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<blockquote data-quote="B&amp;amp;M Farms" data-source="post: 887976" data-attributes="member: 15666"><p>I figure that at $73 per acre per year. With today's fertilizer prices I can see it. In 2009 I spent about a $100 per acre fertilizing hay meadows(almost $400 a ton for the mix my soil tests required). In 2010 I saved quite a bit by switching to chicken manure. This year I didn't fertilize because of the drought. I usually sale hay to recoup some of that expense. I have never put that much into fertilizing pasture running cows, just couldn't pencil it out. My soil test usually call for more nitrogen on hay ground. You might could use chicken manure to save with fertilizer and lime expenses if it's available in your area. I am assuming that you would just be required to fertilize according to a soil test every year. With fertilizer prices as high as they are, I have been unable to do that every year on all the ground I'm using.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B&M Farms, post: 887976, member: 15666"] I figure that at $73 per acre per year. With today's fertilizer prices I can see it. In 2009 I spent about a $100 per acre fertilizing hay meadows(almost $400 a ton for the mix my soil tests required). In 2010 I saved quite a bit by switching to chicken manure. This year I didn't fertilize because of the drought. I usually sale hay to recoup some of that expense. I have never put that much into fertilizing pasture running cows, just couldn't pencil it out. My soil test usually call for more nitrogen on hay ground. You might could use chicken manure to save with fertilizer and lime expenses if it's available in your area. I am assuming that you would just be required to fertilize according to a soil test every year. With fertilizer prices as high as they are, I have been unable to do that every year on all the ground I'm using. [/QUOTE]
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