Posted 5/21/2009 08:21 (#719739 - in reply to #719455) Subject: RE: Youy guys can't see profits when it is stareing you in the face!
North Central Oklahoma
That rye grass can be as valuable as gold if you know how to use it. I look at that stand and wish I had it somewhere here in Oklahoma. Properly managed it will make more money than corn, wheat or soybeans here. I average 425 lbs. beef/acre gain every year off of a rye grass farm. At $.95/lbs. feeder cattle price that is a chunk of change. Just need to have a good fence around it. A single strand hot wire would be risky at .79 acre / head stocking rate when those cattle get around 800 + lbs. They get so big and happy they start rubbing and tearing stuff up. Part of farming is surviving and making lemonade out of lemons. Rye grass can be lemonade.
WhoopsieDaisy, 3020 floater turned over (pics)
