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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 1131009" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Nature is a complex collection of biology and minerals and moisture and energy.</p><p>The assumption with soil testing is that minerals are the weak link / the limiting factor / the place you should focus / the input you should buy...</p><p>The university tests for return on fertilizer investment are all over the map. Why? Because sometimes other things are limiting. :nod: There are some outstanding grazers who don't think fertilizer inputs have a good return.</p><p>Fertilizing in the spring is almost a sure thing because usually we are not moisture limited. Summer and fall are more of a gamble.</p><p>The mob grazing guys usually don't discuss why it works - - but their underlying assumption is that the soil biology has been limited by our (poor) management. :dunce: </p><p>The bale grazing boys are proud of buying hay (along with P & K) for less than the cost of production. :cowboy: </p><p>Jim G. and some Missory research boys did some good return on investment work in the past - - concluding that you could afford to fertilize for the most limiting mineral, but after that you should consider renting more pasture...</p><p>Cows do recycle most of the P and K, and renting pasture is not always a good option, so I:</p><p>1) bale graze for Pee</p><p>2) add some K and lime BASED on GRID TESTING as a long term investments</p><p>3) add N,S,B in the spring only for paddocks I graze first</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 1131009, member: 1715"] Nature is a complex collection of biology and minerals and moisture and energy. The assumption with soil testing is that minerals are the weak link / the limiting factor / the place you should focus / the input you should buy... The university tests for return on fertilizer investment are all over the map. Why? Because sometimes other things are limiting. :nod: There are some outstanding grazers who don't think fertilizer inputs have a good return. Fertilizing in the spring is almost a sure thing because usually we are not moisture limited. Summer and fall are more of a gamble. The mob grazing guys usually don't discuss why it works - - but their underlying assumption is that the soil biology has been limited by our (poor) management. :dunce: The bale grazing boys are proud of buying hay (along with P & K) for less than the cost of production. :cowboy: Jim G. and some Missory research boys did some good return on investment work in the past - - concluding that you could afford to fertilize for the most limiting mineral, but after that you should consider renting more pasture... Cows do recycle most of the P and K, and renting pasture is not always a good option, so I: 1) bale graze for Pee 2) add some K and lime BASED on GRID TESTING as a long term investments 3) add N,S,B in the spring only for paddocks I graze first [/QUOTE]
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