Hi Noel,
I'm a bit unclear. Are you saying that they cows won't eat the Advance
fescue, or that the endophyte in the ryegrass is the problem?
Bill Patterson
Crimora VA USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel Pattinson" <noel@netspace.net.au>
To: <vicdairy-l@unimelb.edu.au>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: endophyte & fescue
> Thanks for the replies Leon & John,
> The reason I asked the question was that I had read that endophytes had
> been
> removed from the new varieties of fescue for cow health reasons and yet
> some
> southern NSW farmers are glyphosating large areas of Advance fescue
> because
> they have been told that its the endophyte that's making the plants
> unpalatable to the stock and if they can get the cows to eat it they go
> crazy busting though fences etc.)
> I Guess that when they spray the fescue they will kill the problem
> ryegrass
> also and solve their problem anyway....unless they drill the same ryegrass
> back in !!!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Noel Pattinson
> Willung
> Gippsland
> Victoria
>
>
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