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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Reynolds" data-source="post: 1837119" data-attributes="member: 43196"><p>If I said (or when I said?) supplement, I was misspeaking at that point. What I would have meant when I said that is to supplement with other forages, not supplement in the strictest sense. I'm aware that legume presence is not constant all year round, which is in part why I didn't put it as a "cure all". MANAGEMENT of the tall fescue is the key. I'm aware that over a billion dollars is lost because of KY 31 fescue each year. You have to look at the other side of the coin as well. How many billions of dollars are made/saved each year because of KY31s resistance/ability to recover to/after grazing as well as how much is saved because of it's ability to stockpile better than any other grass? A for producers who can say their herds gain better with KY31 than any other grass or variety of fescue, there isn't any grass that is going to be 'tops' all year round for grazing. When it comes to stockpile grazing, there are plenty of producers that can honestly say that there is no grass better than KY 31. </p><p></p><p>I can't say that it does in all cases because it doesn't. But let's say a producer can potentially make $10,000 grazing on his land as a mavimum. Lets Say if he grazes tall fescue, the endophyte causes him to lose $1,500 off that 10K so his profit is only $8,500. Let's also say that he could grow orchard grass instead. However, the problem with orchard grass is that the profit maxes out at $8,000. So the question becomes, do you grow orchard grass and get an $8,000 profit with 'no loss', or do you grow KY31 tall fescue and get a $8,500 profit 'only' because you 'lost' $1,500 off the 'potential' $10,000. This is overly simplified, but when you start digging into the issue, this is what has to be dealt with. No 2 producers are going to come to the same conclusion as to what works for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Reynolds, post: 1837119, member: 43196"] If I said (or when I said?) supplement, I was misspeaking at that point. What I would have meant when I said that is to supplement with other forages, not supplement in the strictest sense. I'm aware that legume presence is not constant all year round, which is in part why I didn't put it as a "cure all". MANAGEMENT of the tall fescue is the key. I'm aware that over a billion dollars is lost because of KY 31 fescue each year. You have to look at the other side of the coin as well. How many billions of dollars are made/saved each year because of KY31s resistance/ability to recover to/after grazing as well as how much is saved because of it's ability to stockpile better than any other grass? A for producers who can say their herds gain better with KY31 than any other grass or variety of fescue, there isn't any grass that is going to be 'tops' all year round for grazing. When it comes to stockpile grazing, there are plenty of producers that can honestly say that there is no grass better than KY 31. I can't say that it does in all cases because it doesn't. But let's say a producer can potentially make $10,000 grazing on his land as a mavimum. Lets Say if he grazes tall fescue, the endophyte causes him to lose $1,500 off that 10K so his profit is only $8,500. Let's also say that he could grow orchard grass instead. However, the problem with orchard grass is that the profit maxes out at $8,000. So the question becomes, do you grow orchard grass and get an $8,000 profit with 'no loss', or do you grow KY31 tall fescue and get a $8,500 profit 'only' because you 'lost' $1,500 off the 'potential' $10,000. This is overly simplified, but when you start digging into the issue, this is what has to be dealt with. No 2 producers are going to come to the same conclusion as to what works for them. [/QUOTE]
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