|
Howell Wheaton Thoughts
ELDON COLE
MT. VERNON, MO.
Many of you knew our Missouri Extension Forage Specialist back in the last century, Howell Wheaton. Howell lives just west of Columbia and still runs an Angus herd. For a number of years, he’s written a column in Missouri Angus Trails magazine. His last two articles have focused on fescue’s importance to the beef industry in Missouri and how you can cope with it without totally renovating all of your “hot” fescue acres. He makes a lot of sense and if you have a chance, look up his articles. They should show up on Google under “Hay and Cows and Chaff and Stuff”.
One item concerning fescue that brought back a memory to me was he said a grizzled, older cowman in the Ozarks told him years ago about Ky31 fescue, “ a poor grass that you got is a lot better than a good grass that you ain’t got.” ∆
ELDON COLE: Extension Livestock Specialist, University of Missouri
|
|