Teff Grass

[@donnalynch5117]

Hi there. You said you planted in June, I am curious about what part of the country you are in. I am in central Tx, and we warm up pretty early in the year, so I was trying to get an idea of how warm it is when you plant.

[@cjamonwilliams]

I interseed mine with alfalfa and clover.. To fix nitrogen.. In fall I hit it with cowpeas.. Fixing more nitrogen

[@marshagiere9894]

what state are you ?

[@TheGrmany69]

We have a variety of native teff here in Venezuela, they are clearly prolific and the pasture of the future for tropical areas but could you recommend another type of pasture for tropical areas or for summer in the US at least? We have lots of issues with the farming culture here and one of these is the bad management of pastures, they feed elephant grass and crap like that to dairy cattle instead of non-lignified crops; another issue is that we deal with lots of clayish soils, everything is clay.

[@tandybrown7586]

Hello Cover Crop Kings, Could you please assist us get specs for a Teff planter and equipment manufacturers. Thanks.

[@Lemlem7682]

The video would be complete if you tell your viewers that teff is an ancient Ethiopian origin grain. I'm saying this because some companies are taking some teff varieties from Ethiopia, commercializing it elsewhere, and claiming patent right. They are doing this without acknowledging that Ethiopians domesticated teff..

[@covercropkings539]

That's good to know. We were unaware of that. Thank You!

[@TheGrmany69]

Not all teff is Ethiopian, South American teff is indigenous.

[@Lemlem7682]

@@TheGrmany69 that is completely false! If South America have teff America and other countries will not stolen the teff from Ethiopia! And you have no proof that teff belong to South America! The only place you will find teff is in Ethiopia!

[@lifebehindbars6283]

What kind of root structure does Teff have?

[@covercropkings539]

Jeff Williams from what we can gather it’s a fairly shallow root structure

[@mememesay6482]

How to gat teff power in south africa

[@andrewstaerk2796]

How hard would it be to get teff seed just north of the border in southern Manitoba

[@covercropkings539]

I don't deal as much with the movement of seed as I used to but I don't think it would be that difficult. I will say that I'm not positive that I would do it up there but I think it will really be dependent upon the year. I'll look into it and see if my Canadian friends can source some up there.

[@ken1010ken]

Hi Andrew, if you're still looking, Union Forage (based in Alberta) has teff grass seed available, and can ship into Manitoba. Message me and I can get you some more details.

[@YourLandManCraig]

How does teff grass handle rotational grazing?

[@covercropkings539]

Craig Stevenson we do not have any experience grazing it but I don’t believe it has a deep root structure so it may not be a great option. I’d use other annuals for grazing.

[@cjamonwilliams]

It is amazing on a rotation. Bounces back fast but it works best with interseed Ed legumes.. I like cowpeas and alfalfa and drill it in at the 10lbs/acre..lays down heavy that way.. I never have to buy hay in winter but I'm in Texas also..

[@sampsonsfarm6636]

I dont have access to a brillion seeder how else could you plant it

[@covercropkings539]

Sampsons Farm that’s a tuff one. You could try to run it through a micro box and have it air flowed. Then lightly drag it in.

[@polywirerancher]

I planted some with a regular grain drill then rolled it, happy with the stand not as nice is this.but if you cant see the seed on the ground your going to deep

[@bradmorgan1234]

We bought a cheap conventional great plains drill, took hoses off bottom and just let seed drop and scatter. Then took a cultipacker and rolled in .

[@huntermootz5228]

Had a bunch of Rag weeds come up in mine and had to spray it

[@covercropkings539]

We found that after we did 1st cutting and the teff was much thicker and choked out all weeds!

[@vickiestouffer1570]

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