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<blockquote data-quote="StrojanHerefords" data-source="post: 1825284" data-attributes="member: 42988"><p>I used the AgPhd soil removal app and found that each ton of hay at that time removed $70 of fertilizer from the soil and based on the discussion here the true cost of baling is at least $80 a ton. Last spring hay here was $100 a ton, so the act of baling and removing the hay was robbing from the future. </p><p>A few years ago, I got to attend a Neal Kinsey Agronomy course and got to visit with some of the top farmers in the nation. They regarded taking the straw off of a field as something that you would only do when your lease was done. On hay fields, there is a gradual depletion of the soil until the ground gives out. </p><p>The beautiful thing about grazing animals is that they return the nutrients to the soil. Direct grazing has a lot of advantages. I have friends east of Edmonton who graze standing corn through the winter. If they can do it in those conditions, it can be done in a lot of other places.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StrojanHerefords, post: 1825284, member: 42988"] I used the AgPhd soil removal app and found that each ton of hay at that time removed $70 of fertilizer from the soil and based on the discussion here the true cost of baling is at least $80 a ton. Last spring hay here was $100 a ton, so the act of baling and removing the hay was robbing from the future. A few years ago, I got to attend a Neal Kinsey Agronomy course and got to visit with some of the top farmers in the nation. They regarded taking the straw off of a field as something that you would only do when your lease was done. On hay fields, there is a gradual depletion of the soil until the ground gives out. The beautiful thing about grazing animals is that they return the nutrients to the soil. Direct grazing has a lot of advantages. I have friends east of Edmonton who graze standing corn through the winter. If they can do it in those conditions, it can be done in a lot of other places. [/QUOTE]
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