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Millet vs Crabgrass (or whatever you prefer)
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<blockquote data-quote="jdg" data-source="post: 1497670" data-attributes="member: 13350"><p>Howdy neighbor... feel free to PM me for a more detailed discussion, but the basics are these facts: you can grow more DM tonnage with pearl millet, and you can maximize ADG with crabgrass. I personally plant mixtures...partially from a soil health perspective, without giving up too much in gains per acre. You might get 2 animal units per (1 AU = 1000lbs animal weight) for 90 days, but you won't on a 12 month basis...even with good management and proper winter grazing. Unless you are direct marketing beef, or selling seedstock, you will have a tough time topping returns above $275/ acre. It's doable, but requires top shelf management, hedging on the market, and above average animal husbandry. I've been raising seedstock and grass finished beef under pivot for the past 6 years. After quite a bit of experimenting, my current summer mix is pearl millet, cowpea, sunn hemp, and crabgrass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdg, post: 1497670, member: 13350"] Howdy neighbor... feel free to PM me for a more detailed discussion, but the basics are these facts: you can grow more DM tonnage with pearl millet, and you can maximize ADG with crabgrass. I personally plant mixtures...partially from a soil health perspective, without giving up too much in gains per acre. You might get 2 animal units per (1 AU = 1000lbs animal weight) for 90 days, but you won't on a 12 month basis...even with good management and proper winter grazing. Unless you are direct marketing beef, or selling seedstock, you will have a tough time topping returns above $275/ acre. It's doable, but requires top shelf management, hedging on the market, and above average animal husbandry. I've been raising seedstock and grass finished beef under pivot for the past 6 years. After quite a bit of experimenting, my current summer mix is pearl millet, cowpea, sunn hemp, and crabgrass. [/QUOTE]
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