Crabgrass for Forage: Management from the 1990s/Broadcasting Crabgrass Seed into Annual Winter Pastures to Start a Crabgrass-Winter Pasture Double Crop

Table 2. Red River crabgrass forage yields and estimated beef yield potential from four broadcast planting overseeding dates, August 11, 1992

Planting Date	Dry Crabgrass (Pounds per Acre)¹	Estimated Beef Yield/Ac.²

Oct. 1	1,300	130
Dec. 9	3,000	300
Feb. 19	2,775	277
Apr. 7	1,970	197

	2,260	226

¹These plots were used to assess stands as first priority. These yields represent only a portion of the yield potential. Nitrogen fertilization was late and only 50 pounds of actual nitrogen, and regrowth after August 11 was grazed and not included in these yields. ²At about 10 pounds of grass per 1 pound of beef.