Not spraying out any Sweetclover I seeded last year. 150 acres looked like it was underseeded to Alfalfa. Just going to blast more seed on top in the spring and harrow. Save moisture and fertilizer $. Pastures fertilized with feeding. I think it's a year to coast the hay fields. Glad I've faithfully fertilized to this point.
You'll make your money back faster with clover and a manure spread this year, then commercial fertilizer.
You say that like it's a joke but I think we have to switch to organic anyway. No way does 1000/ton urea pencil out.
What varieties are you overseeding into the SC?
Undecided. Can't get Sorghum/Sudan to not grow anywhere so probably that, Ryegrass? & Something else I'd have an outside chance of drying down but let's face it with SC I'm going to be wrapping bales.
A couple months ago the talking heads pointed out that fertilizer cost had almost doubled, but there was still a decent positive margin on productive soils with U$S 5.65 corn. Now fertilizer has made another jump higher...
Year one it doesn't amount to much and isn't very coarse, almost impossible to ever dry. Year two I've seen it almost 6' and gets stemmy but can dry. I'm interested to see what an actual thick stand does for bales/acre and I think as long as it winters I have one. Not worried about palatability just volume if we drought again.
Someone might pay it but it won't be me, that's about 5-6 times what I paid this year for hay. That would be approx. $125 for a 4x5 round bale if it's not rolled up real tight. I'll sell down my cow numbers before I pay that much because at $250 a ton the cows would eat up any potential profits for the next year.
I wouldn't pay it either. But I'll dang sure sell it to those feeding the tax deductions.
I think you're looking for city folks with horses, they'll pay any price you ask.
Nope I'm talking about the 5-10 head of cattle . They'll pay anything to. It's not like their doing for the money.
