“Missouri livestock producers have some options to manage tall fescue seed head development and the toxic endophyte issues we have in Missouri,” says Tim Schnakenberg, University of Missouri ...

University of Missouri livestock and forage specialists are reporting ergot infestations that can cause major losses in ...

It’s most dramatic in autumn when the airy, straw-colored seed heads form. Unlike a conventional lawn, this garden of grasses and sedges in an area about 20 by 40 feet needs watering but once a ...

Now along with annual bluegrass fescue lawns are infested with another type of bluegrass. Unfortunately, this grassy weed is a rapidly growing perennial. Rough stalk bluegrass is a common seed ...

If you have fescue in your lawn, now is the perfect time to reseed it. ... When shopping for fescue seeds, it good to purchase a seed mix rather than a product that is all the same type of seed.

While the best time of year to reseed fescue lawns is in the fall, the second-best time is now. So, if your best intentions to get that seed down last fall went unfulfilled, it’s time to get ...

Tall fescue should be applied for overseeding existing lawns at the rate of three to five pounds per 1,000 square feet. Divide your total needed seed into two parts.

Unfortunately, it’s almost certain that commercial fescue seed blends will contain a small amount of this weed which is a serious problem for fescue during early spring. There is no plausible ...

If it is something bad, less than one-half of 1% can ruin a bag of seed. For example, if a bag of tall fescue seed contained 0.5% orchard grass, the buyer would end up planting 12 to 16 orchard ...