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<blockquote data-quote="cowtrek" data-source="post: 438057" data-attributes="member: 2847"><p>I have to chime in on this as a hay producer. We put fertilizer out in small doses, instead of hitting it with 400-500 lbs. per acre and then the rain washing it all away. The smaller doses at 2 week intervals keeps the hay fertilized and eliviates the "drenching rains washing all the nutrients away" like so many are harping about Texas Hay. I know a lot of hay farmers who are getting away from the once per crop fertilizer application plan. Me for sure. We work hard to put a quality product on the market, and if we put trash out there, we wont be around very long. My advice is to know where the hay comes from and get it tested if it is touted to be high quality. No suprises. :shock:[/quot</p><p></p><p>I don't think they're talking so much about having lost their fertilizer to runoff as to having so much rain that they couldn't bale the stuff for a month or more after it was ready to cut. I know that's the boat I'm in. I had hay ready to bale in late June/early July and just got it cut and baled about a week ago. When you've got Dallisgrass that has gone to seed and dried down standing in it with bahia and native grass on mixed pasture you know it's WAYYY past it's prime.... but what can you do?? I think a lot of guys are in that boat where they're just now being able to harvest stuff that is so OLD that it's turned to cardboard.... and may have been rained on after it was cut to boot, just like I had 15 rolls rained on 2 inches and 4-5 days later another inch, and just got it rolled a few days ago... But, again, what can you do?? </p><p></p><p>I agree with you on spoonfeeding fertilizer though... more bang for the buck, and you can spread your risk by fertilizing according to the weather conditions and what IT is allowing (or not allowing) you to do... We used to put out half our fertilizer on the cotton just before planting and the other half sidedressed... we'd usually just one-shot it right before planting on sorghum and corn though, because if we got rained out for a couple or three weeks after planting it could potentially be too big to get back in there for the second dose... besides the fertilizer use curves are completely different for grass type grain crops than broadleaf crops like cotton; it doesn't really start using fertilizer heavily until about 30 days after planting anyway.... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Good luck! OL JR <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowtrek, post: 438057, member: 2847"] I have to chime in on this as a hay producer. We put fertilizer out in small doses, instead of hitting it with 400-500 lbs. per acre and then the rain washing it all away. The smaller doses at 2 week intervals keeps the hay fertilized and eliviates the "drenching rains washing all the nutrients away" like so many are harping about Texas Hay. I know a lot of hay farmers who are getting away from the once per crop fertilizer application plan. Me for sure. We work hard to put a quality product on the market, and if we put trash out there, we wont be around very long. My advice is to know where the hay comes from and get it tested if it is touted to be high quality. No suprises. :shock:[/quot I don't think they're talking so much about having lost their fertilizer to runoff as to having so much rain that they couldn't bale the stuff for a month or more after it was ready to cut. I know that's the boat I'm in. I had hay ready to bale in late June/early July and just got it cut and baled about a week ago. When you've got Dallisgrass that has gone to seed and dried down standing in it with bahia and native grass on mixed pasture you know it's WAYYY past it's prime.... but what can you do?? I think a lot of guys are in that boat where they're just now being able to harvest stuff that is so OLD that it's turned to cardboard.... and may have been rained on after it was cut to boot, just like I had 15 rolls rained on 2 inches and 4-5 days later another inch, and just got it rolled a few days ago... But, again, what can you do?? I agree with you on spoonfeeding fertilizer though... more bang for the buck, and you can spread your risk by fertilizing according to the weather conditions and what IT is allowing (or not allowing) you to do... We used to put out half our fertilizer on the cotton just before planting and the other half sidedressed... we'd usually just one-shot it right before planting on sorghum and corn though, because if we got rained out for a couple or three weeks after planting it could potentially be too big to get back in there for the second dose... besides the fertilizer use curves are completely different for grass type grain crops than broadleaf crops like cotton; it doesn't really start using fertilizer heavily until about 30 days after planting anyway.... :) Good luck! OL JR :) [/QUOTE]
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