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Re: Re: Re: Help with Hay???
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Posted by ltf in nc on January 02, 2001 at 16:53:42 from (206.228.213.126):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Help with Hay??? posted by Bama Binder on January 02, 2001 at 14:49:58:
Yes, I fertilize and lime. In the Fall I apply 10-20-20 and early in the Spring I apply liquid nitrogen. When lagoon waste or chicken litter is available I substitute that for fertilizer as it is cheaper and the chicken s*** gives the grass a kickstart. I grow fescue interplanted with Ladino clover and Marion lespedeza. Since I have beef cattle, I only sell what surplus hay that I have and it is sold in round bales. It is possible to get $3.00+ for good quality horse hay. Hay prices are based on supply and demand. When it is plentiful, the price in the field behind the baler with the customer picking it up is low ($1.00-$1.25) Once it goes in storage and the supply shrinks the price jumps ($2.75-$3.50 based on quantity and quality) Bale dimensions vary but a good square bale should weigh 50+ lbs. and the length should be twice the width to enable maximum and uniform stacking. Since you will get more than one cutting you may not be storing the total yield as hopefully you would have sold some. 2500 bales will take a lot of storage space. For example, an enclosed trailer such as behind a roadtractor will hold between 600 and 800 bales. Do not take these facts as actual because I too am running on memory and conditions do vary considerably across the country.
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