Open AccessCrabgrass as a Forage and Hay Crop
Author(s) -
Ann R. Blount,
Don Ball,
R. K. Sprenkel,
R. O. Myer,
Timothy Hewitt
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-ag195-2003
Subject(s) - hay , forage , pasture , agronomy , grazing , crop , livestock , grassland , agriculture , agroforestry , crop rotation , environmental science , geography , biology , forestry , ecology
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)