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Michael S. Bailey (Msbailey)
| | Posted on Monday, Jan 22, 2001 - 3:17 pm: |   |
I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of or used a new type of Bermuda grass I have found (new to me). It is sold for sprigging by www.worldfeeder.com. It is fairly expensive, but promises some amazing results. Dr.O, they claim with "proper fertilizer" to have a grass which could be 23.2% CP, and 74% total digestible nutrients. Would this even be good for horses? Also, they recommend using chicken manure for fertilizer (I am getting more info from them so to be fair, this is preliminary). Any health risks to horses from chicken manure. I was wondering if this was "too good to be true" or maybe a good idea for our soon to be replanted pastures.
Thanks in advance,
Michael Bailey |
S. T. Bruce (Kari)
| | Posted on Monday, Jan 22, 2001 - 4:58 pm: | |
I, also, looked into the use of the new hybrids such a World Feeder. I talked to several persons that had planted it and for the most part, all gave it good reviews. I decided against it for the following reasons:
1. It is expensive ($400.+ per acre in my area (No.West Tn.) with usually a 5 acre minimum.
2. It has to be spriged correctly and the ground properly prepared which makes it expensive to start.
3. I think the protein content has been somewhat blown up and again to maintain that content would require a great deal of fertilizer and maintenance.
Since I was interested in pasture, not hay production it did not appear to be worth the extra expense. Common bermuda properly fertilized and maintained will provide me with all the nutrition I need for grazing my horses. |
Eva B. Orndoff (Eveo)
| | Posted on Monday, Jan 22, 2001 - 9:36 pm: | |
I looked into World Feeder, too. I was interested because it's supposed to be drought tolerant. I am still debating about whether to see if I can talk them into giving/selling me enough for about 100 sq. ft., just to see if it would come up in our adobe clay soil.. Oh yeah, we're real hilly here & it would be difficult to do the recommended cultivation. I was in touch with a woman who put it in a pasture (at great expense). She says that if it's mowed, you can scatter the seed heads & it'll come up. |
Chris Mills (Count)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Jan 23, 2001 - 7:52 am: | |
We have also looked into World Feeder Bermuda and decided as Kari did it was too expensive to plant.
However, we do buy the hay and the horses love it.
Am from Louisiana---hay is $3/bale in the field but is worth it as horses eat every speck of it. |
Chris Mills (Count)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Jan 23, 2001 - 12:15 pm: | |
Couple of more thoughts on World Feeder Bermuda.
Eveo---don't think it will reseed as is hybrid.
Persons that we buy it from make a fortune off it as they have 3-4cuttings/season and have reservations for getting it! Last time we were there there were people from Dallas, Tex, Gueydan, La---both a good days drive.
We make our reservations early-lol. |
Michael S. Bailey (Msbailey)
| | Posted on Tuesday, Jan 23, 2001 - 10:27 pm: | |
Hello All,
Since I started this current thread, I did more research. I came up with this found at:
www.cnrit.tamu.edu
"In Reply to: Re: world feeder bermuda posted by Larry Redmon on February 18, 2000 at 14:55:02:
: : I have recently acquired a few acres. I would like to know if anyone has any knowledge of this particular grass for livestock. I live in Wood co
: Debra:
: Texas A&M University and Oklahoma State
: University (world feeder comes from Oklahoma) have
: quite a bit of information regarding world feeder
: Bermuda grass. Following several years of trials
: at both universities, it has been demonstrated
: under research conditions that:
: a) World feeder is not as productive a grass
: as the hybrids such as 'Coastal', 'Tifton
: 44', 'Tifton 85' or even 'Jiggs', a private
: release from Texas.
: b) There is nothing special about the forage
: nutritive value (crude protein, digestibility)
: that would offset the loss in dry matter
: production.
: c) The initial cost of establishment for world
: feeder is so high, it precludes most producers
: from being able to afford the sprigs for
: establishment.
: World feeder has good cold tolerance, but then so
: does the more productive Tifton 44 which can be
: established for quite a bit less money."
Evidently Larry Redmon is a professor at Texas A&M.
Comments?
Michael |
