Kell-inKY
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in Kentucky... last year, I hand cranked some wheat into standing soybeans really late in the year. It came up ok and I let the cattle on it to graze in December or so? They pretty much grazed it down to nothing (it was pretty sparse) but still produced in the spring. Not a lot but more than I thought possible considering.
This year on the same field I had a ton of crabgrass as I have talked about here, I am wanting to maybe plant this in wheat again because it looks good, is cheap, the cattle love it and it won't mess with the crabgrass in summer. Does this sound like a plan or would annual ryegrass do better? I can't remember which is cheaper but I just want some winter grazing. I'm doing turnips in the back where you can't see it from the road.
So, do I bother with wheat or is ryegrass the best bet for strip grazing this winter (not next spring). Can I plant now or is it too soon, should rain this weekend, maybe I could get some in before then. I want more growing season this time around, got way too late of a start last year, barely had any turnips either but the soybeans came off really late (no rowcrop this year). Any advice appreciated.
This year on the same field I had a ton of crabgrass as I have talked about here, I am wanting to maybe plant this in wheat again because it looks good, is cheap, the cattle love it and it won't mess with the crabgrass in summer. Does this sound like a plan or would annual ryegrass do better? I can't remember which is cheaper but I just want some winter grazing. I'm doing turnips in the back where you can't see it from the road.
So, do I bother with wheat or is ryegrass the best bet for strip grazing this winter (not next spring). Can I plant now or is it too soon, should rain this weekend, maybe I could get some in before then. I want more growing season this time around, got way too late of a start last year, barely had any turnips either but the soybeans came off really late (no rowcrop this year). Any advice appreciated.