[AT] New 8N/Now hay, coastal bermuda

[Indiana Robinson]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> Profitable????  We get about 3  1000lb bales per acre/ cutting.  It is
> fertilized  and sprayed.  The fertilizer and spray cost is about $20 per
> bale.  2 cuttings a year so far. However, we are closing out our 400
> bales of 2007 hay at $25 per bale because the net wrap will not last
> another year....  It is Tifton and Midland bermuda.  Personally I like a
> good quality prairie grass for hay.  It has a mixture of many grasses
> etc and I believe it is a better quality forage.
>
> Cecil in OKla
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I needed some horse bedding this week so I drove the Super M (tractor
reference) down to the west barns and looked in the loft where I knew
I had some very old hay leftovers. I tossed in a few bales of oats hay
that I had baled and sold about 4 or 5 years ago and had sat a few
back where one twine had broke. I figured that the hay had faded in
quality sitting but that it would be good bedding. I had baled it just
right as the grain had filled and firmed but the plant was still fully
green. I opened a bale and tossed it in the big open stall (about
12'x36') and put out the orchard grass/timothy hay for them to eat.
They came in and ate almost every bit of of the old oats hay and
practically turned their noses up at the new orchard grass/timothy
hay. I had smelled the oats before I put it in to be sure there wasn't
any old mold in it and it smelled almost the same as it did the first
year. I had a little trouble selling it back when I baled it since
many of the young horse folks had never even heard of it and some kept
saying that it was just straw. A lot of the older folks of course knew
about it and were happy to find it. I am thinking about tilling up a
small patch somewhere and planting some oats to bale this year just
for myself.




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Francis Robinson
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