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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1768903" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>I kept good records by field this year. Meadows and millet were about 3.5 T per acre, and grassy uplands were about 2.4 T per acre, for the first cutting. Most fields were grazed for the second cutting. Only took 3 cuttings on one field.</p><p></p><p></p><p>With our overheads we need about 3 T/a to break even on hay, so some upland fields are renovating back to corn or millet next year. Cannot afford to mechanically harvest low production fields. We lose less by letting the cows walk on it and leaving most of the forage as fertilizer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1768903, member: 1715"] I kept good records by field this year. Meadows and millet were about 3.5 T per acre, and grassy uplands were about 2.4 T per acre, for the first cutting. Most fields were grazed for the second cutting. Only took 3 cuttings on one field. With our overheads we need about 3 T/a to break even on hay, so some upland fields are renovating back to corn or millet next year. Cannot afford to mechanically harvest low production fields. We lose less by letting the cows walk on it and leaving most of the forage as fertilizer. [/QUOTE]
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