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Implement Overseeding Strategy and Application Rate

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Farmer's Winter Pastures....Am I wasting money on this? #farming #farm

What happens here

The presenter outlines his specific strategy for overseeding. He plans to spread the grass seed on pastures where the cows are actively grazing. This method utilizes the cows' hooves to naturally work the grass seed into the soil, eliminating the need for additional equipment to incorporate the seeds, ensuring no seed is wasted. He also clarifies his chosen application rate of approximately four bags per acre, noting this is less than the six bags per acre often recommended by seed professionals for new pasture seeding. This reduced rate is suitable because he is overseeding an already healthy pasture rather than establishing a completely new one. He anticipates that ryegrass will germinate first, followed by clover, and then fescue, based on the seed mix composition.

Goal: Effectively distribute grass seed with optimal soil incorporation and germination.

Tools and materials

  • Broadcast Spreader — Implementing the spreading strategy (though not actively shown spreading in this segment)
  • Tractor — Implementing the spreading strategy (though not actively shown spreading in this segment)

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going to be spreading grass seed on the pasture that the cows are moving into and let them hoof it into the soil. No grass seed goes to waste. Now, if you call your grass seed guy, he's going to say, "Well, you're going to need to put six bags to the acre." I ain't putting six bags to the acre. We're doing about four bags to the acre here on the Stony Ridge Farm. That's what makes sense for me. We're overseeding healthy pasture. We're not seeding brand new pasture. So, that's why we do this. And that clover should probably hit first and then the perennial, excuse me, the ryrass will hit first. Then the clover will hit and then the fescue will

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