Technical Abstract: Phosphorus accumulation occurs in soils that are over fertilized with manure. Previous studies indicate overseeding bermudagrass with annual ryegrass can remove more nutrients from manure-treated soils than bermudagrass winter-fallow system. This study determined if harvesting ryegrass hay in addition to bermudagrass would reduce surplus soil P faster than bermudagrass alone. During the build-up phase, bermudagrass was fertilized with five rates of litter in Spring 1999, 2000, and 2001. During the remediation phase, half the plot remained in bermudagrass and the other half was overseeded with ryegrass in Fall 2001, 2002 and 2003. Fertilizer N was applied as recommended for bermudagrass. Soil analysis, 0-15 cm depth, from five sampling dates found relatively large decreases in Mehlich 3 P (M3P) at 36 Mg/ha litter due to increased biomass yield. Analysis of M3P within a sampling date found no significant effect of forage system or its interaction with litter rate. In the 9 Mg/ha litter treatment, harvesting ryegrass in addition to bermudagrass increased P uptake by about 30% (range = 10-55% across years). Based on linear interpolation of means, two years of forage P removal would be needed to decrease M3P to an acceptable level, i.e., below 70 mg/kg. Results confirm the effectiveness of annual ryegrass to increase total P uptake, and demonstrate a major benefit from harvesting two common forage crops on remediation of excess soil P in a Ruston soil.