Reclaming a field from Sumac

I'm going to attempt to reclaim a 14ac field next to my fields. The field is a old neglected pasture that has never had anything good done to it, it has been vacant for 15yr and maybe got bushoged one time a year if that.. now it has a mad infestation of Sumac along with other junk....

 

This past week, the next door fella bush hogged it, later I rolled it, mostly to get the stuff off the field as we can't burn right now....

 

Our plan is to lightly disc and broadcast Fescue & OG, cultipack etc..

 

He plans to spread lime this fall also after we see what the soil samples look like.....

 

We know getting rid of Sumac this bad is going to take years of chemicals & cutting so a working hay field sounds like it might work...

 

Now the questions....

 

1) What chemical & app rate would be good for both new Fescue/OG & work on the Sumac...

 

2) We plan to also plant something that will make hay next spring as the new grass won't be much, what would be a decent crop to plant this fall and be hay ready next May.... I'm thinking something to harvest in spring would be good for getting the field cut and ready for spring spray for the Sumac...  I guess what would my choices be here in the upstate SC area for fall planting, spring cutting be???

 

Chris

 

 

Reclaming a field from Sumac