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You should have line posts every 50 ft and t-posts every 10. This is standard NRCS recommendation and works pretty well. Additionally, single H brace every 300ft and double on both ends. Two barb strands on top on one on the bottom and you have a real fence. Andrew

Yes, the $20 includes al the work and material to bale. I don't disagree with the price, I just don't know what to do with the hay onced its baled. Since I've never baled or even used hay, I'm a bit apprehensive about the big investment. Everyone I asked says I can always sell it but since I've...

Hello, Anyone in N.Central Texas know what a going rate for custom baling is? I've heard people says it should cost $12 - $16 per bale but when I asked a guy he quoted me $20. I'm just wondering if its high or low. I'm in Navarro County, Texas. Thanks, Andrew

Along those lines, when should you bale Oat and Wheat? I got both and both are knee high but the wheat has sprung the seed head and the oats have not. Thanks, Andrew

Thanks, I hadn't thought about renting it for grazing. I plan to sprig the land next year so I probably am better off keeping the nutrients locally. Thanks again. Andrew

Hello, I have 100ac in crops: 25ac/Oats, 25ac/Wheat, and 50ac/Ryegrass-clover mix. All fertilized in December. In in Navarro county, North-Central Texas. This is the first time I ever planted any wintercrops. I am trying to figure out what to do with these crops since I don't have any haying...

Ray, Forgot to add that last winter I didn't buy any hay at all because I divided 80 acres into 3 sections and kept 12 cows in each section for almost 2 months. Sounds brutal but they survived ok and didn't loose much weight. I don't plan to buy any hay this winter either. I currently have 15...

Hello Ray, I'm from Texas and we do a lot of foraging on dormant stock piled warm season grasses. Most of it is native grasses and some of it might be bermuda. It works fine as long as you supplement them with some protein such as cubes or sweet feed. This winter I'm using cotton seed which is...

Thanks a lot for the responses. I spoke with a neighbor that deals in hay and he told me the same thing. He can bale it and take half of the bales. He also said he might buy the other half. The reason had the whole 100 ac ploed and planted in different winter varieties is because I'm in a...

Hello, I would like to know if there are people out there in N. Texas that would buy a field to hay. Not offering to sell, I'm just posing a question. The reason I ask is because I just had 100 ac planted with Oats, WW, and ryegrass+clover and since I don't have any haying equipment or enough...

Oh, so that's why he's not there. Thanks for the heads up! The area I'm doing is lighter sandy soil that was producing hay as early as this past April but the guy that was renting it didn't do anything more and the place filled up with sunflowers. About 100 ac worth of it. Since money is in...

Hello, I'm having someone plant me 20ac of wheat and 20 ac of oats. I've read that legumes will fixate nitrogen from the air and into the soil. I would like to know if anyone has any ideas of what legumes to mix with oats and wheat here in the Corsicana, TX area. I tried calling the ext agent...

Thanks for the advice OL JR, I paid $35 for the hay two years ago and was feeding one bail every other day to about 8 cows. My neighbor sold it to me and delivered it. The same one with the $9K proposal. He's a great guy and I respect him but the $9K spooked me. Also, the hay was put out...

Arnold, Thank you very much for the reply. Its a lot of good information and I think I will go with the shredding of the sunflowers and discing the 100 ac to see if I can get something to grow in the meatime until it gets time to seed some cool season grazing. The other 80 ac are another...

Man, that Tifton-85 is EXPENSIVE. I sprigged 30 ac and spent about $7000.00 so far in everything from soil prep to weed spraying and according to the USDA guy, I'm still not finished. Had I know the high cost, I wouldn't have done it. Just my 2 Cents (basically all I have left). Andrew

Hello, I have a situation I need help with. I have a pasture in which 100ac of it is completely filled with dried up sunflowers. I just bought this place and its 166 ac. The 66ac has a very good stand of native grass and that's where I moved my cows to. The other 100 ac were used for hay but...

I just got my place sprigged with Tifton85 about a month ago and the coastal spots I had before grew back so fast that it overtook the Tifton85 sprigs. However, you can see the Tifton85 is coming out strong and thick but seems slower than the coastal. It better get with the program since I spend...

I honestly didn't choose Tifton 85. It was my extension agent who said I should have it as it would give the best results. He then put me in contact with a USDA office and because of my situation and location, was approved under a special program and I will end up with almost free grass. I...

Hello, Thanks for the reponses. I will go look at the field on Hwy 22 which is pretty close to my pasture. I got help from the USDA to plow, sprig, fertilize and to fence a portion and dig me a new tank and fix another one. I already got the gentleman that's going to do the plowing and...

Hello, I'm going to be sprigging Tifton 85 this spring on 40ac. Does anyone have Tifton 85 and, if so, is it as good as all the literature say it is? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks, Andrew