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Howboutthemdawgs

Howboutthemdawgs

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So what’s everyone’s plan for spring burndown if you don’t have a stockpile? Looks like some legit shortages and resulting huuuggee increases. Saw it for $105 for 2.5 gallons online tractor supply. Was paying about $40. Obviously the plight of the food plotter is nothing compared to the row cropper but still something a lot of use. I don’t know that I’m going to plant this summer. May just let nature do nature for a while. Hopefully prices come down (yeah right) and I can stock up for fall planting. What’s yalls plan
 
At my local feed mill, UREA went from $300/th to $800/tn. I have started to stockpile fertilizer, have 12 bags or 20-20-20.
 
Local fleet & farm supply store has a good bit of gly and prices are same as they have been for the past year. I might buy some more just to be covered.

Haven’t looked into fertilizer.
 
Wind Gypsy said:
Local fleet & farm supply store has a good bit of gly and prices are same as they have been for the past year. I might buy some more just to be covered.

Haven’t looked into fertilizer.
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Buy every last bit of it…and sell most of it to pay for your kids college.
 
First got wind of the Glyphosate shortage and price increases the first week of November, so I called the 2 co-ops where I purchase most of my supplies to check their current prices. 2.5 gallons of Gly had already gone up to $65 at one of them, and $95 at the other. Decided to cut my losses and stock up on the $65 variety. I now have a 3 year supply of Gly and hoping that things turn around some by then.

Fertilizer prices last year were the highest I have ever paid. Fortunately, this being my 7th year since going 100% No-Till, my soil nutrients have risen to the level that I will not be applying any fertilizer this year and hopefully no more in the future.
 
Wind Gypsy said:
Local fleet & farm supply store has a good bit of gly and prices are same as they have been for the past year. I might buy some more just to be covered.

Haven’t looked into fertilizer.
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Well piss. Just looked online and the price has changed in the last week. I bought a little about a month ago and was bummed for paying $80 per 2.5 gallons because it was $60ish on forestry-supply. Forestry-supply is now more like $130. Will swing into the store to buy some more at $110 to make sure i'm covered for the year..
 
I have enough gly to get me through the year, and I have really grown to be more weed tolerant lately. Two of the three plots I have are in great shape now, and should be good to go with little to no fertilizer, or lime for a good few years. I have a couple bags of triple 10 for apple trees left over from last year, so I am good to go for this year. I just need to order seed for this summer and I will be all set.
 
I bought my fertilizer for the farm the other day. I have been trying to buy since last fall. No availability up until last week at the new magical higher prices. My recipe that I use for my corn was $272 per acre. I cut out some of the micronutrients and cut back on a few other things and was able to get it down to around $240 per acre. My soybean recipe got cut in half. PRICES SUCK!!!!! More then double from last year on my puny 105 acres..... Inflation in my world is A LOT higher then 7 f*******g %........


LETS GO BRANDON!!!


I can only buy 1/2 my chemicals now and the other half we have to wait and see. If you need parts from John Deere they force you to leave your testicles as a down payment.
 
I think I have enough gly for next year. With that being said. On the valley property I will be planting organic beans into my winter barley. Broadcast, crimp, walk away. (that was the plan the entire time) The other plot will be getting a smother crop of heavy buckwheat and annual clover. I will more than likely plant that plot into Peas, Barley, and Radishes late summer. I was hoping to plant corn up top. With the gly prices where they are at and the fact that I don't have all that much, I think I will try frost seeding medium red clover on my plot up top. By early-mid June it should have smothered out quite a few of the weeds. I will disk it up and go with an open pollinated organic corn variety. If it isn't looking good come September I'll just over seed it with Barley and mow the corn on top of it.

There are plenty of options without having to use fertilizer or herbicide. Might just be a great opportunity to run some soil tests, get PH in order, and add small amounts of micros that may be needed.
 
GMan5465 said:
I've been planning on welding up a roller crimper...I think that just moved up the list!
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I seeded winter barley this past summer at 200# to the acre in preparation for a broadcast planting of soybeans and a crimping of the winter barley. I should have a great weed barrier with the rate I seeded at.
 
I've been crimping fall small grains for several years now and planting into the thatch. What I have found in La. is I can get away with no herbicide for spring planting into thatch. But the fall planting irrespective of how thick has enough grass and weeds to compromise planting beyond acceptability. So historically I would burn down summer plantings for fall planting.

So my plan this year is to terminate both spring and fall mixes with cattle. Aggressively graze down then drill immediately. have the cattle paying me to prepare fields instead of paying a tractor to prep fields . Get free fertilizer and herbicide as well. Intensive mob grazing.
 
S.T.Fanatic said:
I think I have enough gly for next year. With that being said. On the valley property I will be planting organic beans into my winter barley. Broadcast, crimp, walk away. (that was the plan the entire time) The other plot will be getting a smother crop of heavy buckwheat and annual clover. I will more than likely plant that plot into Peas, Barley, and Radishes late summer. I was hoping to plant corn up top. With the gly prices where they are at and the fact that I don't have all that much, I think I will try frost seeding medium red clover on my plot up top. By early-mid June it should have smothered out quite a few of the weeds. I will disk it up and go with an open pollinated organic corn variety. If it isn't looking good come September I'll just over seed it with Barley and mow the corn on top of it.

There are plenty of options without having to use fertilizer or herbicide. Might just be a great opportunity to run some soil tests, get PH in order, and add small amounts of micros that may be needed.
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Are you farming too?

I bet those beans into barley are going to do fantastic!
 
No, just plotting. I think they have a fighting chance. This plot hasn't been tilled in over 5 years. The soil is nice and loose.
 
S.T.Fanatic said:
No, just plotting. I think they have a fighting chance. This plot hasn't been tilled in over 5 years. The soil is nice and loose.
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When you flip that back to peas, barley, radish later in the year, are you just planting into what you have, or you gonna terminate somehow?
 
SD51555 said:
When you flip that back to peas, barley, radish later in the year, are you just planting into what you have, or you gonna terminate somehow?
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Going to plant into the buckwheat/clover and crimp.
 
Had to run errands this morning so stopped by Runnings on a hunch they didn't get the in-store price hike done like they had on their website.

1 gallon jugs of 41% Gly "imitator +" were on the shelf marked @ $21.99 still. I grabbed a bunch and at checkout they rung up as $39.99 ea. I pointed out the discrepancy and they honored the shelf labeled pricing. Thanks for the heads up folks!
 
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S.T.Fanatic said:
Going to plant into the buckwheat/clover and crimp.
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I'm talking the bean planting. You gonna let that one go the whole season?
 
SD51555 said:
I'm talking the bean planting. You gonna let that one go the whole season?
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Yes. I will broadcast into it late summer. Going with a .7 so should mature early.
 
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