This is a photo of some Piper SudanGrass that we planted this spring, in the drought. It had only a quarter inch of rain on it after 5 weeks.. and was starting to die out, but the good Lord blessed us with lots of rain after that, and on the first cutting of hay, we had over 90 6' round bales. Neighbor and friend Ken Judge swathed it for us, and we did the rest. It was taller than his John Deere Tractor and no bigger around than a small ink pen. This field is on upland CLAY soil. The video clip on the left of Ken is the field in the sand at Mom and Dads west of Perkins. Lots of difference in the two fields. Both were planted May 8th, and both had same amount of fertiler applied. Perkins field had 50lbs per acre, and Stillwater field had 40 lbs per acre. While the Stillwater field was much taller at harvest, it did NOT make the most. The field at Perkins beat it by one half bale per acre! After cutting, each had rain. Perkins field looks tough, light greeen and uneven, but the Stillwater field is very even and dark green and looks like it was just planted!!! Difference in ground, one being sand one being upland CLAY! Hope this has not put you to sleep! haha... We planted this for additional forage for the cattle this winter and something for Dad to "think" about this summer and keep up with. Not sure what to do this fall, thinking of planting some Marshall Rye by overseeding, MAYBE!
photo by stan
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