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    Rolled the dice today ------

    Actually, we got pretty good rain in June and July has been very wet (thus far). The cows in the fields NOW should be ok on browse. I suspect that most of the nonirrigated corn will not make whatever happens from this point on, dittoe with the peanuts and the cotton, though I was looking at...
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    Making money with hay

    Hay USUALLY does not sell that high.....this year is one that is NOT going to be usual (unless things change quick).
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    dealing with people who change there price

    I do everything by written contract; but for a dishonest person they really do not mean much. Take your situation......you COULD get a signed contract (and a signed contract IS better than a handshake agreement) that you would buy....."200 rolls of cow quality fescue hay for $25 a roll payment...
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    dealing with people who change there price

    As bad as this year could be, buy it now while you can still get it for $30/ a roll. The yield of the first cutting is going to be sucky all over the state and we are going to need more regular rain for the second cutting to be much better.
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    Turkey Litter Use

    It will not burn up your grass if you don't overload it. You SHOULD know what the soil requirements are so you can calculate the amount per acre to put out before you spread anything.
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    Turkey Litter Use

    I have never been to Minnesota but I have been certified to spread livestock waste in another state and the state guys generally frown on spreading it in the winter. It is done even when illegal IF necessary; but generally you want to pump down lagoons and clean out your poultry houses by...
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    Can't make up my mind.........

    Yes, I have Don Ball's little red book here too. Some of the best looking pastures I have ever seen here are Sericea fields. Here it is more persistent than anything else I have any experience with. I am not sure I would plant it in really rich black belt soils (though the last time I was...
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    Can't make up my mind.........

    I have my little red southern forages book around here someplace???? But this is what Pennington says here... http://www.penningtonseed.com/section/f ... cts&id=186 Broadcast 30 pounds per acre and plant it in March to May a half an inch deep. I would fertilize based on soil lab...
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    Can't make up my mind.........

    I have had it in pastures and hayfields here in Alabama and never had any problem with it at all and fully intend to plant fields in it in the next year or two. I don't know enough about Missouri, Kansas, or Oklahoma to comment; but down here it is highly recommended for cattle and wildlife...
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    Can't make up my mind.........

    I have no idea what the "correct" spelling of "sericea" is. I have seen it spelled both ways by seed companies and scientists. This article in Kansas about eradicating it is unique because they spell it both ways in the same article(I think they don't like it in Kansas because the sericea...
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    Can't make up my mind.........

    Sericea lespedeza and fescue is the way to go. I have seen reclaimed strip mines in Bama where stands planted 14 years ago and not fertilized or even moved in 7 years were still lush. Sericea is FAR more prolific than any of the improved lespedeezas.
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