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NW IL, Mercer County | I will be harvesting my first patch of rye for seed in the next couple weeks. Looking for suggestions on some forages to drill in to graze cow/calf pairs on once it gets big enough. This field will be corn next spring so ideally would include some N fixing/scavenging legumes. I assume I will have enough volunteer rye to have a decent overwintering cover but I would entertain any other over wintering covers. Field is only 10 ac so nothing to get too carried away with but something to look at anyways.
I have no idea on seed rates but a couple seed ideas I had were a mixture of:
Oats
Turnips
Radish
Crimson clover
Volunteer rye
Leftover corn and soybeans from planter clean out
Im pretty much open to trying anything, so throw some suggestions out. Thanks. | |
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Cattle grazing mix for after rye harvest
