Posted by Bruce from Can. on May 26, 2022 at 06:27:12 from (70.50.211.123):
In Reply to: Fertilize cost posted by sourgum on May 25, 2022 at 19:32:39:
I farmed using the strictly organic practices for several years, in an attempt to reach Organic Certification needed to produce Organic milk. I reached the standards to qualify the land Certified Organic, but they wouldnt let me produce Certified Organic Milk because we housed our dairy cows in a tie stall barn. All new herds to produce Certified Organic Milk had to be in free stall barns. And existing Organic tie stall herds had until 2025 to get new facility or be canceled. So I have had some experience growing crops with out buying commercial fertilizer. Having large amounts of dairy manure, and growing legumes made not buying fertilizer not much of a problem. There was really not much yield drag on the crops I grew, but lack of weed control options could become a concern in corn crops. Manure has both N and Phosphorus, and our soils dont need a great deal of potash add. But now, screw the Organic diesel fuel farming, buying fertilizer is still a better deal than growing crops that have no market, just to get a bit of Nitrogen. If you have livestock and manure, your fertilizer need isnt as great. Full on crop farming, better start doing a fallow land rotation.
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