Beef Market Update - Yearlings Are Done But Where Are the Calves? - Anne Dunford

[greybeard]

Soory to highjack, but did you go ahead with that silage with the ryegrass underseeded experiment Grassfarmer? Results?

[grassfarmer]

greybeard, we seeded barley/oats along with fall rye. Direct seeded into pasture sprayed out in the spring. Custom seeded with a 43 foot drill at 7mph - far too fast in my opinion to get proper seed placement. Not ideal growing conditions either but we got a silage crop off in early September with a yield about what we expected. Fall rye is very disappointing - the only place it's really strong is in strips where the air seeder was blocking and not putting down any oats or barley(they were in different tanks) Makes me wonder if the fall rye can't stand the competition? Will wait and see how it greens up in the spring before deciding on next year's experiment. Anyone with experience of fall rye seeded in the spring got anything to add?