We round bail with a Ford 7700, JD935 MoCo, NH256 rotobar rake, and NH654 twine bailer. Our fisrt cut this year was a month ago and consisted of bermuda, johnson grass, volunteer oats, rye, and this year for the first time needle/speargrass. Due to the north texas conditions (pastures dry/browned up and no rain) we are needing to feed the hay. We, dad and I, are concerned about the needle/speargrass affecting (mouth or gut) the cattle and horses. So far we have been feeding last years leftover hay but are running out. The needle/speargrass already had headed out with the soft spike or head in the pocket and a 2-3" awn or tail present at cutting. Any comments good or bad.
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Tx Jim
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First needle & Texas Winter(spear) are 2 different species of grass. Needle grass has a thin "Y" shaped tiny awn and Texas Winter Grass has been referred to as Indian Spear Grass because of its spear-like awn that I my friends & I threw at each others shirts way back in my youth. Needle Grass won't harm livestock(except for getting stuck in sheep's wool) and I've seen some severely infested Texas Winter Grass feed to cows with no ill effects. I wouldn't recommend feeding it to a horse with their delicate digestive system.
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