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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1449244" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We soil test the pastures as well as the hay fields. Put some poultry litter on the pastures, do some spot spraying and have done some overall spraying on pastures that are covered with thistles and sand briars, also bushhog everything once a year according to agreements with landowners. We make a fair amount of hay on land that isn't fenced or no water available, and we roll out alot of hay to benefit the soil and increase the organic matter. The only ones we do any lime on are the ones we have at least a 5 year lease on. We rotate the cows around for grazing, so get some more benefits that way as the regrowth and rest periods have given us a chance to actually increase carrying capacity on most places.</p><p>1982vett is right about the difference in time and money spent on fuel equipment etc., as opposed to fewer animals and less actual output of time. We sell alot of small square bales and the money from them is more than justified over the cost. But for the big round bales we can buy them as cheap or cheaper than we can make them....MOST YEARS....but come a drought, we are very thankful to have them. We actually buy a fair amount of hay that is 2 yrs old that we get for next to nothing and use it to feed and put out and let it feed the soil back through it just rotting into the ground. Most is closeby, little cost to haul and we find that the pastures actually seem to benefit from that as much as anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1449244, member: 25884"] We soil test the pastures as well as the hay fields. Put some poultry litter on the pastures, do some spot spraying and have done some overall spraying on pastures that are covered with thistles and sand briars, also bushhog everything once a year according to agreements with landowners. We make a fair amount of hay on land that isn't fenced or no water available, and we roll out alot of hay to benefit the soil and increase the organic matter. The only ones we do any lime on are the ones we have at least a 5 year lease on. We rotate the cows around for grazing, so get some more benefits that way as the regrowth and rest periods have given us a chance to actually increase carrying capacity on most places. 1982vett is right about the difference in time and money spent on fuel equipment etc., as opposed to fewer animals and less actual output of time. We sell alot of small square bales and the money from them is more than justified over the cost. But for the big round bales we can buy them as cheap or cheaper than we can make them....MOST YEARS....but come a drought, we are very thankful to have them. We actually buy a fair amount of hay that is 2 yrs old that we get for next to nothing and use it to feed and put out and let it feed the soil back through it just rotting into the ground. Most is closeby, little cost to haul and we find that the pastures actually seem to benefit from that as much as anything. [/QUOTE]
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