Posted by Texasmark1 on October 06, 2017 at 18:08:52 from (99.197.190.172):
Thought I'd look at Teff grass. Not real promising for my operation. To start with seed is hard to manage and at $140 for 50#.....really not a good investment for never having grown it and zero experience.....not counting what Brillion seeder/compactors (1950 vingage stuff) currently go for.
Currently cutting Maze (sorghum, not corn) stubble that has regrown in the drought we're having this summer really well. I cut some about 10 days ago and it's back out in strong form. Maze as a grain crop does real well in this alkali clay during the summer months, so it seems logical that it will support hay production as well. I just proved that significant regrowth can be realized in the hot, dry summer and early fall. The plants are very leafy and hearty. I know cows eat it as in dry years we have baled Maze stalks (remnants after combining the grain heads) and fed them to cattle....with a tub of Molasses to get their belly hot first.
Maze is $11 a 50# bag, readily available, and my JD drill can plant it just fine. Seed bed doesn't have to be all that picky. Planting it, like SS at about 50# per acre should give good thick coverage and may reduce the stem size; probably does, does when you plant SS tight and it is a sorghum.
Cut it while it's young and tender, before the boot and make the second and third cuttings reasonable, unlike current crops.
Question here is anybody do Maze for hay, not grain sorghum? If so, you happy with the results?
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