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<blockquote data-quote="George Monk" data-source="post: 583169" data-attributes="member: 3545"><p>My banker and I were talking about fertilizer and hay production. In our area the decrease in stocking rates with out fertilizer will shock people! (could increase with more MIG) I cut some hay for a fellow who thought he had his land sold and did not fertilize the stuff. The deal fell through and he asked me to hay it for him. I baled one field at 9 miles per hour with four windrows pushed together. 10 acres only made 6 bales (1500#/bale). He had another area that he wintered his cows in and had quite a bit of manure. This was a lot better but still only made 2 bales per acre. I have found that 40# of N can give 3-4 bales per acre and 50# can (potentially) get you 5. </p><p>If these numbers were translated to stocking rates then you would have a tough time raising 1 cow/ 4 acres in our area. Hopefully with more management of both pastures and plant type you could improve that but still the stocking rate would be significantly lower.</p><p>George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Monk, post: 583169, member: 3545"] My banker and I were talking about fertilizer and hay production. In our area the decrease in stocking rates with out fertilizer will shock people! (could increase with more MIG) I cut some hay for a fellow who thought he had his land sold and did not fertilize the stuff. The deal fell through and he asked me to hay it for him. I baled one field at 9 miles per hour with four windrows pushed together. 10 acres only made 6 bales (1500#/bale). He had another area that he wintered his cows in and had quite a bit of manure. This was a lot better but still only made 2 bales per acre. I have found that 40# of N can give 3-4 bales per acre and 50# can (potentially) get you 5. If these numbers were translated to stocking rates then you would have a tough time raising 1 cow/ 4 acres in our area. Hopefully with more management of both pastures and plant type you could improve that but still the stocking rate would be significantly lower. George [/QUOTE]
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