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- Profitability Workshop with Jim Gerrish
- Join/Renew KFGC Membership
- Fescue Toxicity in the Fall: Is this an issue?
- Fall Overgrazing is a Scary Proposition
Forage Timely Tips for November
- Apply 30-40 lb N/A to strengthen cool-season grass sods.
- If not already done, inventory hay and assess hay quality.
- Using a plate meter or grazing stick, estimate stockpile available for winter grazing.
- Adjust animal numbers or purchase additional hay to balance forage-feed supply to livestock needs.
- Graze crop residues and cover crops that will not overwinter. Be careful to avoid fields that contain johnsongrass.
- Graze winter annuals that will not overwinter such as brassicas and oats.
- Graze other winter annuals once they are 6-8 inches tall and are well anchored. Do NOT graze closer than 4 inches.
- Sugar content will rise in tall fescue with the cool temperatures and short days of fall. Alkaloid content of tall fescue can also be high in some years, but will begin decline after a couple of hard freezes.
