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<blockquote data-quote="JRGidaho`" data-source="post: 1675869" data-attributes="member: 13410"><p>I haven't drug a pasture since 2007 when diesel fuel hit its peak price.</p><p>If you have a healthy biologically active soil, manure piles break down from the bottom up. The connection between the pile and soil is key for the process to happen. When you drag the pasture to 'knock down the turds', it breaks the soil-pile contact and may actually slow the nutrient cycling process.</p><p>However, there can be other benefits to dragging pastures unrelated to manure breakdown.</p><p>1) Note the thatch disturbance in photo that was previously posted. We have measured soil temperature under undisturbed thatch and disturbed thatch. Soils definitely warm up more quickly following the drag. Some years in some locations that may be beneficial.</p><p>2) Getting better seed to soil contact by knocking plants (desirables hopefully!) and shaking the seed out of the thatch to the soil.</p><p>3) Smoothing out ground squirrel & gopher mounds.</p><p></p><p>My bottom line is I probably still wouldn't do it if it a pasture and not a hayfield.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRGidaho`, post: 1675869, member: 13410"] I haven't drug a pasture since 2007 when diesel fuel hit its peak price. If you have a healthy biologically active soil, manure piles break down from the bottom up. The connection between the pile and soil is key for the process to happen. When you drag the pasture to 'knock down the turds', it breaks the soil-pile contact and may actually slow the nutrient cycling process. However, there can be other benefits to dragging pastures unrelated to manure breakdown. 1) Note the thatch disturbance in photo that was previously posted. We have measured soil temperature under undisturbed thatch and disturbed thatch. Soils definitely warm up more quickly following the drag. Some years in some locations that may be beneficial. 2) Getting better seed to soil contact by knocking plants (desirables hopefully!) and shaking the seed out of the thatch to the soil. 3) Smoothing out ground squirrel & gopher mounds. My bottom line is I probably still wouldn't do it if it a pasture and not a hayfield. [/QUOTE]
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