sugar cane???

Anonymous-0 · Nov 8, 2011

Some stuff growing a few miles away that looks like sugar cane. Couple of fields of it and nothing was done with it for 2 or 3 years. Went by the other day and saw them cutting and roundbaling a field... Just wondering what it will be used for. Is there food value to it (stuff was all brown)? Or would there be so much sugar that it'd be dangerous for a straight feed?

I'll try and get by to take a couple pics in the next few days.... Maybe that's not even what it is...

Dale S · Nov 8, 2011

Farmers by us use to grow sorghum which looked like sugar cane

Lou from Wi. · Nov 8, 2011

Dave.The fellow is more right then wrong. Sorgum growers around here feed it to cattle(beef cattle).we bought a hanging side several years ago to cut & wrap our selves. Did package it up but when we went to eat the meat,couldn't stand the sorgum taste.Even the dog wouldn't touch it.Was money and time wasted for us. Took the meat and put it in the woods for the bear and other meat eating critters. Vowed never again to buy meat with out some assurance that it wasn't sorgum fed. LOU.

Mark-Ia · Nov 8, 2011

Sudan Grass maybe.

oj · Nov 8, 2011

Dave, bet it"s biofuel to go in a digester or maybe pelleting... mycanthus? maybe...

Anonymous-0 · Nov 8, 2011

(quoted from post at 14:04:05 11/08/11) Dave, bet it"s biofuel to go in a digester or maybe pelleting... mycanthus? maybe...

looks like that but not as tall....... the biofuel makes sense given the area it's in..I'll get some pics and maybe find someone there to ask.....

Thanks.

ohiojim · Nov 8, 2011

could be johnson grass, we have it here and it does look like cane

jm. · Nov 8, 2011

Expermintal around here..Called switchgrass,kinda kin to johnsongrass. They are using it for fuel experiments making electricty.
University of Tennesse has several growers under contract.

john in la · Nov 8, 2011

Sugar cane would clog up a roundbaler.

Plus it is to cold where you live to grow. Sugar cane is a tropical plant.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

Hi Dave, its called Miscanfoss or elephant grass and we have a lot grown here in the eastern counties. It is cut with a sugercane harvester the baled up into big heston bales and carted to one of the strw burning power stations. MJ

Anonymous-0 · Nov 9, 2011

(quoted from post at 02:07:00 11/09/11) Hi Dave, its called Miscanfoss or elephant grass and we have a lot grown here in the eastern counties. It is cut with a sugercane harvester the baled up into big heston bales and carted to one of the strw burning power stations. MJ

Thanks.... can check one more block off the ignorant list :roll:

BCnT · Nov 9, 2011

theyre baling sugar cane south of me to use for cattle feed...says to be tested at 7% protien...i've never fed it so havent got a clue how cattle do on it.

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