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<blockquote data-quote="rocfarm" data-source="post: 1770105" data-attributes="member: 42715"><p>Looks too expensive, especially the fertilizer part.</p><p></p><p>Not sure Missouri comparisons are fair. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" />Southern Missouri seems to be a rancher's paradise. Hard to go broke if you've got the rainfall and clover, fescue, and native grasses on the likes of Greg Judy's farm. Watched him turn over an old manure pat just full of worms. I completely rested my place for two years, we had great rainfall, and kept it under stocked. Still never seen meaningful worm numbers in my soil. And last summer it was 107F when I began my summer work. Lost 8 lbs in 3 weeks. And when I did dirt work, didn't see a worm at all, even down to 10 inches deep.</p><p></p><p>Can't remember if it was back in 2014 or 15, but I took a 14" bottom plow to a 1/3 acre patch that I wanted to plant plum trees in. Down 14 inches it was dusty dry, in clay loam! And no soil life.</p><p></p><p>Hope the north/eastern boys appreciate what you've got. Seems to be easier to lose money in a place like central Texas with the unpredictable rainfall, lower soil organic matter, and the need to fertilize and plant oats each winter if you really want green grazing in the winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocfarm, post: 1770105, member: 42715"] Looks too expensive, especially the fertilizer part. Not sure Missouri comparisons are fair. 😂Southern Missouri seems to be a rancher’s paradise. Hard to go broke if you’ve got the rainfall and clover, fescue, and native grasses on the likes of Greg Judy’s farm. Watched him turn over an old manure pat just full of worms. I completely rested my place for two years, we had great rainfall, and kept it under stocked. Still never seen meaningful worm numbers in my soil. And last summer it was 107F when I began my summer work. Lost 8 lbs in 3 weeks. And when I did dirt work, didn’t see a worm at all, even down to 10 inches deep. Can’t remember if it was back in 2014 or 15, but I took a 14” bottom plow to a 1/3 acre patch that I wanted to plant plum trees in. Down 14 inches it was dusty dry, in clay loam! And no soil life. Hope the north/eastern boys appreciate what you’ve got. Seems to be easier to lose money in a place like central Texas with the unpredictable rainfall, lower soil organic matter, and the need to fertilize and plant oats each winter if you really want green grazing in the winter. [/QUOTE]
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