Hmmm never heard that before. Ive got area on our farm that we only grazed once, other areas 4-5 times. The one thing i have noticed is that its the first to green up this spring.
I’ve paid a lot more attention this spring than I have before. It’s interesting. I’m sure if we had the rain the farm we only hit once last year would have grown back pretty quickly. The fields we hit hard in the winter greened up quickly but then stalled.
@@JangusGenetics sounds like northern macon county here. 1.10 in March an 1.45 so far this month. That early spring just seem like it's hit a wall with growth here. Good luck this spring with everything.
What would you do if your forage gets way ahead of you and seeds out? I’ve already got seed heads on everything here in Texas and don’t have hardly any stocking density
Here in Missouri most people rotary mow it but our county stocking rate is 2 cows per acre so take that for what it’s worth. Greg Judy says leave it until the fall regrowth starts (tall fescue is a cool season grass and is our dominant forage here). My experience says that fescue heads stick around for about 2 weeks then wind or rain knock them out and if there is good green underneath I don’t stress about it too much just keep the cows moving. I’m not sure what your situation is but the main things I worry about are making sure the cows aren’t starving on standing straw. Other than that with cows you might consider moving faster, trying to increase trampling, bringing in more head for a short period of time until you are back to vegetative grass even if you do it cheap or for a short time. I’ve heard of roller crimping, mowing, even tedding the seed heads out. Let me know how it works and what you learn from it. That’s the main thing once you get it dealt with is learn and share so we can all have tools and plans for next year. Good luck to you!
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Hmmm never heard that before. Ive got area on our farm that we only grazed once, other areas 4-5 times. The one thing i have noticed is that its the first to green up this spring.
I’ve paid a lot more attention this spring than I have before. It’s interesting. I’m sure if we had the rain the farm we only hit once last year would have grown back pretty quickly. The fields we hit hard in the winter greened up quickly but then stalled.
@@JangusGenetics sounds like northern macon county here. 1.10 in March an 1.45 so far this month. That early spring just seem like it's hit a wall with growth here. Good luck this spring with everything.
Good luck to you as well.
What would you do if your forage gets way ahead of you and seeds out? I’ve already got seed heads on everything here in Texas and don’t have hardly any stocking density
Here in Missouri most people rotary mow it but our county stocking rate is 2 cows per acre so take that for what it’s worth. Greg Judy says leave it until the fall regrowth starts (tall fescue is a cool season grass and is our dominant forage here). My experience says that fescue heads stick around for about 2 weeks then wind or rain knock them out and if there is good green underneath I don’t stress about it too much just keep the cows moving.
I’m not sure what your situation is but the main things I worry about are making sure the cows aren’t starving on standing straw. Other than that with cows you might consider moving faster, trying to increase trampling, bringing in more head for a short period of time until you are back to vegetative grass even if you do it cheap or for a short time. I’ve heard of roller crimping, mowing, even tedding the seed heads out.
Let me know how it works and what you learn from it. That’s the main thing once you get it dealt with is learn and share so we can all have tools and plans for next year.
Good luck to you!