Anybody know the proper amount of seed per acre

[FarmboyBill]

For Haygrazer/sorgum sudex/ sudan grass? I know I got it here somewhere in my library. To lazy to hunt it up. Id been thinking for a couple weeks that I oughta plant my 12 in it and get a cutting offa it and let it regrow and plow it down befor frost. I didnt think id ever get another rain till too late, but I got a good 1/2in last week, and that would have been enough to have got it started. I gotta find a source for the seed, as its way late and any of the seed stores here likely would have had it returned back by now, but ill check.

[jwal10]

I always planted 20 lbs/ acre but I had irrigation. Looks like 20-25 is recommended....James

http://lubbock.tamu.edu/othercrops/p...e/haygraze.pdf

[FarmboyBill]

Thanks jwal.

[FarmboyBill]

Dang. They want $50 a bag. Thats $600. Dont think im that brave.

[ksfarmer]

Originally Posted by jwal10

I always planted 20 lbs/ acre but I had irrigation. Looks like 20-25 is recommended....James

http://lubbock.tamu.edu/othercrops/p...e/haygraze.pdf

Thats about what I did. Sometimes less but usually 20 + or-. It isn't cheap but will make a lot of tonage if you get rain. If it is droughty then you need to watch (test) to be sure it isn't too high in nitrates.

[FarmboyBill]

Tho ive raised it many times, never in the drouth conditions we have now. What do too much nitrates do to whatever??

[oneokie]

Kidney failure in animals.

[FarmboyBill]

Whats the thing to do about it??

[jwal10]

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/disaster/drou...poisoning.html

[FarmboyBill]

Dang. Thats got me scared. No sense whizzin away the money on something id be scared to sell

[ksfarmer]

If there is any question, you should have it tested. Some I raised one year tested so high , it was reccomended I mix it 10 to 1 with other hay. (I was grinding hay at that time to feed cows). I ended up using most of those big bales as ditch stoppers at the edge of fields.

[FarmboyBill]

Well id be selling mine, so id have no control as to how it was fed. Id hate to get sued over someone elses dead livestock

[FarmboyBill]

Where would I take it to get it tested??

Also, If I caught a rain in Aug, and got it planted, but I didnt cut it till oct, thereabouts, and maybe even Nov, as we hardly ever have a freez till Nov, and alotta times in Dec. If it got fair amounts of rain on it in sept/oct, would that drive out those toxins when it was cut. If not, Im going to forget it. Im thinking I could hold it till Feb, and by the then price would be about as high as it would ever get, AND that toxin level should drop some even more. Whats your thoughts.

[ksfarmer]

I had mine tested by my local co-op, think they sent it to a testing lab at K-State. I'm not much of an expert on it, but, I do seem to remember being told that after a frost, a few days of drying would make it safe to graze. I'm not going to give advice, better talk to someone from your local extension service.

[FarmboyBill]

We dont have co-ops here. Im going to check at the County Extension Office Tomorrow. And yeah, Ive herd that too. But Ill cut it before a frost. I hope to get some regrowth so as to plow it under. Ive heard it makes good green manure.