Re: planting alfalfa

Posted by kyhayman on October 21, 2007 at 00:02:52 from (64.12.117.74):

In Reply to: planting alfalfa posted by ric1 on October 20, 2007 at 22:18:49:

Seed, $3 a pound at 20 pounds per acre for Evermore, America's 403T or 501. 60 bucks an acre.Grass seed and nurse crop plus renting the cultipacker seeder round it out to 100 bucks an acre plus fuel and time. Lime to bring the soil to pH of 7.0, I normally figure a ton per acre per year but it reallly varies. P and K, K especially. Depends on your soil test and how much reserve you have in your soils. P isnt too bad on me, rarely needed it even after years but K is getting expensive and a crop of alfalfa can suck out a quarter ton a year easy. Then there is either the fuel bill to plow it or the chemical bill to do notil. I blew through $50 of diesel today plowing 8 acres. All in all, not bad considering but still thats money spent. I normally break even mid way through the second year. But then there are those pesky Easter freezes like we had this spring, I lost 20 acres of newly seeded just like that.

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