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I have 15 acres of pure alfalfa that I want to sell first crop off of. The stand is 4 years old, but still very dense. No weeds whatsoever. Got potash two years ago. Foliar fed 3 applications last year. First crop last year I harvested right around 9.5 4x4 round silage bales (at 50%)...

If you are going to put it into an existing stand I would recommend putting it in strips.... or so you are able to manage it differently than the majority of the pasture. I put a pound into the mix on 30 acres last year... it is a management nightmare with bolting. My pastures are square, I...

Steve, I seeded a paddock last spring for grazing with 15 lbs Meadow Fescue, 10 lbs lbs perennial rye, 2 lbs of white clover and a pound of chichory. All varieties from barenbrug. I put this in for a higher energy paddock. P. Rye probably wont last, but the meadow fescue should last longer...

OG seed looks very expensive this year... saw some in a catalog for close to $3.75/lb... happy i got my OG pasture in this past year...

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1st two pictures are just before christmas... stuff was laying down pretty good... we had over a foot of snow on it early in dec...

Steve, I have no experience with seeding BFT in the fall..... I did plant the mix that I posted above last spring... and it came up great.... extremely dense. I made hay in early August, and left the rest standing and grazed most of it in late december and january through the snow. This...

If you havent had any luck finding the information you need, say something.... i have a 25 gal TSC, i could probably help you out..

Going to run cattle on them. I left out a key word in my last post.... it should have read that i didnt DISK the ground first... I have disked the past couple of years with new seeding and at leaves humps and makes clipping with the mower or cutting hay rough.....

if you guys need some feed let me know.... i dont know where im gonna put 2nd and 3rd crop if its as good as 1st, i need more room.... we made round bale silage last week.... 4x5s..... 102 off 18 acres.

rule of thumb around here i think is try to get it in at least a month before the first killing frost..... I seeded some Aug 15 last year and worked great, would imagine pdfangus was in the ballpark for your area with september seeding in your area. Biggest thing when seeding into cornstalks...

maybe others can chime in on this, but I would think you might run into trouble with acidosis... feeding highly fermented feeds and spring pastures that are very high in digestible energy. Im not an expert, just something to think about. I am trying to get my hands on a pH meter to check the...

They are less than a month old, that have touched it a few times, but if momma is on the other side I have seen them run right between the 2nd and 3rd wires from the bottom a couple of times... happens so quick Im not sure they even get zapped when they do it..

I got started with HT about 3 years ago.. I think the idea behind grounding a wire or two up here is if we get enough snow the cows arent grounded and they walk right through it, one of my neighbors had this happen back in 2000. You probably dont need to worry about that much snow, but I would...

I would guess you wouldnt want anything less than 100hp. I have a 13' drill that weighs about 3200 lbs empty... Pull it with an IH 1086 (about 115 or 120 hp) handles it pretty well when full...

Best response is probably...it depends. What are your goals for the pasture? Yield, Palatibility, Digestibility, Persistance, Drought Tolerance, Grazing tolerance, Harvest tolerance, establishment? Ultimatley you end up with what you manage for. More drought tolerant pastures might consist...

Im new to this but here is what I have been taught... The spring flush often times contains too much protien and will by-pass the rumen and go to the liver and actually cause cattle to lose weight. One way to help the animal balance things out is to have dry hay available free-choice. I cant...

steve, have you gotten any quotes on gypsum in your area? just curious, I really need to get some on my pasture land... but seems like pricing is going to be the limiting factor. I wonder if some work with foliars could work on improving the Ca enough

my hay shed is going to be the new machine shed....going to invest in a wrapper... better feed and wont have to worry about rain as much when making it.... the cows dont seem to waste a bit when fed silage bales... just something to think about...

I would be interested to take a look at the research or source of information.... I wonder how economical it ends up being in a pure stand though. I dont know how much seed you would put down for a pure stand, but Im pretty sure most chichory seed runs close to $6/lb. Im more inclined to think...