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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 576011" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>I have a couple of hay fields that the owner wants me to cut and bale every year just to get their ag. exemption. I cut it once a year and it seem to make fair hay. Although I doubt that the protein is very high the cattle seem to do well on it. The meadows are a mixture of prairie grasses (mostly little bluestem) an the most abundant legumes Illinois Bundle Flower. I cut the hay after it has seeded out, replenishing the legume for the following year. Through the winter burr clover covers the ground and is left to put some N back into the soil. </p><p>I can grant you that these meadows do not produce the bumper crops that the hybrid grasses produce with added nutrition but I can also see where a natural production of native grasses is possible, although far less productive. I can also understand where native grasses get their N from (legumes) but where does the P and K come from?</p><p>We may be getting to the point that these prestine pastures of hybrid grasses are no longer the order of the day. They do have high input costs and really do nothing to replenish the soil. The mixed pastures of selected low input, drought hardy grasses combined with winter and summer legumes may be the saviour of the future cattleman.</p><p> Adjustments of stocking rates to take care of the forage is a cattleman's first priority. Proper stocking can make the difference between a profit or a loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 576011, member: 5494"] I have a couple of hay fields that the owner wants me to cut and bale every year just to get their ag. exemption. I cut it once a year and it seem to make fair hay. Although I doubt that the protein is very high the cattle seem to do well on it. The meadows are a mixture of prairie grasses (mostly little bluestem) an the most abundant legumes Illinois Bundle Flower. I cut the hay after it has seeded out, replenishing the legume for the following year. Through the winter burr clover covers the ground and is left to put some N back into the soil. I can grant you that these meadows do not produce the bumper crops that the hybrid grasses produce with added nutrition but I can also see where a natural production of native grasses is possible, although far less productive. I can also understand where native grasses get their N from (legumes) but where does the P and K come from? We may be getting to the point that these prestine pastures of hybrid grasses are no longer the order of the day. They do have high input costs and really do nothing to replenish the soil. The mixed pastures of selected low input, drought hardy grasses combined with winter and summer legumes may be the saviour of the future cattleman. Adjustments of stocking rates to take care of the forage is a cattleman's first priority. Proper stocking can make the difference between a profit or a loss. [/QUOTE]
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