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<blockquote data-quote="Bigfoot" data-source="post: 947240" data-attributes="member: 17956"><p>30-40 days. When I started harvesting this way "for my horses", my family laughed at me. In the end we all came to the conclusion it's better because: it's weed free, endophyte free, stem free, seed free, and yields considerably more pounds of hay to the acre. I will agree its not practical for me to cut it this way for my cattle. It's too time consuming. For the cattle I cut it traditionally and hope for two cuttings. I was tired of trying to maintain a stand of "horse hay". I was also sick of paying the high price for "horse hay" at the auction. I do spray it with 2 4 d a couple times in the spring. It usually gets a little Johnson grass in it by mid summer. I have thought about wicking the Johnson grass, but as frequently as I cut it, it doesn't make much of a stem. I usually make and feed about 500 to 600 bales a year. On the high end I figure I have $2.50 a bale in it. Two rope horses, a barrel horse, and a mule I think more of than most people do their children. It's all blade, I've never had it tested. I bet it's better than most people would think. Ps the first and second cutting put together yield more than the first cutting for my cows. The second cutting on the horse hay hits about the time of the cow hay first cutting. Most people wouldn't run their equipment for the late July/August cutting. My early early fall cutting is usually worth running for---------when their ain't a drought on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigfoot, post: 947240, member: 17956"] 30-40 days. When I started harvesting this way "for my horses", my family laughed at me. In the end we all came to the conclusion it's better because: it's weed free, endophyte free, stem free, seed free, and yields considerably more pounds of hay to the acre. I will agree its not practical for me to cut it this way for my cattle. It's too time consuming. For the cattle I cut it traditionally and hope for two cuttings. I was tired of trying to maintain a stand of "horse hay". I was also sick of paying the high price for "horse hay" at the auction. I do spray it with 2 4 d a couple times in the spring. It usually gets a little Johnson grass in it by mid summer. I have thought about wicking the Johnson grass, but as frequently as I cut it, it doesn't make much of a stem. I usually make and feed about 500 to 600 bales a year. On the high end I figure I have $2.50 a bale in it. Two rope horses, a barrel horse, and a mule I think more of than most people do their children. It's all blade, I've never had it tested. I bet it's better than most people would think. Ps the first and second cutting put together yield more than the first cutting for my cows. The second cutting on the horse hay hits about the time of the cow hay first cutting. Most people wouldn't run their equipment for the late July/August cutting. My early early fall cutting is usually worth running for---------when their ain't a drought on. [/QUOTE]
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