Perilla Mint……

[Ouachita]

Is it really that bad, or a problem in your area?

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/perilla-mint.aspx

 

[Ky hills]

Few years ago, a vet in the area said he usually sees a couple cases from it a year.

 

[HDRider]

It seems I have more and more of it each year. No problem with the cows,,, yet.

 

[kenny thomas]

I think the cows normally won't eat it.

 

[greybeard]

lots of it here but I've never seen any cattle eating it.

it seems to like growing under white oak and magnolia trees more than anywhere else in my area.

 

[Cowsout]

A decade or so ago an Alabama cattle owner near where I used to live lost a lot of cattle to it, according to the vet who did the necropsies. FWIW, the owner had good pastures that were not overstocked, and the cattle were in good condition.

 

[Lucky_P]

Most years, when I've seen it being a problem, we've been in a prolonged drought situation, and it's one of the few 'green' things still available... usually growing right in the edge of the woods, or shady, low-lying spots.
I never lost any of my own to it, but didn't have a lot of it, and a lot of times, if we were getting into the sort of pasture conditions that favored them even thinking about eating it, I'd go in ahead of the cows and clip/weedeat any present in the paddock they were about to move to.