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Are you guys drilling this rye grass into existing pasture? If you do that how long do you keep the cattle off before grazing? NEver done this before but you guys are making me want to give it a try. Thanks.

Sorry about the bad luck. I know what you mean. We lost about 100 rolls to an arson fire a few years back. I'm pretty sure it was some city kids that had moved to the country and thought it would be a good Halloween prank. A few years before that we lost about fifty rolls due toan elctric...

I got the old disk mower serviced, blades belts oil etc. Pulled inot the first 25 acre field this morning and cut about 100yards and the drive shaft twisted out of it. This mower hasd been a POS from the day I bought it five years ago and is very lightly built. I spent the rest of the day...

Thanks for all of the advice. I'm gonna give it a try in the hay lots and probably skip the no-till in the pasture plan. Thanks again.

I need some opinions on adding some different varieties to my summer grazing plan. At two farms I have about four acres at each one where I feed hay in the winter. By spring this area is virtually destroyed. I am thinking about disking and leveling and planting sudan or millet and making it...

How hard is it to cure that stuff. could do it in a reasonable time with a disk mower and tedder? I am really wanting to try something different for a few paddocks of summer grazing and possibley hay production. Can you no till it into existing stands or do you have to prepare a seed bed...

I like the fall calving too. We calve Sep1 to Nov1 and turn the bull out on Nov 20. I am going to try to lease some more pasture for fall grazing in 2008 if this works well.

Just turned my cow out into a stockpiled fescue field that will probably last 45-60 days. I have mineral tubs w/hig mag placed around the pasture. The bull will be turned out in a few days. I have never saved pasture back for this purpose, I usually bale it. Does anyone on here do this with...

Thanks for the quick response. I am in Kentucky. I think I will go ahead and spray. How long would you wait for regrowth prior to spraying?

One of my hay fields has gotten into pretty bad shape and it is time to rennovate it. It has jsut been cut and rolled and I was wondering if when the regrowth appears that it would be too late in the year to spray 24D or similar hebicide or would it be better to bushhog in the fall and spray in...

I have been thinking about hiring out some of my hay harvesting this year. Just too much for me to do by myself and work full time. Some guys in my county round bale for $10.00/roll and will cut rake and bale for $17.00/roll. They have good equipment and do a good job. I am thinking about...

Thanks for all of the advise. I have now got it down on paper and can make it work with two watering points. Gotta have my gall bladder taken out in the morning so after I recover I am going to make this work. Thanks for the links. Have good day everybody. Devin

Thanks for all of the advice and suggestions. I am leaning toward jsut getting a couple of bulk tanks on a hill, pumping up to them and putting floats on the tanks at this point. I am going to check on the price of pipe tomorrow!

Dun, What is your water source? Is it from a pond stream or city water. Also do you know about how fast your recovery rate is on your tank that is farthest form your water source? I am thinking the cows might tear up the tank trying to get water if the rate isn't fast enough. I know they...

I am planning to start a rotational grazing system on two of my rented farms. One is about 75 acres and has a spring fed creek running through the middle of it and the other is about 150 acres and has two nice ponds. An option for both is city water and buried water, but this is alot of...

I appreciate the response. I really wanted to business with this farmer because he was so close and the price was fair. I was just worried about too much stem. Thanks!

I am expanding my operation this year and am going to need to buy some hay. A farmer close to one of my farms grew some sudan hay last year and sells all of it. What are your opinions on this for hay. Also, when Dad raised it when I was a kid he cut it when it was about waist high. This guy...