Summer cover crop for goats?

[Our Little Farm]

Do any of you plant a summer cover crop for your goats? I'd be interested in what you plant and where you get the seed from.

[Our Little Farm]

need to add;

Am I right in thinking buckwheat is toxic to goats?

[Alice In TX/MO]

Deer browse seed is available at large feed stores. That's what we've put in before.

Toxic plants:
http://www.dairygoatjournal.com/issu..._to_goats.html

[billooo2]

Some dairy farmers plant rye after they harvest corn in the fall.....so they can either graze the rye in the spring or chop itl.

ATTRA may have some suggestions:
http://attra.ncat.org/

Several of the 'grass-based' dairy farmers in this area are using turnips and other brassicas to extned the grazing in the fall. One of my friends was grazing turnips into December. He claimed that it did not affect the flavor of the milk with the cows. I don't know if that would be true for goats.

Here are a couple sources for seeds:
http://www.welterseed.com/default.aspx
http://www.barenbrug.com/?siteid=1001

[Nina]

Don't know if this is helpful...http://www.johnnyseeds.com/c-296-pasture-mixes.aspx

[Pony]

I've not yet planted specifically for pasture, and I have a feeling I'm a wee bit late for this year, but I'm still going to plant Shumway's pasture mix -- as soon as it stops raining.

[billooo2]

I don't know if this is helpful......last summer I had a person from the Soil Conservation (they have a new name now, but i do not remember what the name is) come to my place and give me advice. My pasture/hay field has not had anything done to it for several years, and the quality is pretty poor.
His recommendation......do not plow it under or re-seed until I get soil tests done, and get the pH and fertility of the soil where it should be. He said that spending money for seed would be like "money down the drain." He said that the good seed will not grow until the fertility is correct.