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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 843142" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>plumber_greg</p><p></p><p>From what I have read endophyte levels do vary some from location to location. I know that I have some cows that are better adapted to tolerating the endophyte than others. Only the endophyte infected fescue survives year after year around here. Clipping seed heads and having legumes and other grasses interseeded with the fescue is the best way I have found to offset the endophyte issues. Some folks would label the issues as problems but since fescue is , for me, the most dependable source and least expensive to maintain of my forages I have learned to "live with it". No other forage can provide for my herd the amount of feed with equal nutrient levels over as many months of the year. It also stockpiles better than other grasses. I do have a few cattle that are not as slick hided as I would like but that is part of the trade off. Some of most productive cows have been kept way past normal culling cycles and I have one cow that will probably be permitted to die here. She is not less than 18 years old, lived without grain on mainly endophyte infected fescue, and has a new calf now. Bulls that I bring in do not fare as well on my forages. The bulls seldom remain here more than a 2 to 3 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 843142, member: 8973"] plumber_greg From what I have read endophyte levels do vary some from location to location. I know that I have some cows that are better adapted to tolerating the endophyte than others. Only the endophyte infected fescue survives year after year around here. Clipping seed heads and having legumes and other grasses interseeded with the fescue is the best way I have found to offset the endophyte issues. Some folks would label the issues as problems but since fescue is , for me, the most dependable source and least expensive to maintain of my forages I have learned to "live with it". No other forage can provide for my herd the amount of feed with equal nutrient levels over as many months of the year. It also stockpiles better than other grasses. I do have a few cattle that are not as slick hided as I would like but that is part of the trade off. Some of most productive cows have been kept way past normal culling cycles and I have one cow that will probably be permitted to die here. She is not less than 18 years old, lived without grain on mainly endophyte infected fescue, and has a new calf now. Bulls that I bring in do not fare as well on my forages. The bulls seldom remain here more than a 2 to 3 years. [/QUOTE]
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