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The state-wide drought has caused a serious shortage of forage for livestock and concern that the supply of stored feed may not be enough to last through the winter.
Virginia Tech Extension forage specialist, Harlan E. White, said that planting small grains is “almost the last resort at this time of year” to provide additional livestock feed for the winter and early spring. “Rye is the most reliable small grain for providing winter grazing and can be seeded successfully as late as Dec. 1 in most areas,” White said. “Earlier seeding obviously will provide more grazing this fall and early winter.”
Crimson clover can be seeded with the rye but it should be seeded in most areas by Oct. 15 in order to survive the winter. Plan to seed one and one-half or two bushels of rye per acre. Do not let livestock graze it closer than two or three inches before permitting it to recover. Next spring the rye can be grazed, wilted and chopped for silage in the boot stage, or used as mulch for no-till corn.
Barley and wheat also can be grazed. White explained, but their best use for feed is probably as silage next spring. “When directchopped at the dough stage,
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