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Jo, How much prior rainfall did you get in order to cut that many rolls of hay per acre ?? What size bales were you getting ?? We have gotten more rain this year than in several past years past (knock on wood here). I had hay cut and baled last week on a ten plus acre field. 28 rolls of...

Mike, If it's like what we have been experiencing the last several years you will be feeding hay in the summer months. Last year started in late July and it was tough, not enough hay around to take care of the cows. I was buying hay for extremely high prices from wherever I could get it. The...

That is a lot of money no doubt. My thoughts are how much are the sprigs for 800 acres gonna cost him and how much high priced diesel fuel is it going to take to put the sprigs down. Then figure six weeks to do it. As Boogie might say, how many nickels will be left over. Jack

I am in the process of converting a ten acre pasture to a Tifton 85 hayfield. In my part of Texas we have been hit hard the past few years with droughts, so I have considered irrigating this pasture. So I started looking at water volumes to irrigate. One inch of rain on one acre of ground...

Jogeephus, Did you disc the pasture first or use a sprigging machine?? I've been told I could disc the pasture, spread some T85 tops and then pack. Also talked to a professional about installation, no written guarantee, but gets approximately 90% of sprigs to root. Cost is almost prohibitive...

Have been thinking of sprigging a pasture or two with Tifton 85. From what I have been able to find out, should grow in the Central Texas area. Would like to hear some comments from folks that have it growing. I managed to get a few round bales of the stuff and the cows really like it compared...

Was checking the weather today and it looks like the South and Southeast are getting some rain. Central Texas is finally getting some, thank goodness. Put some rye and fertilizer down this week, hopefully will sprout now. How is everyone else doing?? Jack

Hurley, We sent the soil samples to A&M for analysis. The results indicated we had lots of calcium, magnesium and other minerals in the soil, needed some nitrates though. They recommended 2000 lbs per acre. We talked to several different suppliers about the application. Some wanted to put it...

We are having the pastures limed this month and I am looking for some idea of what would be considered an adequate amount of lime per acre. The soil tests have come back in the high 5's. I have heard no more than 1000 lbs per acre and one supplier said to use 500 lbs / acre, but do it twice...

Beefy, I don't need any more holes in the pastures. These stinking gophers and their burrows make a big enough mess. I can drive the tractor through the pastures and every once in awhile it's like the bottom falls out. The ground gives way due to the weight of the tractor on one of their...

Cowtrek, My brother has a place in Junction. I think at last count they had 40 something cats around. He feeds these cats by the bag full. Wants to get rid of some, but won't stop feeding them. Finally quit spending money on trying to spay and neuter them. Plan on going over there in...

dun, Maybe I need to get the wife to cut back on the chow so we have a hungry cat. Definitely wouldn't have to go far to find them. JD

RAB, Thanks for the input. The wife might like this idea :D she is fond of cats. We were adopted by a calico cat several weeks ago. From the looks of him, he had been caught in someone's snare trap. His right front leg had been cut off just above the paw. He was living under my shredder...

Since we got some well needed rain in Central Texas seems the pocket gophers have packed it back in and are chowing down on my pastures (again). For the past five or six months, I had not seen any new signs and now the mounds are popping up faster than mushrooms. Does anyone have a recipe for...