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We had 76 renewal contracts apply this year in our county and only 3 got accepted. The 73 contracts had to go back into farming and no new contracts were accepted either. The lady at the FSA office said they are full.

Be very careful with residuals if you are planning to spread any fall rye or radishes in your beans. Sonic has a 12 month waiting period before planting rye.

Here's an easy test to see if your switchgrass needs stratification. Get a small amount of potting soil and a pot, pan, or tray of some sort. Plant some seeds in the potting soil about 1/4" deep. Wet the potting soil and let it sit in the warm house by a window. You will have sprouts coming...

I prefer to drill it in the middle of May to the first part of June. I've got roughly 30 acres total of switchgrass. Half of it was frost seeded in Jan/Feb and the other half no-till drilled in the middle of May. The drilled switchgrass seems to be almost a year ahead in growth compared to...

This guy is trying something new this season so he doesn't get shot by the neighbors. Disguising himself as a doe with a new hair do. I noticed one of my round bales had got tore up on one side. I just thought is was coyotes digging for mice. Now I now who it was.

Here at the nursery we cover all our potted trees with straw and leave them set outside all winter. Never had any problems with rodents or freezing. In the spring when they are ready to wake up, we take the straw away from around the pots. Been doing this for many years. trev

Your going to do a video on how to skin and stretch that right?

Tiller all the way. I tilled 3ft tall rye in one pass and couldn't tell it was ever there. If I used a disc it would have taken many passes to get it into the same shape.

gunrunr, I've got the same tractor. Bought it new in 2014. Couldn't be happier. It does everything I need it to.

Just got a couple hundred of them myself from the same place. I plan on getting them in the ground this weekend if it ever stops raining here.

I drilled 6 acres of switchgrass in April 2 years ago and had good results. The only reason I did this is because I took some of the switch (which was new seed) and planted it in a couple of containers with some potting soil to see if it would grow. I would say 98% of it germinated within a...

Forestryguy, What time of the year is "right" to use only Glyphosate? Is 41% enough to use or does it need to be stronger?

A spray bottle works great. That's the only way I apply Tordon to cut stumps and also when doing the "hack-n-squirt".

You might want to try and burn it first to see what seed you already have in the ground. Spray it with some Plateau or Panoramic after the burn to inhibit the weeds. You may be surprised at what native grasses start growing after the burn. If you have any thin spots later on then you can add...

DB Dark Horse for me. Never had any problems with it. Don't see anything else out there that would take it's place. Killed many turkey and deer out of it. Love it.

Keef, I did a 100ft border (CP33) around the edge of all my timber and 2 waterways. I sprayed it with Plateau before I planted it. I mowed it 2 times the first year. The third year I did a controlled burn. The forbes looked good the first couple of years because the grasses were putting all...

I would suggest leaving out the forbes on the 17 acres unless you are going with a government program. I put in 30 acres in CRP which consisted of native grasses and forbes. Within 3 years there was not a forbe in site because the grasses pretty much choked everything out. The forbes are very...

Looks awesome. What did you build your sides out of?

If any of you guys are having trouble finding crop oil conncentrate in your area like I am and are at Rural King getting a jug of clethodim, you might want to pick up a jug of Drexel BeanOil. It can be used instead of crop oil at half the rate. Here is a response from Drexel Chemical when...

Rural King sell the Drexel Bean Oil in 2.5 gallon jugs for 31.99. Is this the same as crop oil? I was thinking about using this with the clethodim on my clover. Would this be ok or should I look for something else.