Managing Inter-seeded Winter Annual Grasses for Optimum Production

Managing Inter-seeded Winter Annual Grasses for Optimum Production

By Ryan Hicks, OSU Extension Educator Inter-seeding cool season annual grass like wheat, rye and ryegrass into bermudagrass pastures is a common way to extend the grazing season and provide high quality pasture when cattle need it most. By doing this, producers are able to graze these pastures for 9 or 10 months instead of the 4 to 5 months of grazing we normally expect from pastures containing only warm-season grasses. Most of the benefit comes…