Content tagged with annual ryegrass

Fall offers a strategic window for planting cool-season forages, but success hinges on early planning—taking into account feed supplies, livestock needs, and pasture conditions. It’s also important to evaluate hay quality, manage grazing residue, and choose seed mixes that support fall growth while sustaining pasture through winter and into spring.

Ryegrass is often thought of as the top pasture staple for lush quality and sugars. It establishes fast in cooler, moist regions and is excellent for grazing or mechanical harvest. A high yielder with a longer growing season than some other cool season pastures, perennial ryegrass can also be shorter lived, and is sensitive to drought, temperature…