<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Also, check out <a href="http://SARE.org" class="">SARE.org</a> (Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education) - great source! The Envirothon has used its info for years; this year’s current issue is about grazing lands, and info from SARE is on the Advisors’ resource list again this year. Most material is free!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And of course, to be aware of any black cherry trees nearby - wilted leaves contain cyanide compounds that will sicken/kill horses, cows, etc. <i class=""> Prunus serotina</i> should be removed from all nearby pasture areas, to be safe.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kathy Seiler</div><div class="">Blue Ridge Summit</div><div class="">PATC</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 23, 2018, at 1:28 AM, Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" class="">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Is this prairie land in Iowa? If so native grasses would include Indian grass, switch grass, Joe Pye weed and Little bluestem. Marc<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MAIPC [<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Nathan Hartshorne<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, January 23, 2018 12:30 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MAIPC Listserve (<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[MAIPC] Native grass for horse grazing?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Someone asked me about getting a pasture started for a horse he is going to buy. It is something I hadn't really thought of and certainly wouldn't want to recommend any native grasses without knowing for sure they are good for horses, but I thought maybe some people here have recommendations. 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