[Homestead] Sorghum x sudan grass

Lynda lurine at com-pair.net
Sun Mar 29 15:01:22 EDT 2009


My cousin (in Texas) grows it for hay for her goats.  After she cuts the 
hay, she turns them out on the pasture.  She's never had a problem.

Lynda
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Walton" <waltonrp at gmail.com>

> Hey everybody,
>
> I got my acre of oats/peas planted last week before the rain. Should
> be some good goat pasture.
>
> I'm thinking to plant another small plot to sorghum x sudan grass
> mixed with some legume in another 6 weeks or so. It would be a cover
> crop that I could turn the goats in on.
>
> I think that this would be a good cover crop, but I'm worried about
> prussic acid problems with the goats. I'd be able to control the
> grazing, but wonder if anyone has experience with growing this.




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