SS Grazing Utilization ?

[Stocker Steve]

I have been raising summer annual mixes that contain a lot of full size sorghum sudan. If I let it grow out to 10 to 14' tall - - green or frost killed - - I get very low utilization due to all the snapped off stalks on the ground. Perhaps 20% grazing utilization.

This year I planted a little later and grazed it earlier at about 8' tall. Then I re grazed it after a killing frost. They cleaned up about half the stalks the second time thru. Have you seen this? Do stalks get more palatable after a frost?

 

[Down in Dixie]

Mine will always eat the tips of the sorghum grass first. Day two they will eat the rest of the leaves. Day three they will eat the stalk down to 4-6 inches. I turn them out on it when it's 15-20 inches tall. All mine is growing naturally.