“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 ...

The fescue-blend grass requires mowing only once a year, when the seed-heads emerge in the spring. However, some homeowners mow it monthly to maintain a height of about 4 inches, according to the ...

Fescue is a nutrient rich, cool-season forage option for area ranchers. Despite its dense, lush appearance, fescue could be to blame for rate of gain and conception complications in cattle.

Dear Carol: Can you tell me about planting fine fescue grass and where to get it? -- R.S., Chittenango. Dear R.S.: Readers have been interested in the "no-mow" lawns that are being discussed in ...

These are two separate items. There are about 230,000 seeds in a pound of perennial ryegrass, and about 435,000 seeds in a pound of chewings fescue. So, an 80:20 mixture of ryegrass to chewings fescue ...

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.