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I planted 12 acres of oats back in mid October planning on getting rain. Well didn't get any rain until a few weeks ago. Didn't see any sprouts until last week. Looks like most places have sprouted pretty well. Am I too late to fertilize and top dress with rye grass? Typically it is used as...

I updated my sheet showing labor for myself and part-time help during hay season. I lowered the tonnage per acre some. Seems these numbers represent what I have read. Thanks

I attached an equipment list I put together. This land is owned free and clear with hay storage on it. My numbers defiantly are not perfect just trying to see what 100 acres will make someone on an average year. I know guys in this area that irrigate and cut 4 sometimes 5 cuttings a year...

That’s 4 cuttings at 2 tons an acre per cutting.

800 tons. 1.6 million lbs

Looking for some input on if my numbers I am figuring on baling 100 acres of clean coastal are way off. This would be a new business venture in the future. The sheet includes buying equipment with a 30k yearly note and putting in an irrigation system. Something like a K pod system. My...

I have always sprayed and had good results with P+d for the last several years. This year my weed problem isn't terrible and I am wondering if I can get by with regular 24D. It seems to be around $6 an acre and P+D is around $7.25 an acre. I have around 100 acres to spray. Is it worth saving...

Thanks for the response. The areas I would plant bermuda would be areas that get mowed and not baled. Main reason to plant bermuda is try to keep KR to a minimum and out of the coastal fields.

I am in the process of getting 17 acres around my house sprigged with Coastal in the next few weeks. I have plowed and disk my pastures but still have some areas either on roads or around my pond that I didn't disk. Also the strip between my fence and the county road isn't disk. These areas...

If a sample is done on an established field do you take the recommendations and divide it by the expected cuttings to get the total quantity applied by the end of hay season?

Thanks for the info. Talked to the fertilizer man today and he recommended 20-10-10 put out in two sessions. 225lbs per acre.

I did a soil sample on 18 acres I plan to sprig in Coastal in the next 4-6 weeks. I received my sample back and wanted to make sure I'm on the right track. It shows a ph of 6.9 which should be good for coastal. It looks like I need 90 units of nitrogen and 50 units of phosphorus. When buying...

Thanks for the info. I know it was a very open ended question with many variables. I guess am looking at it as "is it worth the investment". I am trying to figure if I can pay my taxes on my place from the hay profits made.

I have been running some rough numbers on the possible profits of a small hay business. I know this is a very loaded question and hard to answer but is there any rough numbers hay growers shoot for to profit of an acre per year? The numbers I have come up with for a good coastal field is...

If you search my user name the thread pops up. Its called " Seed box for pasture renovator". The pictures wont show up for some reason but if you search the web the pictures do show up.

I am in the process of killing 15 acres of KR and I was set on sprigging coastal this winter but the more I read about WW-B Dahl Bluestem the more I like it. This year we are very dry and it seems the KR is still doing very well compared to native grasses. I read that Dahl is drought tolerant as...

I am wanting to try a new planting method this year. I have 6 acres I normally plant with oats and wheat. Typically I disk the field a few times than plant. This year I want to spray the field with gly than wait until its dead and broadcast my seed. After putting out seed I will run a...

Thanks for the input. 2 quarts it is

I did a search and didn't see a discussion about Cornerstone weed and Grass Killer. What application rate should be applied to a bluestem pasture that was mowed a few weeks back. It's around 6" tall now. The label says 2-3 quarts per acre but Ive been told at that rate it will burn the leaves...

Bringing this back up. I am going to start disking this week. I have been told I am fighting an uphill never ending battle trying to kill out the KR bluestem. Is there any truth to this? Am I going about it the right way by disking and spraying with gly? I plan on keeping it disked up every...