I learned in times past that new alfalfa seed cannot be sown among a standing crop of alfalfa as the two plants will kill each other. Alfalfa cannot be reseeded like grasses. If I am wrong on this, then something has changed in plant genetics since I grew up on a dairy farm decades ago.
So you graze just after overseeding but then do not let cattle in to at least new grass in 8 inches high? From your experience what sort of time frame is that? I have brought a new farm and now looking at breaking up the huge paddocks that are already there to do rotational grazing
It can eat also the cows this kind of grass??? I'm just only a beginner of farming so I'm still doing research and get some ideas for my farming.im thankful if you can give some advice to educate me more to inhance my knowledge about farming and take care as well my goats and cows. Thanks and God bless 🙏🙏🙏 have a nice day
Very good recommendations. But you didn't talk about the reverse. You didn't talk about alfalfa overseeding. One method to do this is with a pasture no-till drill. I oversaw a program that did this in West-Central Idaho for a Conservation District that used this method. Worked amazingly well where sufficient water was available for germination and establishment. Very good video!
Unless something has changed over the decades, you cannot overseed alfalfa with new alfalfa seed, as the new will kill the standing alfalfa and vice versa. That's what I learned in decades past, and I would advise to check that out before overseeding and ruining what you have. Alfalfa must be ploughed up, and a new crop sown, preferably under a cover crop such as wheat or oats. Rotating to corn or beans in between would assure the old alfalfa plants are killed off.
Contact your local feed store, and/or your local County Extension Agent, NRCS, University, you name it. Also find a nearby farmer whom has achieved what you're after and ask him or her.
No till drills are ideal for seeding nearly anything anywhere. I highly recommend using one, and they are often available at the local NRCS or Extension Agent office. Good luck.
Please introduce black soldier flies to your field. Just seeing all those flies biting the cattle reminds me of my poor boer goats balls. They were all bit up but now we have fish and chicken feed just by tossing dog or goat poop in the larvae bin.
Thanks. I like how the playful cattle flanking your right brought the video to a quick end.
Great info thank u I just bought a seeder and your video was very nice to be able to watch very helpful
what a great clip. thank you for posting this.
Rad. Thanks for putting this together!
I learned in times past that new alfalfa seed cannot be sown among a standing crop of alfalfa
as the two plants will kill each other. Alfalfa cannot be reseeded like grasses. If I am wrong on
this, then something has changed in plant genetics since I grew up on a dairy farm decades ago.
The varieties you mention, would they perform about the same here in Moses Lake?
So you graze just after overseeding but then do not let cattle in to at least new grass in 8 inches high? From your experience what sort of time frame is that? I have brought a new farm and now looking at breaking up the huge paddocks that are already there to do rotational grazing
Do you recommend alfalfa be added to the overseeding mix?
Very Helpful.. thank you so much! Nice, informative video...
very helpful!
It can eat also the cows this kind of grass??? I'm just only a beginner of farming so I'm still doing research and get some ideas for my farming.im thankful if you can give some advice to educate me more to inhance my knowledge about farming and take care as well my goats and cows. Thanks and God bless 🙏🙏🙏 have a nice day
what is the best to plant for pigs and sheep?
Non till is far superior than broadcasting. In cultivated ground not such an issue but for under sowing direct drilling ensures 100 % soil contact
Very good recommendations. But you didn't talk about the reverse. You didn't talk about alfalfa overseeding. One method to do this is with a pasture no-till drill. I oversaw a program that did this in West-Central Idaho for a Conservation District that used this method. Worked amazingly well where sufficient water was available for germination and establishment. Very good video!
Unless something has changed over the decades, you cannot
overseed alfalfa with new alfalfa seed, as the new will kill the
standing alfalfa and vice versa. That's what I learned in decades past,
and I would advise to check that out before
overseeding and ruining what you have. Alfalfa must be ploughed up,
and a new crop sown, preferably under a cover
crop such as wheat or oats. Rotating to corn or
beans in between would assure the old alfalfa plants are killed off.
what kind of grasses to plant for American Brahman Breeders. can you tell me me for name of grasses for American Brahman Breeders
I just called my county and found out that they rent a no-till drill for $10 per acre or $100 per day. They have a 7-foot and a 10-foot.
Good job. That's really a GREAT way to do it. You posted that one year ago. How'd ya fare?
It wasn't at all clear which part of which country applies to. Certainly not Montana.
Where can buy the seeds this kind of grass, because need to plant for using feedings for my goat? Thanks and God bless 🙏
Contact your local feed store, and/or your local County Extension Agent, NRCS, University, you name it. Also find a nearby farmer whom has achieved what you're after and ask him or her.
What about using a no till drill to interseed your pasture instead of broadcasting?
No till drills are ideal for seeding nearly anything anywhere. I highly recommend using one, and they are often available at the local NRCS or Extension Agent office. Good luck.
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why not use a no-till seeder to get better germination rates?
No till is way out of my price range where I am.
Please introduce black soldier flies to your field. Just seeing all those flies biting the cattle reminds me of my poor boer goats balls. They were all bit up but now we have fish and chicken feed just by tossing dog or goat poop in the larvae bin.
By the way his balls are all better hair has returned and no flies around the coop or barn