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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 572933" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Another question that comes to mind is what type of grass do you have? You may have sadi but I can;t find it. If it's the typical KY31 fescue, and the way it bounced back from over grazing I'm assuming it is, you really only have about 3 - 3 1/2 months of quality forage. The endophyte goes up and the gains go way down come june. With an abundance of clover or other legume interseeded in the fescue it will help a little, but you still won;t get the gains in June- early september that you will in late march through may. If you can keep it vegetive instead of reproductive you may can stretch it a bit, but as soon as the tmeps start getting into the 80s very often the growth will slow way down. At that point no matter what you do it will set seed. To keep it vegetive as long as possible would either require very intensive grazing managment or clipping. Clipping gets expensive with the cost of fuel today.</p><p>It may sound like it, but I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom. Just trying to point out the pitfalls that you may face.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 572933, member: 34"] Another question that comes to mind is what type of grass do you have? You may have sadi but I can;t find it. If it's the typical KY31 fescue, and the way it bounced back from over grazing I'm assuming it is, you really only have about 3 - 3 1/2 months of quality forage. The endophyte goes up and the gains go way down come june. With an abundance of clover or other legume interseeded in the fescue it will help a little, but you still won;t get the gains in June- early september that you will in late march through may. If you can keep it vegetive instead of reproductive you may can stretch it a bit, but as soon as the tmeps start getting into the 80s very often the growth will slow way down. At that point no matter what you do it will set seed. To keep it vegetive as long as possible would either require very intensive grazing managment or clipping. Clipping gets expensive with the cost of fuel today. It may sound like it, but I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom. Just trying to point out the pitfalls that you may face. [/QUOTE]
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