Crabgrass as a Forage and Hay Crop

Crabgrass is a high quality summer annual forage grass that is well adapted to the sandy soils and climatic conditions of the southern Coastal Plain. While it is often considered to be a weedy species, it is a valuable temporary summer forage crop, particularly on open land that is planted to vegetables or row crops, and used in a rotation as pasture for livestock grazing or hay production. This document is SS-AGR-193, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published August 2003. SS-AGR-193/AG195: Crabgrass as a Forage and Hay Crop (ufl.edu)