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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1707463" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We pay around 28-35 a ton. That is by the walking trailer load and there is about 30 tons to a trailer load. Depends if it is broiler litter or turkey litter or from a layer house. Different analysis for different ones but off the top of my head I cannot remember the differences... one is higher in phosphorus and one in potassium.. but that may have just been the local farms' output.... it depends on the moisture content and the amount of bedding. In this area they are now doing more tilling and running a couple "houses" of birds before doing a complete cleanout so the concentration of actual manure is higher. Shavings have been hard to come by so some are using peanut hulls or other combinations for the bedding and that also affects the composition of the litter. </p><p>No matter, there are going to be more weed seeds and consequently more weeds in the hayfields. BUT, the increase in organic matter in the soil is a positive trade off for us. We are seeing more earthworms in the hayfields even when we have to spray for the weeds... better tilth in the fields when they get worked when we are transitioning from say corn back to orchard grass...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1707463, member: 25884"] We pay around 28-35 a ton. That is by the walking trailer load and there is about 30 tons to a trailer load. Depends if it is broiler litter or turkey litter or from a layer house. Different analysis for different ones but off the top of my head I cannot remember the differences... one is higher in phosphorus and one in potassium.. but that may have just been the local farms' output.... it depends on the moisture content and the amount of bedding. In this area they are now doing more tilling and running a couple "houses" of birds before doing a complete cleanout so the concentration of actual manure is higher. Shavings have been hard to come by so some are using peanut hulls or other combinations for the bedding and that also affects the composition of the litter. No matter, there are going to be more weed seeds and consequently more weeds in the hayfields. BUT, the increase in organic matter in the soil is a positive trade off for us. We are seeing more earthworms in the hayfields even when we have to spray for the weeds... better tilth in the fields when they get worked when we are transitioning from say corn back to orchard grass... [/QUOTE]
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