However, tall fescue must receive at least three to four hours of sunlight. Tall fescue is the most heat and drought tolerant of the cool-season or northern grasses.

That makes tall fescue one of the best-adapted turf grasses for the transition zone, the roughly 200-mile-wide belt between the cooler northern states and warmer southern states.

Producers can reduce heat stress by providing adequate shade, proper fly control, access to water and the right choice of ...

Summer-dormant Tall Fescue Grass Shows Promise For Pasture Improvements. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 28, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 11 / 071126162522.htm ...

Fescues are an easy-care alternative to traditional Kentucky bluegrass and perennial rye grasses. Subscribe. Log In. Minnesota News You Can Use. Subscribe. The Latest. 32 minutes ago.

The term “endophyte” usually comes to a farmer’s attention in connection with tall fescue. This forage grass is extremely important in the southern United States and endophytes have a lot to ...

Tall fescue is a coarse-textured grass, often used as a primary turf species. Tall fescue infestations often result from contamination in a lower quality seed source.

In addition to a positive control of non-toxic fescue seed, researchers offered lambs diets with toxic fescue seed with no red clover extract or toxic fescue with 0.33, 0.67, or 1% of the diet as ...