Habitat Podcast #315 – In today’s episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Andy Hutchinson my good friend Roger Sampson. We discuss:
- Rogers’ 30 years of experience in native grasses
- Regenerative agriculture
- Food Security in South Sudan
- The potential of switchgrass as a solution to the US energy crisis
- Planting 350 acres of switchgrass without government subsidies
- The ease of growth with switchgrass
- Switchgrasses role in the dairy industry
- The development of a new, improved variety of native grass called Rc. Big Rock
- New variety of switchgrass
- Proper site preparation and the use of appropriate herbicides
- Don’t overdo it on the herbicides
- The benefits of planting switchgrass in marginal soils
- Patience and proper seeding rates.
- Seeding rates for roadside screening versus bedding situations
- Managing heavy snow loads on switchgrass varieties
- The twin-row system for seed drills
- The importance of landscape heterogeneity
- Edge feathering and the use of native wildflower and grass mixes
- The myth that switchgrass is a deer desert
- Prioritizing security over ease of feeding
And So Much More!
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