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<blockquote data-quote="Banjo" data-source="post: 1305866" data-attributes="member: 17304"><p>All sounds good. But like Alan Jackson said one time.....But here in the real world its not that easy at all.</p><p>If you kept cattle from spreading the fescue, how would you keep the birds from distributing it everywhere?</p><p>The NRCS, Universities-Ag colleges have been down on Ky 31 fescue for years. Maybe there's just no money in it...just sayin. No doubt Ky 31 fescue has its concerns.</p><p>But I do know for a fact that the U of Ky. will tell you to buy your heifers instead of raising your own. That goes directly against selecting your best doers in a ky 31 environment.</p><p>Also, I would have to buy hay out of Texas to be sure I didn't get any with ky 31 fescue seed in it.</p><p>I have been a big proponent of Persist Orchardgrass in recent years and planted about 12 acres 4 years ago. It is now starting to decline and it hasn't been grazed hard at all. So I'm going to have to put some ky 31 in it, which it is already invading it to some degree.</p><p>Drilling some rye for early spring grazing could be a good thing and possibly some sudan or pearl millet for some summer grazing.</p><p>I'm not in a race to grow the biggest calves in the county. For those who have straight purebred herds.... they are at a disadvantage anyway ......there needs to be some crossbreeding going on....hybrid vigor, hertosis, etc. come into play...many variables to consider besides just endophyte.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Banjo, post: 1305866, member: 17304"] All sounds good. But like Alan Jackson said one time.....But here in the real world its not that easy at all. If you kept cattle from spreading the fescue, how would you keep the birds from distributing it everywhere? The NRCS, Universities-Ag colleges have been down on Ky 31 fescue for years. Maybe there's just no money in it...just sayin. No doubt Ky 31 fescue has its concerns. But I do know for a fact that the U of Ky. will tell you to buy your heifers instead of raising your own. That goes directly against selecting your best doers in a ky 31 environment. Also, I would have to buy hay out of Texas to be sure I didn't get any with ky 31 fescue seed in it. I have been a big proponent of Persist Orchardgrass in recent years and planted about 12 acres 4 years ago. It is now starting to decline and it hasn't been grazed hard at all. So I'm going to have to put some ky 31 in it, which it is already invading it to some degree. Drilling some rye for early spring grazing could be a good thing and possibly some sudan or pearl millet for some summer grazing. I'm not in a race to grow the biggest calves in the county. For those who have straight purebred herds.... they are at a disadvantage anyway ......there needs to be some crossbreeding going on....hybrid vigor, hertosis, etc. come into play...many variables to consider besides just endophyte. [/QUOTE]
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