SoilBuilder
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Good day, you may wish to study Jim Elizondo's "Total Grazing" system for initiating long-term humus creation in the soil so you can wean yourself off of using expensive fertilizer products that do not have long term benefits.I have 2 / 10-12 acre pastures that are just pasture grass. Mostly Bermuda grass. In the past years I have used granulated fertilizers that was mixed due to soil sample specs. Fortunately it being farm land before pasture it showed a soil sample having pretty much needing nothing but nitrogen and some sulfur. Last year I used chicken compost. Had the best crop of thistles I've ever seen. Had to spray Grazon next to kill them out. Now I'm looking this year at liquid nitrogen. My question is how long does the liquid last? Is it a once a year thing.? I have 11 cows on it and one bull, at present 8 calves. All are beef cattle consisting of Black aSngus, Charolais, Herford and Black Baldee. The older 5 months calves (3) will be moved to a calf pasture next week. Then of course as the balance of calves when reach the 5 month mark they also will be moved out. I don't have irrigation on any pasture land. I love my cows and want to continue raising cattle but feed, hay and grass is a very expensive process as I know you all know well. About twice to three times a week I feed cotton seed and cow feed (15%) mixed to them. Some older calves eat with the moms , youngest ones don't yet. All have mineral blocks of salt and sulphur and fresh water at all times. There will be 3 more calves born soon. Please give me your comments to this scenario. Also I might add that my last bale of hay was put out last week. Will liquid nitrogen grow my grass faster and how long will it last? They tell me it will be $1000 to do both pastures with the liquid. The last year chicken compost was $1440. Year before last granulated fertilizing was $1500. Why the grass won't grow in the pasture like the yard? I'll never know
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The use of herbicides and dewormers are detrimental to the long term health of the life in the soil and kills the dung beetles that can help sequester nitrogen in the soil from the cow dung.
i planted thornless hershey honey locust seedlings in my pasture this year. Their light shade will increase the growth of the bahiagrass in the summer, and the pods they produce will produce a valuable source of winter fodder.