Re: Sudan grass- growing/feeding it

Posted by thurlow on May 04, 2008 at 10:30:53 from (72.155.213.223):

In Reply to: Sudan grass- growing/feeding it posted by Dave from MN on May 04, 2008 at 07:49:48:

I assume (I know about assumptions) that you're talking sorghum-sudan grass hybrids?? Have no idea how it would work in MN; In the Mid-South, it is a 2 or 3 cuttings per year crop. It HAS to be crimped to get it dry. It's by far the highest-tonnage per acre hay crop I've ever grown. Because of the sugar content, cattle will eat it, even if it appears almost rotten. Better hay if you can cut it about waist high or a little taller, when it's still mostly leaves and not stems. One year when it rained all Spring/early Summer, mine was taller than the exhaust pipe on a 4020; cut it in 1st and 2nd gear; baled eleven 1400# bales per acre. Cattle still mostly cleaned it up. I am always bemused when I read about folks pulling a 9 ft mower conditioner with a 30 HP tractor; depends on what they're cutting, I suppose. It's an excellent, cheap source of feed for cattle (NOT HORSES), if you can get it cured.....5 days in our humid climate. Your experience may be different.

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