Summer cow chow

[southernultrablack]

Put in a little summer grazing yesterday! A mix of forage soybeans and Sorghum Sudan.
Anybody else ever done this?

 

[Warren Allison]

Sudax for silage, yes, but never did for grazing. Don't see any reason not to, though. Are you located close to Ft Payne?

 

[southernultrablack]

Sudax for silage, yes, but never did for grazing. Don't see any reason not to, though. Are you located close to Ft Payne?

Yes sir, about 35 miles away.

 

[Ebenezer]

With sunn hemp and bin run corn, too. Really makes a great time grazed forage.

 

[southernultrablack]

With sunn hemp and bin run corn, too. Really makes a great time grazed forage.

I tried the Sunn Hemp and Cow Peas one year. I grazed it too hard though, and it didn't last long.

 

[Ebenezer]

I tried the Sunn Hemp and Cow Peas one year. I grazed it too hard though, and it didn't last long.

And the bin run corn is a boost in yield with cheap seeds but more of a once and done for it.

 

[wbvs58]

Nice seed drill.

Ken

 

[southernultrablack]

Nice seed drill.

Ken

It was a rental from one of the (semi) Local feed stores.

 

[SBMF 2015]

Put in a little summer grazing yesterday! A mix of forage soybeans and Sorghum Sudan.
Anybody else ever done this?

Never together. I usually empty the grain drill in a dirt lot after I get done planting soybeans.
I have grazed, bales, and chopped sorghum sudan. It works well for all. Just remember under 14" it can be toxic to graze.

 

[ClinchValley86]

Put in a little summer grazing yesterday! A mix of forage soybeans and Sorghum Sudan.
Anybody else ever done this?

Thinking about doing some type of sudan/hybred. Wondered if it would play nice wirh existing red clover in the stand.

Can I ask how much the seed ran ya and how much you put down per acre? Any fertilizer use when you are planting to graze?

What type of S/S did you use?

 

[southernultrablack]

Thinking about doing some type of sudan/hybred. Wondered if it would play nice wirh existing red clover in the stand.

Can I ask how much the seed ran ya and how much you put down per acre? Any fertilizer use when you are planting to graze?

What type of S/S did you use?

Seed was about $30/bag for both Soybeans an SS. I tried to shoot for #50 of each per acre. Hutcheson beans and Sweet Grazer SS. I plan on fertilizing at about 400#/acre of something like 19-19-19, but it's a small spot.

I inter seeded SS into my poor grass pasture last year, but didn't fertilize. It did ok but would have benefited from some fertilizer, IMO.