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Fat cows from TSC sweet feed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rmc" data-source="post: 1723577" data-attributes="member: 39072"><p>Input costs are close to that of grass with 3-5 times more tons per acre/per year plus the higher feed value</p><p>Many of the beef producers who grow their own alfalfa hay and feed in the same fields haven't replanted in 20 plus years. </p><p>Those who raise alfalfa to sell for dairy hay replant roughly every 5 years . But it is usually in a crop rotation, usually planted in ground that had previously been planted in grain,lately most often corn. So they can repair the ground and help add nitrogen back into the soil. A lot plant alfalfa with a nurse crop often oats . The first year yield is usually roughly the same tonnage yield as grass hay .so alfalfa pencils out far better then grass hay . That is why so little grass hay is grown here. And most is baled in small bales for horse feed or small hobby farms and is not cost efficient to buy .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rmc, post: 1723577, member: 39072"] Input costs are close to that of grass with 3-5 times more tons per acre/per year plus the higher feed value Many of the beef producers who grow their own alfalfa hay and feed in the same fields haven’t replanted in 20 plus years. Those who raise alfalfa to sell for dairy hay replant roughly every 5 years . But it is usually in a crop rotation, usually planted in ground that had previously been planted in grain,lately most often corn. So they can repair the ground and help add nitrogen back into the soil. A lot plant alfalfa with a nurse crop often oats . The first year yield is usually roughly the same tonnage yield as grass hay .so alfalfa pencils out far better then grass hay . That is why so little grass hay is grown here. And most is baled in small bales for horse feed or small hobby farms and is not cost efficient to buy . [/QUOTE]
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