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<blockquote data-quote="504RP" data-source="post: 1645591" data-attributes="member: 40335"><p>Around here the price of litter has gotten price wise to where it cost more than commerical fertilizers. Only about 160 lbs out of a ton of litter is NPK. the other 1840 lbs is an assortment of nutrients that might help a little to change the PH of the soil. But not enough to help the problem with brooms edge that much if any.</p><p></p><p>If i was a polutry farmer i would definitely put it on my pastures for two reasons. One polutry farmers has to get rid of it someway. And two it is free fertilizer for the farmer. I can't say for sure. But i don't think no matter how much litter you put on a field full of brooms edge. It won't ever change the PH of that field enough that it will do away with brooms edge.</p><p></p><p>Here in my location and i am not the only one here who thinks along these lines. As high as litter is the only reason you will see me putting it out over commercial fertlizer would be because it was given to me and then i am not sure i would want it. If it was a year where rain was in short demand. And i needed to get a maximum yeild off of that field. I would want to use commercial fertlizer so that i would know for sure how many lbs to the acre i put out. You won't know that with litter unless you had it tested and even then it will vary from load to load. Not to mention the rocks that ocassionly shows up in the field due to the loader operator getting a litte deep during clean out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="504RP, post: 1645591, member: 40335"] Around here the price of litter has gotten price wise to where it cost more than commerical fertilizers. Only about 160 lbs out of a ton of litter is NPK. the other 1840 lbs is an assortment of nutrients that might help a little to change the PH of the soil. But not enough to help the problem with brooms edge that much if any. If i was a polutry farmer i would definitely put it on my pastures for two reasons. One polutry farmers has to get rid of it someway. And two it is free fertilizer for the farmer. I can't say for sure. But i don't think no matter how much litter you put on a field full of brooms edge. It won't ever change the PH of that field enough that it will do away with brooms edge. Here in my location and i am not the only one here who thinks along these lines. As high as litter is the only reason you will see me putting it out over commercial fertlizer would be because it was given to me and then i am not sure i would want it. If it was a year where rain was in short demand. And i needed to get a maximum yeild off of that field. I would want to use commercial fertlizer so that i would know for sure how many lbs to the acre i put out. You won't know that with litter unless you had it tested and even then it will vary from load to load. Not to mention the rocks that ocassionly shows up in the field due to the loader operator getting a litte deep during clean out. [/QUOTE]
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