Posted by picassomcp on October 24, 2013 at 19:33:09 from (50.107.42.233):
I have just finished my 3rd season of making hay off of a few pieces that had hay on them when I bought it. I've just continued to make the hay that was already there. The crop has thinned, I'm sure the stands are getting older. I'm thinking about plowing up a few of the smaller pieces and reseeding them into some better hay. I talked with a friend about this, he didn't recommend plowing up hay then replanting hay. He said I should put a different crop in for a few years then go back to hay. Would you recommend the same??
I've only got hay equipment, I do have a plow, disc, drag and a drill, so replanting hay would be easy enough. I don't have a combine and really don't care to take on that expense and maintenance to do a few acres for a few years until I can get it back into hay.
Or, should I just fertilize the pizz out of the current stand? Its getting pretty grassy, but does still have some clover and other varieties of hay I don't recognize. I feed my hay to beef cattle and sell some hay that goes to horses. If the grass isn't hurting anything, why plow it under?? Honestly, I haven't put any fertilizer on these pieces in the 3 years I've been making the hay, could be all it needs is fertilizer? the last 2 years, we got very little rain in August, both years it just killed my 2nd crop production and I didn't get a 3rd either year. Just looking to get a little more production out of my acreage, I'm willing to put some time and money into increasing production, I just wanna put it where its gonna make the biggest difference. This is Central MN, a 1/2 hour east of St. Cloud.
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