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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 888443" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>1) I rotate . Still fine tuning - - but right now it is 4 to 8 years of pasture, one fall of cover crop, one year of corn, and then back to a pasture mix. Maybe 10% is cut for one crop of hay each year and that gets bale grazed later.</p><p>2) I think mono cultures are easier to manage but I prefer seeding complex mixes with 2 or 3 legumes and 2 or 3 grasses. With our seed bank we get some eastern meadow grass and red clover regardless of what we plant.</p><p>3) I think the main reason folks ignore pastures is they don't want to do the work. There is more labor involved and the response from native species is often less the the response from improved varieties. That said - - my kids will be cutting and burning during part of the Christmas holiday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 888443, member: 1715"] 1) I rotate . Still fine tuning - - but right now it is 4 to 8 years of pasture, one fall of cover crop, one year of corn, and then back to a pasture mix. Maybe 10% is cut for one crop of hay each year and that gets bale grazed later. 2) I think mono cultures are easier to manage but I prefer seeding complex mixes with 2 or 3 legumes and 2 or 3 grasses. With our seed bank we get some eastern meadow grass and red clover regardless of what we plant. 3) I think the main reason folks ignore pastures is they don't want to do the work. There is more labor involved and the response from native species is often less the the response from improved varieties. That said - - my kids will be cutting and burning during part of the Christmas holiday. [/QUOTE]
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