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Tom, Mike,
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Carl
on 2/23/04 5:35 PM, Thomas & Susan Wrchota at wrchota@athenet.net wrote:
HI Judy!
I never responded to your question, because I figured you'd get a ton of
responses. There are various dairy grass farmers in our grazing network
(Fox River Graziers) who have grazed corn quite a bit.
Up here (you'd have to adjust for your location), the guys like to drill or
broadcast (if "bc" use a cultipacker--press) about 3 bushels of oats/acre as
early as possible (as soon as we can put a tractor on the ground---April up
here). Strip graze it when needed before booting (to develop more shoots),
later prepare ground and use ANY type of cheap leafy/ late maturing corn
variety----planting it around here in late May-early June----strip graze it
up to late August in Wisc., then plant more oats by the 1st of
September----fertilize as necessary--for great stockpiled feed late in the
season. With proper fertility, you can get one heck of a production boost
in a summer slump, or mild droughty conditions.
Another method would be to prepare your ground for brown rib sorghum-Sudan
grass (one bushel /acre) and start grazing it when it's about 12 inches in
height (prussic toxicity), and make sure you don't graze it after a
frost-----can graze all season, with little to no weed problems---highly
productive.
Regards,
Tom Wrchota
----- Original Message -----
From: Judy Decker <mailto:renfarms@osprey.net>
To: graze-l@taranaki.ac.nz
Cc: grassfedbeef@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 3:14 PM
Subject: [Graze-l] grazing corn varieties
I am going to assume that there are some varieties of corn better suited for
grazing (cattle) than others. What varieties have some of you tried? What
about row spacing or drilling widths? At what height can grazing begin, and
how well does TDN and protein hold up?
Soybeans. Anybody plant them for grazing? Do you have knowledge of some
varieties that are better for one reason or another? Are they planted for
the normal population, and are they difficult to graze out before bean set?
(we're grassfed beef producers.)
Thanks in advance,
Judy
Renaissance Farms Ltd
Bill and Judy Decker
Emporia, KS
http://www.renfarms.com
