Posted by JDseller on July 03, 2011 at 07:33:10 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Fertilizer cost posted by northvale on July 03, 2011 at 05:26:24:
Alfalfa needs potash and lime. Most of the foliar feed fertilizers have a lot of nitrogen in them. It is not getting the needed nutrients to the root system. You need granular fertilizer to get the rates high enough to do any good. The best time is to apply in the fall but you can do it anytime.. I would start with 200 lbs of potash per acre and then two ton of lime. The lime I would wait until fall to put it on.
If your stand has a good bit of grass then apply a 100 of Urea with the potash. It will kick your hay crop in the butt. I just fertilized several of my hay fields right after first crop. It cost about a $100 per acre. As short as the hay crop is going to be around here it will pay for itself.
I am willing to bet that we have half the acres of hay we had just a few years ago.(North-Eastern Iowa) Too many acres went to high priced grain. Many of the strips have been torn out. If we get those big 4-6 inch rains there is going to be a lot of dirt washed away. The local hay market is booming. Common grass hay is going for $75-125 per ton. Good dairy quality alfalfa is in the upper two hundreds. Some of the dairy guys are getting western alfalfa trucked in for $290-320 per ton.
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