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Stand Life and Pasture Renovation?
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<blockquote data-quote="1wlimo" data-source="post: 837091" data-attributes="member: 16646"><p>I have disced up pasture here, and reseeded alfalfa under barley. It has not ben cheap looking a $250 to $300 an acre. Breaking ground with heavy discs just drinks fuel. This includes fert, and the barley crop contributes about 40 to 50% of the costs.</p><p></p><p>By discing once in the fall then bale grazing you could reduce the tillage costs as the cows will break up the sod.</p><p></p><p>Given my choice I would subsoil in the fall depending on where the compaction is and soil conditions, and then mouldboard plough in the spring. If you get a good grain crop this would pay for the cultivation and undersowing would work here too. </p><p></p><p>You would need a good rollover moulboard plough, and travel at a good speed to break up the soil. A disc press drill would leave the field fairly good in the correct conditions.</p><p></p><p>The problem here is the machines are not readily avaliable</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1wlimo, post: 837091, member: 16646"] I have disced up pasture here, and reseeded alfalfa under barley. It has not ben cheap looking a $250 to $300 an acre. Breaking ground with heavy discs just drinks fuel. This includes fert, and the barley crop contributes about 40 to 50% of the costs. By discing once in the fall then bale grazing you could reduce the tillage costs as the cows will break up the sod. Given my choice I would subsoil in the fall depending on where the compaction is and soil conditions, and then mouldboard plough in the spring. If you get a good grain crop this would pay for the cultivation and undersowing would work here too. You would need a good rollover moulboard plough, and travel at a good speed to break up the soil. A disc press drill would leave the field fairly good in the correct conditions. The problem here is the machines are not readily avaliable [/QUOTE]
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