Stockpiling grass
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wbvs58
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In our neck of the woods that is how we get through winter, mostly native pasture with some temperate grasses through it and clover in a good year, hay is only bought in in bad drought years. We have fairly decent frosts most winter mornings but the days warm up nicely. The ideal situation is how things have been this year with good height and volume of grass going into winter, the ranker taller stuff will give a bit of cover to better quality feed down low, it looks like this year the clover is doing pretty well and will provide a bit of higher protein down low. If we get a good rain in early spring the clover will provide the bulk of feed until the summer grasses start growing in November.
I do find with our stockpiled grass if I don't use over the winter months I tend to lose it as it just falls over and rots.
Ken
I do find with our stockpiled grass if I don't use over the winter months I tend to lose it as it just falls over and rots.
Ken
skyhightree1
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fescue
LRTX1
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I have seen Bermuda stock piled here. Older open cows did fine if supplemented with protein tubs. Feller that did it bought some thin broke mouth cows and did pretty good with them.
kenny thomas
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I stock pile fesue also. I put 50 units of Urea on it in early September and also drilled winter wheat into the sod. I sent forage samples to VA Tech in December and it tested 21.6% protein. Had some that I did not put the Urea on and it tested 12.3%. I will do it all this fall.
kenny thomas
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Except during a 30" snow I have had calves grazing it until today. They have gained real good and it sure is easy on me.rnh1":1zy7qzyv said:
BobbyLummus1
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Kenny if you don't mind me asking whats the urea cost spread per acre in your area . I got a recent quote for granular nitrogen for 160 acres at $10K or 60 acres around $3500 . Can't see how to make $ like that . The county spread sludge for free for years on my place- family and neighbors have put a stop to this , I gotta start looking into something different
pricefarm
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kenny thomas":mlbyeac3 said:
How did u end up grazing the wheat. I know u posted asking how to graze it where it was such high protein.
kenny thomas
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Bobby, of the top of my head I actually don't remember the urea cost. I spread the P and K last fall also so the cost was not just the urea.BobbyLummus1":1tkd0k9y said:
Picking up 35-0-0 in the morning to boost 15 acres of it up for hay. Again the P and K was applied last fall so it is ready to work now.
kenny thomas
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I ended up never letting the cows on it. I had several weaned calves and just gave them an acre or so at a time. Took them off of it late this afternoon and gonna spread 35-0-0 on it in the next few days. The ground is so wet I cant get on it now.pricefarm":2n4u0md5 said:
Tim/South
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We need the grazing so do not stockpile. Instead we drill ryegrass. Would not have had nearly enough hay this year had it not been for the ryegrass.
In Kansas, you are going to run around $0.50-$0.53/# of actual nitrogen. Most common granular nitrogen is going to be 46% nitrogen. Add on another $5-$7/acre to spread, and I don't know any rates, but you should be getting around 100-110 pounds of nitrogen for that price. I don't have a breakdown for fescue or Bermuda, but for 1 ton of Brome, you are removing 33 pounds of nitrogen, and one ton of Orchardgrass you are removing 50 pounds of nitrogen. You will have some cycling and a little from the manure, but 100# probably isn't out of line for the whole year.BobbyLummus1":3k91la6j said:
That being said, we are in a short-grass prairie ecosystem where fertilization of pasture will only get you more weeds, so I don't know that much about stockpiling or fertilizing pasture.
This link deals with lots of stuff but the nutrient removel part works pretty well for figuring what you'll need to replace after haying.
http://extension.missouri.edu/mcdonald/ ... ility1.pdf
http://extension.missouri.edu/mcdonald/ ... ility1.pdf
skyhightree1
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Bigfoot":zv9wnrha said:
Mine did that when I dropped hay too early one year. Now all the stockpile has to be almost gone before they get a bale.
