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

[charliehill]

That's not a bad idea Farmer.  $50 per acre per month is nearly 10 times 
what I get for lease to row crop farmers.

Charlie
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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N/Now hay, coastal bermuda


>> My belief is that prairie hay is what horses and bison grazed on for
>> thousands of years here in the plains.  If it is original prairie like
>> mine is, then it has all the nutrients that the animal needs from the
>> multitude of different types of grasses in the prairie..  I get one
>> cutting a year, and bale it within 12-24 hours of cutting.  I mow the
>> pasture down in September to prevent fires and leave about a 1ft strip
>> between swaths to catch the snow when the wind blows..  So far it has
>> proved effective...  I also get a lot of directions on how to drive a
>> tractor when the local farmers see the strips of grass left!!!!  I do
>> not have any prairie hay left at the end of the feeding season...
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>
> =============================
>
>
> Hi Cecil:
>
> When I say that we are "horse people" I just mean that we keep horses,
> we are not part of the show or race horse culture and it has been a
> lot of years since I was a Yuppie.   :-)
> I call our horses "lap horses". One of my hay customers was originally
> from KY and he refers to his horses as as "plain old Kentucky horses"
> that don't even know how to be fussy about their hay. As you say, it
> just seems like a farm should have horses.
> If I can train them to drive double maybe I can use them to pull my
> non-running old tractors around the farm. I could sit on the seat
> making putt, putt, putt noises. Or I could feed them a lot of extra
> oats and let them make the noises.   ;-)
> -
> I often leave an occasional strip standing in my small (about 12
> acres) field of orchard grass/timothy hay just so it reseeds itself
> better.
> -
> I have found that there is a reasonable market here (25 miles south
> east of Indy) for good horse pastures which seem to rent for up to
> about $50 an acre per month (almost 4 times what I get for grain land
> rent per year) and some would be renters will come in and build
> electric fence at their cost for the privilege. Some want multi-year
> leases. Of course you need at least a run-in shed. That seems like it
> may be a better way to sell hay... Also they make a ready market for
> the hay for the winter that you might have from other fields.
>
>
> -- 
> "farmer"
>
> "Good clean muck never hurt nobody!!!"
> Morris Moulterd
>
>
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>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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