Doo-Hong Min, Ph.D. MI State University
June 2007 - “We had a great pasture walk on June 6 and I talked about the benefits of High-Sugar Grass. It looks very interesting because there are significantly fewer weeds in the AberDart (High-Sugar Grass) field than the standard perennial ryegrass variety field.”
Production Field Millersburg, OR
July 2007 - AberEcho HSG Tetraploid Intermediate Ryegrass demonstrates impressive re-growth. Photo was taken approx. 3 weeks after harvest and is adjacent to a traditional ryegrass production field. Both fields were harvested on the same day.
Bruce Fairfield, IA
Sept. 2007 - “I was eager to see how the cows would like the Beef Bank pasture. When I turned them out, they first went to finish off some corn stubble but it didn't take them long to leave it and go straight for the Beef Bank. They grazed steady for a week and left the field looking like it had been mowed. No clumps of grass that they didn't find palatable were left behind. What really struck me was that they left a strip of alfalfa and bromegrass alone while they grazed the Beef Bank pasture.”
Spring 2007 - “I was pleased with the establishment of the Beef Bank pasture that I planted this Spring. It came in quick and clean without a nurse crop despite some cool weather in April. I look forward to turning the cattle onto it later this summer.”
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