you rye grass in the winter?.. what do your mama cows eat in the winter Dec-feb?
I know for a fact that it will last more then 25 years. This farm was seeded when it was cleared 75 years ago and the fescue is still going strong. For most of that time it was just openly grazed (no smaller paddocks.pastures).agmantoo":3fz8kc87 said:regolith
I gave up on growing the fescues that supposedly do not have the endophyte that is detrimental to cattle. I use the KY31 variety that is the type that is host to the undesirable endophyte. My cattle are accustomed to eating this fescue and I see very little consequence from feeding it. The endophyte makes this a very hardy variety and stands of this fescue have been know to survive 25 plus years without replanting. The negative endophyte seed are very cheap and many lawns are planted to it here in North Carolina due to its survivability. With rain or irrigation the KY31 will be green roughly 10 months of the year here in growing zone 7. PS...have you ever tried a white clover named Alice?
xbred":1pgr7wsw said:How many of you fertilize pasture.. or use open pasture/native unimproved pasture? I have to fertilize, clip, and move cattle... All are high cost.. i graze 1 unit per 1.5 acres.. and buy hay...
xbred":3fcxb4qc said:How many of you fertilize pasture.. or use open pasture/native unimproved pasture? I have to fertilize, clip, and move cattle... All are high cost.. i graze 1 unit per 1.5 acres.. and buy hay...