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Little excitement here on hay or bred cows. A few are dispersing calving cows. Guess corn still looks better to most people. Bought some usable bred cows for U$S 1.01 per pound last week. Got a new calf yesterday. Bought some lower quality cow hay for U$S 63 per ton delivered this week.

Stringing polywire does interfere with corns, beans, and Cancun. Might have to hire or contract cattle care. "Lower input" ag makes many people think about N and fuel and chemicals. It's really about capitol and overhead. A good tractor and planter are expensive, but they scale just fine with...

1) I learned to connect growing grass and grazing cattle from Andre Voisin's Grass Productivity classic. It a tough read from the days of cheap N. Today I would focus on Greg Judy if I was in the fescue belt, or on Dr. Allen if you really like polywire. 2) I struggled to manage seasonal...

How did the cow buying turn out?

What do you feel are the most impactful two or three things you learned from this list?

Reason for corn not beans? Is ASAP to avoid it drying out?

The soil on my hay ground is really tight. I was concerned about getting about controlling seed depth, so beans seemed like a safer bet?

Do you have any tips for no tilling into sprayed out sod? The planter will have spiked closing wheels and pneumatic down pressure.

Milk is another supplement...

Yes, But, you can get away with broadcasting by putting 50% more seed on and catching a spring rain.

Yes. Easy, but probably not cost effective. Need to provide info on crop, time of year, and your goal, for more specific advice.

1) You have higher OM 2) I have a higher residue level 3) 40# actual/acre is not a lot here 4) Depends on the value of the forage. I cannot currently afford N to graze cows, but I can afford N to graze weaned calves.

Terminating quack grass sod is way different than terminating cover crops.

A problem with annual mix profit is covering the OH and land costs. So most people use them in the fall after harvesting a grain crop that has already paid the OH for that year. A few people try to spread OH cost by growing multiple forage crops per year. Both of these approaches are difficult...

Annuals can be very high yielding and also very expensive. Think corn. SS based mixes pencil out the best here in summer. Oats and brassica based mixes pencil out the best here in fall. And these mixes do a lot more for the soil biology then mono crops. Making balage with annuals just adds more...

Working on it, but I keep telling myself that they will be worth a lot more if I hold them another year...

Dr. Allen is a smart guy, and what he sells is consulting. One of the points he makes is that the effects of the (biological) improvements he recommends last for years, unlike broadcast chemical fertilizer. This depends on the context, but I mostly agree. I think lime is an exception.

i did the math. Soil testing good, exactly following recommendations bad. My soil fertility is going up every year, and my yields are usually above break even, and I don't exactly follow the recommendations. Following forage fertilizer recommendations - - which are full of assumptions and...

Lime here is largely priced by cost of freight. N here is largely priced by the cost of natural gas. P&K here is largely priced by what duopolies can charge corn farmers. So, how does exactly following the soil test recommendations make economic cents for forage?

Last sentence is key. How do you calculate fertilizer feasibility?