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<blockquote data-quote="agmantoo" data-source="post: 880186" data-attributes="member: 8973"><p>I would need 270 round bales to just get by for Winter. Prior to rotational grazing it took 360 bales. Rotational grazing extended my grazing duration. If the hay was properly fertilized it would have roughly $7500 worth of fertilizer in it plus the cost of baling $2000 if I cut and raked the hay. This would total $9500. At $28 for 50 lbs of annual rye grass that would buy 339 sacks of seed. I only plant 30 lbs of annual rye per acre to the already fertile pasture that I have been grazing since Spring. I also only overseed the acreage (maximum 60 fescue acres with rye grass worst case) that I will be Winter grazing along with the fescue. Seed cost would not exceed $1008 plus the cost to drill. At $30/acre to drill this would come to $1800 for a total cost of $2808 to go through my Winter. There would be no equipment cost to feed the stockpiled feed which would be an added savings. I view this as a substantial savings of around $6692. Additionally I am using what would be hay land for grazing all year. To make hay and graze conventionally IMO I would need more acreage which is not available/justifiable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="agmantoo, post: 880186, member: 8973"] I would need 270 round bales to just get by for Winter. Prior to rotational grazing it took 360 bales. Rotational grazing extended my grazing duration. If the hay was properly fertilized it would have roughly $7500 worth of fertilizer in it plus the cost of baling $2000 if I cut and raked the hay. This would total $9500. At $28 for 50 lbs of annual rye grass that would buy 339 sacks of seed. I only plant 30 lbs of annual rye per acre to the already fertile pasture that I have been grazing since Spring. I also only overseed the acreage (maximum 60 fescue acres with rye grass worst case) that I will be Winter grazing along with the fescue. Seed cost would not exceed $1008 plus the cost to drill. At $30/acre to drill this would come to $1800 for a total cost of $2808 to go through my Winter. There would be no equipment cost to feed the stockpiled feed which would be an added savings. I view this as a substantial savings of around $6692. Additionally I am using what would be hay land for grazing all year. To make hay and graze conventionally IMO I would need more acreage which is not available/justifiable. [/QUOTE]
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