Rhune
Well-known member
Hey guys.
I am in southern Oregon and trying to develop my pastures. We have wet winters and springs and dry summers. I noticed that one of my new fields of endophyte free fescue is not looking well after two years of haying and rotational grazing. I am concerned that summer drought plus grazing has put more stress than the fescue (fawn) can handle. Of course, i want to have as hardy a grass crop as I can have in this region. So I started googling...
I started reading about Jesup Max Q and Baroptimal Plus E34 brands of friendly infected endophyte seed. The research/reports look awesome. I live in a zone where it would grow. My area is NOT affected by endopyte fescue, but I think my pastures and cattle would benefit from these new types of friendly endophyte infected seeds.
Next I asked locally. The co-op has never heard of them. The local extension shrugged their shoulders. The couple of ranchers I know had no comment. Online searches only show vendors on the east coast.
Does anyone out there use any of these varieties of fescue on the west coast with any success or am I on some fools errand?
Thanks in advance!
I am in southern Oregon and trying to develop my pastures. We have wet winters and springs and dry summers. I noticed that one of my new fields of endophyte free fescue is not looking well after two years of haying and rotational grazing. I am concerned that summer drought plus grazing has put more stress than the fescue (fawn) can handle. Of course, i want to have as hardy a grass crop as I can have in this region. So I started googling...
I started reading about Jesup Max Q and Baroptimal Plus E34 brands of friendly infected endophyte seed. The research/reports look awesome. I live in a zone where it would grow. My area is NOT affected by endopyte fescue, but I think my pastures and cattle would benefit from these new types of friendly endophyte infected seeds.
Next I asked locally. The co-op has never heard of them. The local extension shrugged their shoulders. The couple of ranchers I know had no comment. Online searches only show vendors on the east coast.
Does anyone out there use any of these varieties of fescue on the west coast with any success or am I on some fools errand?
Thanks in advance!