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Symptom of fescue toxicity?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 965645" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>What dun said. </p><p>I planted some endophyte free fescue 10-12 years ago, when reclaiming a corn/bean field to pasture. Looked GREAT for about 2 years - until we had a drought, then it died. </p><p>Have since gone back and re-seeded that and another 40 acres with MaxQ (I would never recommend killing out a stand of KY-31 to do it for commercial beef cattle, but that's another story for another time). </p><p></p><p>Endophyte-free fescue may be great in an irrigated hayfield, but in a pasture situation, if you ever encounter moderate to severe drought or overgraze it, it'll turn 'toes-up'. Go with a 'novel endophyte' variety or manage your high-endophyte stands to minimize toxicity problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 965645, member: 12607"] What dun said. I planted some endophyte free fescue 10-12 years ago, when reclaiming a corn/bean field to pasture. Looked GREAT for about 2 years - until we had a drought, then it died. Have since gone back and re-seeded that and another 40 acres with MaxQ (I would never recommend killing out a stand of KY-31 to do it for commercial beef cattle, but that's another story for another time). Endophyte-free fescue may be great in an irrigated hayfield, but in a pasture situation, if you ever encounter moderate to severe drought or overgraze it, it'll turn 'toes-up'. Go with a 'novel endophyte' variety or manage your high-endophyte stands to minimize toxicity problems. [/QUOTE]
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