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Post by covenanthay on Dec 8, 2011 12:32:58 GMT -5
Anyone here with experience raising Teff grass?
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Post by glowplug on Dec 8, 2011 19:51:22 GMT -5
Search for:
Hay and Forage Grower
magazine. There should be some articles in their archives.
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Post by wctyilfarmer on Dec 8, 2011 19:52:13 GMT -5
had some a few years back. had a wet spring, just sowed with a three wheeler, got a good stand spread fert after it dried enough, made a decent cutting, then it got dry. haven't sowed any since. if you intend to make dry hay i would recommend a tedder. we wet wrapped the first cutting, then dryed the rest.
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Post by covenanthay on Dec 8, 2011 20:18:42 GMT -5
I have read all the Hay and Forage articles, university research and trials and talked to seed company reps but just wanted to talk to someone with actual experience groing it. We are only going to trial 8 acres next year.
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Post by glowplug on Dec 8, 2011 21:01:06 GMT -5
Okay, not sure where you farm. I presume that teff has been grown in your area? And there is an end market for the product?
8 acres isn't a lot, I suppose. Good luck with your trial.
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Post by covenanthay on Dec 9, 2011 5:45:31 GMT -5
I am in northern Ohio and have a large pleasure horse market. No, Teff has not been raised in this area but from what I have learned it should do well here. My cool season grasses all peter out in the summer and this will fill that void as well as give me a little niche market.
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Post by glowplug on Dec 9, 2011 19:43:46 GMT -5
Oh, here in WI, the horse folks are partial to an alfalfa (30%) orchardgrass (70%) mix in their bales. Use only the LATE maturity orchardgrass varieties if you go that route.
Well good luck with the teff test plot.
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Post by JoshuaGA on Dec 9, 2011 21:42:32 GMT -5
I have thought about planting some behind corn and try to make a cutting like that, probably wouldn't work in Ohio. I know I sold all my alfalfa hay this year, not recession proof but I haven't filled demand here, and that is not counting any drought sales.
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Post by covenanthay on Jun 1, 2012 11:16:54 GMT -5
I planted it May 26th and had 1/2 inch of rain the 28th and 2/10 today, June 1st. Will let you know how it does.
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Post by kwestfarms on Jul 3, 2012 10:52:53 GMT -5
So.....covenanthay....hows that Teff grass doing ? John
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Post by covenanthay on Jul 4, 2012 11:55:52 GMT -5
Not good. We have had only 3.3 inches of rain since May 1st and I only got about a 10% stand. The seed company is checking their germination test records as this was carry over seed.
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Post by kwestfarms on Jul 4, 2012 14:18:39 GMT -5
This might have been the year to try it up here with all this heat.....I thought about it a year ago but decided we are just too cold in Spring to give it a chance to get started. John
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Post by 4450 on Jul 15, 2012 9:58:26 GMT -5
Looking for something to plant in the spring to use for cow pasture through the summer. Would teff be a good choice. Any grazing problems associated with it that anyone knows of?
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Post by JoshuaGA on Jul 15, 2012 20:05:22 GMT -5
Looking for something to plant in the spring to use for cow pasture through the summer. Would teff be a good choice. Any grazing problems associated with it that anyone knows of? LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION. That said, from what I understand on teff, it is a shallow rooted crop that doesn't like traffic. Me, I would say look at a good dwarf pearl millet, here, Tiftleaf3, there . Reason I say dwarf is that it tends to make alot of leaf and not much stalk, as opposed to normal pearl. You might be in a place that can grow oats in the summer, that works.
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Post by covenanthay on Jul 19, 2012 15:43:43 GMT -5
Teff Update; heard back from the seed company and the salesman said it should never have been sold-low germ test results. Refunding all my seed cost and discounting my next seed purchase "severely" for my other costs.
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