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- When it comes to
bridging some of our gaps
in our forage management,
there are several strategies
to take it in to account.
We're gonna talk with Tim Schnakenberg,
Regional Agronomy Specialist
with University of Missouri.
Tim, what are some of things
that you see in Missouri
and Arkansas that we
might want to look at?
- Really one of our big
dilemmas in harvesting
cool season crops is that
we just have a hard time
getting it harvested on time.
And so as a result, a majority
of cool season forages
sometimes are harvested way too late.
But one way to address that is to convert
some of our hay ground
to a warm season grass.
If you can grow a warm season grass
such as Bermuda grass, or
a native warm season
grass that's out there,
we can be harvesting that forage
for the rest of the summer if we need to,
assuming we have adequate
moisture to get that done.
It can almost double the yields of
our standard tall fescue crop.
- What about some of
the warm season annuals?
Do you see a place for them?
- Some of the warm season
annuals like millet
and sorghum sudan grass,
that sort of thing,
there's a place,
especially if you need some
additional forage in a
short amount of time.
When you convert to warm season,
you're getting away from
the effects of the endophyte
with tall fescue, which, by the way,
can occur in hay as well.
It can still be a year out fifty percent
as toxic in hay as the
day it was harvested,
so, you know, we are getting
away from that problem
when we go to warm seasons.
- Great information, Tim.
With Makin' Hay Minute, I'm Bryan Setzer.
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