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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1344278" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>Things have definitely changed for us also. We use to fertilize like clock work. When we saw the first coastal sprig go green we poured the fert to it. Usually had all the hay we needed by May and grazed the fields after that.</p><p></p><p>Now, I don't fertilize until I know the moisture is in the ground. Its cheaper to truck in quality hay or by ground feed than lose your fertilizer to a drought. Ill pay more for a guarantee then less for a gamble all day long.</p><p></p><p>Last year the only hay I fed was to animals in the pens... even thru the winter. We did not fertilize and will not be cutting hay this year. We are applying that money to double down on spraying brush and clearing land. With this amount of moisture its a good time for it. In my mind, opening up land and not having brush or weeds sucking up moisture is the best defense against the next drought.</p><p></p><p>I'm currently stocked just a little over the numbers we took thru the drought. I increased every property with heifers to get them in production knowing some of the older cows will need to come out in the next drought. One place we flat out cleared some land that has come back strong in klein grass. I increased the head count there based off that added acreage at the same cow/ ac drought ratio.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1344278, member: 6291"] Things have definitely changed for us also. We use to fertilize like clock work. When we saw the first coastal sprig go green we poured the fert to it. Usually had all the hay we needed by May and grazed the fields after that. Now, I don't fertilize until I know the moisture is in the ground. Its cheaper to truck in quality hay or by ground feed than lose your fertilizer to a drought. Ill pay more for a guarantee then less for a gamble all day long. Last year the only hay I fed was to animals in the pens... even thru the winter. We did not fertilize and will not be cutting hay this year. We are applying that money to double down on spraying brush and clearing land. With this amount of moisture its a good time for it. In my mind, opening up land and not having brush or weeds sucking up moisture is the best defense against the next drought. I'm currently stocked just a little over the numbers we took thru the drought. I increased every property with heifers to get them in production knowing some of the older cows will need to come out in the next drought. One place we flat out cleared some land that has come back strong in klein grass. I increased the head count there based off that added acreage at the same cow/ ac drought ratio. [/QUOTE]
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