tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post7463951671964222662..comments2023-12-15T02:04:08.213-08:00Comments on meat: 2015 crop plan, planting seasonBruce Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-87164326814197150092015-04-25T14:48:05.366-07:002015-04-25T14:48:05.366-07:00thank you for the heads up on the sulfur. I did n...thank you for the heads up on the sulfur. I did not test for it and it wasn't suggested - almost no one in my area grows alfalfa, so people are more used to testing for other crops. <br /><br />I haven't done a grass/alfalfa cutting so far this spring; it's a timing thing. It takes about 30 days for it to regrow after a cutting, and the haying weather around here doesn't appear until mid-june to early july on a typical year (might be a little earlier this year, forecast says it will be warm) so I'm waiting a bit so that the regrowth will correspond to the average haying weather, or when I start getting bloom. I'm hoping to do a cutting in mid-may, and am grazing pigs and cows on it to try to retard the growth a little. with only 100 pigs and 25 cows it's growing faster than they can eat it. <br /><br />I've never used teh forage head for that chopper, so that's on the list for this coming week -- grease and inspect and hook it up and test it. <br />Bruce Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995706761794063165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842136564899097734.post-27866560282897730172015-04-25T03:41:37.492-07:002015-04-25T03:41:37.492-07:00Keep an eye on your sulfur content on those alfalf...Keep an eye on your sulfur content on those alfalfa fields as well. It is can be one of the first nutrient deficiencies you'll see, along w/ potassium. A foliar feeding right after baling off will help quite a bit. <br /><br />Have you been chopping and ensiling the forages for your pigs? How are they getting along with it, growth wise and time to finish for market?Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16948064168681062105noreply@blogger.com