Tackling Broomsedge: A Summer Strategy for Union County Cattle Producers
As Union County farmers know, summer is a critical time for managing pastures—and one persistent challenge is the spread of broomsedge. Broomsedge is a true grass, not a sedge. Broomsedge is also sometimes called “sage grass” but it falls short of the mark as a forage grass. Cattle will eat it but for only a short period in the spring when the new leaves first emerge and there is nothing better available. Once the perennial, clump-forming, three-foot-tall, erect growing stems emerge in early summer broomsedge is not desirable for grazing.