Perennial peanut (Arachis glabrata; also known as rhizoma peanut) is a warm-season legume that grows well in the lower southeastern United States. This legume is grown for hay, silage and pasture and as ornamental ground cover.
Perennial peanut fills a unique niche in this region because there is no other perennial warm-season legume that rivals its forage quality, persistence and broad spectrum of uses. It is commercially produced primarily in north Florida and south Georgia. Most of this production is hay for horses.
At Z6 Cattle we have a four-acre established nursery of Latitude 34 and will begin sprigging half of the ranch in February of 2016. We are excited to see our pastures established with this golden flower and highly nutritious plant. Moreover, our Wagyu donors, females and bulls will be excited to have these grazing rights. Once our ranch is established with perennial peanuts we will offer excess hay for sale and sprig material for sale.
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