While the cost of fertilizer is dropping, it is still outrageously high. At these prices, it just does not pencil out for hay. Does anyone have a solution?
What price are you quoted? All I get is wait, it's getting chargedWhile the cost of fertilizer is dropping, it is still outrageously high. At these prices, it just does not pencil out for hay. Does anyone have a solution?
I would be happy with that price.19/19/19 w/ammonia quoted $679
If we don't fertilize our hayland our grass gets less and less each year.$0, don't use it.
How is your organic matter there?If we don't fertilize our hayland our grass gets less and less each year.
Depends on your skills and your profit goal:While the cost of fertilizer is dropping, it is still outrageously high. At these prices, it just does not pencil out for hay. Does anyone have a solution?
You need more cows. Let the neighbor winter feed his cows on your land, if he doesn't have enough ask a few more neighbors. 300 cows fed for a winter on 40 acres will do wonders.Very low. Not a lot organic about a rock.
No actual prices quoted, but I have been watching the spot market.What price are you quoted? All I get is wait, it's getting charged
I called Monday and nitrogen is $760/ton
I think that works great up there but here we don't get the snow and hard freeze to protect the ground. Put 300 on 40 acres and you get 40 acres 1' deep in mud at the end. It pugs the ground up so bad it takes 2 years for the vegetation to recover. You get to add a layer of organics above protected ground then the snow melt carries it to the soil. I wish it were that easy here, not that you don't have your own challenges!You need more cows. Let the neighbor winter feed his cows on your land, if he doesn't have enough ask a few more neighbors. 300 cows fed for a winter on 40 acres will do wonders.