What to plant

[Dixieangus]

Say if you lived in north mississippi and you wanted to plant some grass for cattle, wich kind(s) would you plant

 

[Isomade]

Personally, I would sprig Tiff 85.

 

[circlebllc]

Green, sorry!

County extension is good place to ask, if you have one.

 

[Dixieangus]

County extension is good place to ask, if you have one.

Im going too just wanted yalls opinions on what yall would do

 

[TexasBred]

Green, sorry!

County extension is good place to ask, if you have one.

I hear this advice often and your's might be good but all of them I've ever known didn't know shyt from wild honey and getting them out to your place was worse than pulling teeth. There is always the exception but not often.

 

[Isomade]

Green, sorry!

County extension is good place to ask, if you have one.

I hear this advice often and your's might be good but all of them I've ever known didn't know shyt from wild honey and getting them out to your place was worse than pulling teeth. There is always the exception but not often.

Amen to that! Ours won't even go in to the office, much less do a visit. Once I finally caught him in the office I realized real quick I should be giving HIM advice, and not the other way around.

 

[circlebllc]

That's a shame! Mine are excellent to work with. Several farm visits and lots of great ideas with access to money to get the job done. I hear alot are worthless. Sad what your tax money can be used for.

 

[Douglas]

look at this if you have pretty heavy land

http://deltafarmpress.com/livestock/coo ... sts?page=1

 

[pdfangus]

I am way to far from you to weigh in on what to plant.

regarding extension.....va used to have an excellent extension service with great and knowledgeable people.

then we got a couple of idiots that were allowed to run the whole service into the ground. then the bad ecocomy hit and rebuilding it is out of the question.

All the good older ag agents were offered retirement deals and took em and a ton of experience went out the door. we don't have an ag agent any closer than three counties away in any direction.

 

[Sweet_Ag_Girl]

http://msucares.com/pubs/infobulletins/ib0415.pdf
This is a forage trial with specific varieties for your state from 2004. I am in the Mountains of Virginia, so I will not attempted to recommend much. I do suggest talking to Extension (if your county ag agent isn't much help there are specalist to try and other county ag agents who will). My other advice is to think about the forage system you are wanting to put in place and what resources you have. What is your soil like? Are you wanting to graze them year around? What are you grazing specifically different livestock or even stockers versus mother cows can affect your decision making? Are there areas on your farm that are poorer in production and better in production? Try to look at that and determine what would fit into the system you want. Typicall in my area we fall back on fescue usually if nothing else will grow fescue will. You are getting into the warmer climates that I do not deal with picking up bermudagrass, which does a nice job in the deeper South. Maybe you want a field that is specifically your warm season beat the summer slump and try something different like Eastern Gamagrass. Anyways there are lots of options and I think you need to investigate futher. What works for someone else may not work for you, so you need to look at your own situation. I would look at some basic literature coming from your Extension Service and read the descriptions see what fills your need. This is MSU Forage Page: http://www2.msstate.edu/~dlang/foragesms.html

 

[Sweet_Ag_Girl]

I'm in Virginia, so I'm just going to give you a few things to think about. Forages isn't a one size fits all across the country thing. You real need to examine your situation. What kind of grazing system are you using or wanting to use? Roational grazing? What is the area you are wanting to plant like soils, water mositures, sun exposure, and location on the farm? Take a soils test look at what fertility you are looking at and need to fix way before planting. I'm in an area that if its a poor site throw fescue on it and let it go, but if its a good site we start looking at other options. You are deeper South then me where bermudagrass is an option. What are you grazing as well stockers vs. mother cows can affect your decision as well. Do you have a problem with summer slump then maybe look at warm seasons either bermudagrass or even Eastern gamagrass? Are you hoping to graze them year around then where is the hole in your year around season you need filled? Please do try Extension. If your agent won't help you try the next county over or the state forage specialist. Once you get it figured out what type of forages you are wanting then you can examine what varieties would be best for your area. This is a link to the MSU Forages page where they have variety test informatin and other publications that would help you make your decisions. http://www2.msstate.edu/~dlang/foragesms.html

 

[kenny thomas]

Darn, smart and from Virginia. Good info. Where have you been all my life?

 

[Sweet_Ag_Girl]

Didn't mean to post twice!! It didn't go up the first time, so I did it again. Proud to be from Lee County, Virginia (Where Virginia Begins). I think I've been around you once or twice Kenny at cattle market or something.

 

[Angus Cowman]

Didn't mean to post twice!! It didn't go up the first time, so I did it again. Proud to be from Lee County, Virginia (Where Virginia Begins). I think I've been around you once or twice Kenny at cattle market or something.

If you seen him you sure wouldn't forget
I never knew ugly could be that bad :lol2: :lol2:

 

[shaz]

I had a hay farm North of Huntsville AL for a long time and fescue worked well. This time of year bermuda is doing better than fescue but the cows avoid the bermuda and overgraze the fescue. Maybe, if you have multiple pastures, you could plant bermuda seperate from fescue. :2cents:

 

[Sweet_Ag_Girl]

Multipastures good, but multipastures with different forages (well planned/thought out forages that will grow in your area, fit your needs, and thrive) even better!!!

 

[kenny thomas]

Didn't mean to post twice!! It didn't go up the first time, so I did it again. Proud to be from Lee County, Virginia (Where Virginia Begins). I think I've been around you once or twice Kenny at cattle market or something.

If you seen him you sure wouldn't forget
I never knew ugly could be that bad :lol2: :lol2:

You should see me this summer with the beard short if you thought I was ugly in the winter with it long. Hair hides a lot of ugly. :lol2:

 

[hillbillycwo]

Recommend that you pull soil samples and look at your budget. Talk with the folks at your local fertillizer/farm supplier and see what will work best with your budget, soil quality taken into the mix.