315: The Complete Guide To Switchgrass for Habitat Management: Everything You Need To Know with Roger Sampson

Habitat Podcast

Habitat Podcast #315 - In today’s episode of The Habitat Podcast, we are back in the studio with Andy Hutchens 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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