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Oklahoma | I agree, you never see Johnsongrass in a grazed pasture. We also bale Johnsongrass with bermuda and feed it with out many problems most of the time. Problems occur when you fertilize heavy then it gets stressed. I know about 4 years ago we had a late July/early Aug cutting that got HOT. We still fed it but very cautiously as a blend. You can still blend it and get by. I know several producers sold toxic hay to feedyards because the feedyard would blend it with enough stuff to get the toxic hay concentration down to like 1-3% of the ration with no problems.
Maverick gets expensive for just hay but that will work. Might check with your chem dealer as I have heard that there is some type of a label in the works for Maverick on bermudagrass but under a different name. I have heard that Accent???? (corn chemical that is off label also) will get it done. If you mow it regularly it will reduce it quite a bit but we still have it in one hay meadow that gets mowed every 28-30 days. It may still be in that meadow due to flooding bringing in new seeds or seedbank left behind. | |
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JOHNSON GRASS IN MY BERMUDA
