Re: OT - Using-Up the Land, Replenishing the Land Question

Posted by bison on February 20, 2015 at 09:47:35 from (69.168.144.136):

In Reply to: OT - Using-Up the Land, Replenishing the Land Question posted by jwmfarms on February 20, 2015 at 09:20:58:

I have been haying the same 300 acres alfalfa/grass mix for 21 years without spreading a single lbs of fertilizer of any kind.

We had a severe drought 9 years ago that killed of just about everything and I plowed the fields up and reseeded it the next spring without a cover crop or fertilizer, the first cut produced a 1000 rounds end july/aug.(i take only one cut per year although some years i could have 2)

These fields have consistently produced between 2 1/2 to 4 six foot dia round bales per acre depending on rain fall.

I could probably up the yield by a bale per acre by spreading fertilizer but the cost of that would be far more than the increase in production/yield.

It's cheaper to buy hay if i run short.

Replies:

• Re: OT - Using-Up the Land, Replenishing the Land Question Dave H (MI) 10:33:10 02/20/15 (1)
  • Re: OT - Using-Up the Land, Replenishing the Land Question bison 11:51:59 02/20/15 (0)

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