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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1401668" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>TB sorry I was gone for a couple of days, then had to remember where this thread was. Talked to my son on the costs. He says he figures that it costs about $70/acre for the sorghum-sudan and he is planting it about 1+1/2 times the recommended rate to get a thick stand. He said that the grain sorghum seed will run about $125 a bag compared to the over $200+ for seed corn; I don't know the rate of seed per acre but he said it was alot less than the sorghum-sudan; but then the savings also goes to less fertilizer inputs and no spraying for weeds and such. I think he is still getting info from this friend/neighbor about it, but so far he says he does like the silage from the grain sorghum. Another one of his friends, has a dairy and he also grows alot of it and says that he likes it better for the yield/cost comparison than the corn silage. We did not grow any of the corn that we bought for silage; it was available here as there are several people who grow it and then sell it or make it for themselves. We did have to pay for the bagger and bought the corn silage by the ton one year. Another year we bought it by the acre. </p><p>Another thing that I am not sold on is all the GMO and "round-up ready" seed corn. There have been several studies done that I have read about with this round-up ready stuff, especially the alfalfa seed, and how the animals are finding it less palatible and not wanting to eat it. We had some problems with the cows not liking this last corn silage, and after having samples done, it seems to test okay, but the guy said it was almost like it hadn't really ensiled; and did we get it made and then opened the bag before it had really had a chance to ferment properly. This stuff is from 2015, we didn't make any in 2016. I am just not sold on all this stuff that has been altered... ..and I am allergen sensitive to alot of chemicals, so really don't want alot of that stuff in my animals feed either. Another reason to be mostly a grass based operation. </p><p>I want to see some forage samples and what all it is testing. The cows are eating the grain sorghum silage pretty good but I don't think that it has alot of protein either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1401668, member: 25884"] TB sorry I was gone for a couple of days, then had to remember where this thread was. Talked to my son on the costs. He says he figures that it costs about $70/acre for the sorghum-sudan and he is planting it about 1+1/2 times the recommended rate to get a thick stand. He said that the grain sorghum seed will run about $125 a bag compared to the over $200+ for seed corn; I don't know the rate of seed per acre but he said it was alot less than the sorghum-sudan; but then the savings also goes to less fertilizer inputs and no spraying for weeds and such. I think he is still getting info from this friend/neighbor about it, but so far he says he does like the silage from the grain sorghum. Another one of his friends, has a dairy and he also grows alot of it and says that he likes it better for the yield/cost comparison than the corn silage. We did not grow any of the corn that we bought for silage; it was available here as there are several people who grow it and then sell it or make it for themselves. We did have to pay for the bagger and bought the corn silage by the ton one year. Another year we bought it by the acre. Another thing that I am not sold on is all the GMO and "round-up ready" seed corn. There have been several studies done that I have read about with this round-up ready stuff, especially the alfalfa seed, and how the animals are finding it less palatible and not wanting to eat it. We had some problems with the cows not liking this last corn silage, and after having samples done, it seems to test okay, but the guy said it was almost like it hadn't really ensiled; and did we get it made and then opened the bag before it had really had a chance to ferment properly. This stuff is from 2015, we didn't make any in 2016. I am just not sold on all this stuff that has been altered... ..and I am allergen sensitive to alot of chemicals, so really don't want alot of that stuff in my animals feed either. Another reason to be mostly a grass based operation. I want to see some forage samples and what all it is testing. The cows are eating the grain sorghum silage pretty good but I don't think that it has alot of protein either. [/QUOTE]
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