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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 697017" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I would NOT kill off my KY-31 to plant a no/low-endophyte strain of fescue - believe me, I learned the hard way; I drank the NRCS koolaid and killed out most of the well-established KY-31 on this farm to plant their recommended mix of orchardgrass/timothy/red clover - but I also put in some low-endophyte fescue and Ladino clover 'on my own dime'. Other than the Ladino clover, none of the others lasted more than 2-3 years. I'd never make that mistake again, or recommend it to anyone. Those EQUIP $$$ cost me more than I got out of them.</p><p>Far, far better to just keep clovers/lespedezas in the forage mix to dilute out the effects of the KY-31 endophyte and select cows that will perform on it. </p><p>Since I'm having to re-plant to restore something to take the place of the KY-31 I stupidly eliminated, I'm biting the bullet and planting a mix of Max-Q novel-endophyte fescue(10 lb/ac) and Persist orchardgrass(5 lb/ac) back into those depleted pastures, one at a time. So far, so good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 697017, member: 12607"] I would NOT kill off my KY-31 to plant a no/low-endophyte strain of fescue - believe me, I learned the hard way; I drank the NRCS koolaid and killed out most of the well-established KY-31 on this farm to plant their recommended mix of orchardgrass/timothy/red clover - but I also put in some low-endophyte fescue and Ladino clover 'on my own dime'. Other than the Ladino clover, none of the others lasted more than 2-3 years. I'd never make that mistake again, or recommend it to anyone. Those EQUIP $$$ cost me more than I got out of them. Far, far better to just keep clovers/lespedezas in the forage mix to dilute out the effects of the KY-31 endophyte and select cows that will perform on it. Since I'm having to re-plant to restore something to take the place of the KY-31 I stupidly eliminated, I'm biting the bullet and planting a mix of Max-Q novel-endophyte fescue(10 lb/ac) and Persist orchardgrass(5 lb/ac) back into those depleted pastures, one at a time. So far, so good. [/QUOTE]
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