looking for help on making good winter pasture. i live in ky and hay is going to be short. what do you think of turnips mixed with rye grass or maybe just some marshal rye grass. anybody that uses winter pasture please give me some advice.
what the best thing to do for winter pasture
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trin":299mgews said:
It's dry here this year but nothing like last year. But may get worse soon. Last Sept. we got rain on the 10th. I saw that tropical storm headed our way and waited till the last minute to broadcast marshal rye grass in pastures and hay fields. Did nothing but broadcast on top of the ground. Got about 5 in. of rain and it all came up fast. Cows started grazing stockpile fescue at Thanksgiving and the rye grass was right along with the fescue. It worked good last year and also gave me an increase in hay this spring. I plan to be ready to do that again this year. It'll work if it rains.
Jogeephus
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I like rye and ryegrass. Cows like oats but they don't do well in cold weather and I'm sure your weather is much colder than ours.
Only dif I can see between Gulf, Marshall, and Passerell, is the growing time later in the season.
The Gulf goes away in mid May, where the others last just a couple of weeks longer.
By that time, those later growing ryegrasses are hindering my summer grasses.
I like Gulf Ryegrass the best by far here.
The Gulf goes away in mid May, where the others last just a couple of weeks longer.
By that time, those later growing ryegrasses are hindering my summer grasses.
I like Gulf Ryegrass the best by far here.
The Farmers co-op in Sulphur Springs Texas was pushing a rye grass with a Japanese name, the rye was supposed to come out much earlier than the other rye. I think that Pennington seed was handling it.trin":3oborlkz said:
BC
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One of the intensive grazing dairies in this area uses 80 lbs of rye, 25 to 30 lbs. of ryegrass, about 10 lbs. crimson clover and adds 1 lb. of turnips to the mix per acre. He told me that the turnips provided about 4000 lbs dry matter per acre for minimum cost. They do have to be grazed hard or they will shade out the other stuff.
Broadcasting in a buggy is the way I do it. Just open up the pattern and do it twice. Start in mid Oct. I do work the ground though. Might try drilling mine this year without working the ground. Definately use the oats though to hold up the pea vines next spring. They mature almost identically. If you cut it early enough next spring you should make two cuttings although the second won't be as good. I have never grazed any in winter but I don't doubt that it can be done. Analysis TDN 65, RFV 147, TPROT 16%, graded excellent across the board and cows absolutely love it.
What part of KY?
Sizmic
What part of KY?
Sizmic
C HOLLAND
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I would think, by mixing some Ladino White Clover in with your ryegrass you could extend the grazing season, the ryegrass will peak in March/April (hit it with 100lbs of N per acre late Feb) and the clover should be going good into June. The clover will help with the N for next year also.
Try going to the Albama Cooperative extensions system and look for ANR-155 (Choosing forages for maximum grazing avalability)
I would think the North Alabama chart would be close for you.
Here is the link
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0155/
I hope this helps, it has helped me alot.
Try going to the Albama Cooperative extensions system and look for ANR-155 (Choosing forages for maximum grazing avalability)
I would think the North Alabama chart would be close for you.
Here is the link
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0155/
I hope this helps, it has helped me alot.
