Around here many landowners say no chemicals ie no herbicide, no liquid fertilizer etc, no manure and no contract on their fields that haven't been producing in 20 years.
So I get offered the low quality hay that is full of weeds, makes about 25 bales per acre at 2$ a bale on rocky fields, and they want it cut early when my best hay is being cut. First off it needs about 100$ of lime per acre (trucking cost here). Next needs about 20$ an acre of fertilizer bare minimum. Needs about 1-5 hour per acre popping big rocks. Lastly it needs plowed, rockpicked and reseeded to have any hope with the weeds without spray, thats what 100$ an acre plus damage from the rocks?
So after all this, in a few years the stand would produce 120 bales an acre worth about 3$ a bale. With no contract for how long I can take hay, can be kicked off at any time, hay given to a family member etc.
I can't risk that, so I pop rocks for 5-10 hours a year for them. I bushhog the edges and clean up fallen trees or brush. Fix up the owners roads so they can get to the fields for hunting.
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