Yes I think we are going to have TURNIPS THIS YEAR

WOnder if I planted turnips and let them rot, would that help the soil?

I know they will make little pot holes that will catch the water and hold it ...thats what I like about them plus the cows go crazy for them

time for a TURNIP UPDATE TODAY were the cows are eating IS THE PART were I RAN OUT OF SEED....The brackess and Keyle are mixed in some of this they loved them also


I have had a few can not beat the fresh taste

I guess I didn't realize you had so many cows! I see only two calves. Where are the others hiding?

Sorry I'm not enthused about turnips; kind of a non-food item to me. But as with anything else, fresh, home-grown is better than what's at the store! (Now a dozen people are going to slam me for not liking turnips!)

Seddon I have 30 cows and Heifers
I expanded from 23 last year..all grown from 1 week old or born here on the farm except one..yes 3 calfs so far....I will not be milking and raising calves this year expenses are just to high no profit in it

the cows just love them why I plant so many..cheap GREEN FEED

So next year's calf crop will no doubt have some Guernsey babies, right? (or the year after perhaps!)

Do they eat the turnip part too?

yes if they pull it up they eat it then if not they will eat the top of the turnip itself....yes Guernsey and MILKING SHOTHORN/Jersey bulls the one I get from Emily.... babies in 2 years

How much grazing do you get off of them? I'm just now cutting my beans so I think it's to late and am just going to plant dome wheat to graze. But I plan to kill that and plant corn in the spring then go with a cover crop corn rotation where I graze the cover crop over winter.

Not sure what I'll use for the cover crop but curious how much feed I can expect to get from it.

I have feed same plot three times if i get rain...but with the draught and no grass to speak of on farm they are eating them down to the ground now......but you see what one little seed grows,and there are a bunch of turnip seed to the pound $1.83 a pound 10 to 17 pounds to the acre.......this spot is thick were I started the spreader so it got extra...the cows and horses just love them

off topic myers, but if you're not raising calves what in the world are you gonna do with all that milk?

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let the calves the cows have drink it ...cut out all feed and put more calves on cows if i can find any

I wonder if the goats would eat them?

lOLI deer love them saw 9 in field with the cows ..they get to eat first hard to keep them out

plant a small patch next year and turn in goats..if they do expand the next year

So jealous of your wonderful turnip crop. I planted late Sept. and because of the drought they are about 2-3" tall. If we don't get some rain soon I'm sure all the rye, fescue and turnips will be dead. Good thing I bought hay.

got another idea to save time go to farmers market and buy some...cut off top see if goats will eat them and you eat the turnips....that will save a year....I am pretty sure they will

Sorry they do need the 3 things to start and rain to grow big.



My peas sprouted then the rain washed them out of the ground and they died......lots of my wheat was washed into piles..so you can have to much rain untill they get really rooted..then can not have to much...


HOPE you get rain soon

yes goats will eat them fast as you pour them over the fence according to a friend of mine...he came and got some yesterday

Myersfarm, Sorry for the dumb question but do you broadcast your seed in your field or do you have to till/plow up an area to plant. All my fields are planted grass and I didn't know if the turnips could compete with that.

Sue turnips need 3 things .... contact with the soil ...90 degrees works the best for a few days right at planting....moisture ...if you have the cows graze down to the ground like 3 inches then broadcast the seed and get a rain...during a wind storm so the seed gets down to the ground...thats ll you need....I have broadcasted and draged a spike harr behind it to get it in contact with the ground...letting cattle run on it for 4 or 5 days also helps...but not any longer till they are grown...

My seed cost $1.83 and one little seed grew that big turnip with all that green stuff for them to eat...

in western Missouri they sew the seed from a airplane into the corn fields then harvest the corn later....turnip seed are round and if they get bumped around they will find the soil....


you can even broadcast by hand or a hand crank seeder as long as it get the 3 things

The problem with all of this is that when the seed producers figure out more people are planting more turnips to help out with feed costs they'll jump the price up to about $10 a pound!

I'm thinking about starting to tell people my cows eat rocks and are growing well on them. Then, the land I have on the hillside will increase in value. lol.......

Turnips truly are good to plant. I've always put in a couple acres of them every year provided I get the rain the cow and deer do well on them. This year we are just minus the rain part of the equation.

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