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  • From: Mark Ludwig <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: Re: [grazersedge] Pasture Improvements
  • Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:43:57 -0600

Bernie is a regular columnist in "Graze", our regional grazing monthly magazine.
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Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 11:27:03 -0600
From: Bernie VanDalfsen <bvandalf@direcway.com>
Subject: Re: [grazersedge] Pasture Improvements
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Clay, Frank

Clay i would suggest re thinking winter rye. Yes around here it heads out about middle
April and then nothing eats it. That makes it a perfect fit for Crabgrass. Crabgrass is much more
productive if disced lightly just prior to germination. For SW Missouri that would be about middle
to late April, just in time to knock down what is left of the rye.

Don't fertilize the cragrass till June 1. Annual ryegrass and wheat will delay germination of the
crabgrass and thus hurt total yield. The time period between middle april and june one is a period
when we have lots of other forages to graze so not having this in the rotation should not be missed.
It comes into the rotation middle to late june just when we need to start thinking about summer forage
supply and slowing down the rotation.

Wheat or annual ryegrass would increase feed supply in may which means lots of clipping or haying.
Rye should produce more feed volume than wheat especially in the fall and grow longer into the winter.
It will start sooner in spring thus sooner grazing, saving on feed cost.

Winter rye will not produce as much milk per cow or gain per day for stockers but because of its
higher yield per acre is should produce more milk or gain per acre which i think is more important.

Bernie
Reeds, Mo.


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  • [permaculture] Fwd: Re: [grazersedge] Pasture Improvements, Mark Ludwig, 10/28/2002

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