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Applying it to Bahia grass. So basically it is as good as granular? Or better, or the same? Pasture is only about an inch to 2 inches tall. No problem with applying fertilizer and herbicide to that? Thanks

So I am looking at applying some liquid nitrogen fertilizer to my pastures. Also mixing some herbicide with it. My pastures are primarily bahia grass. The wild mustard is everywhere, hence applying some herbicide. I have never used liquid fertilizer before. What are the +\-? Also is this the...

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Thanks for all the replys. I think I will pursue getting a few head to start with and run them with another herd. I know several grain farmers that have some beef cattle just because they can't farm the pastures. They all let me hunt on their land and in return I give them all kinds of meat...

Thanks for the reply. I am currently looking for land also. but I have to sell my house first also, and that is not really going well. But I have seen some land prices starting to drop a little bit. No hurry to get cattle, but I have an opporutinity with my sons boss. He has about 200 head...

I agree most people would just wilt if they did the work that I did back when I worked in a feedlot. I rode pens for 3 winters straight. I love it when people say how fun it would be to ride horses everyday. Not when its 10 below and the Nebraska wind is blowing about 30. We had 15 people...

Thanks for the info bigbull338. Like I said I worked with cattle for some time on some very good ranches. My dad and I even had a small herd of 7 head before I went off to college. As for the question that was asked. What would you rather do..... (A) Bury $10,000 cash in an airtight...

Thanks for the reply. I think I will approach some producers and see about running cattle with theirs. What do you think the cost per head per day would be, if you were allowing someone to run cattle with yours? Thanks, This is a great site. Tom

Hi, My name is Tom. I graduated Penn State with a degree in Animal science back in 94. I worked on several cattle ranches and feedlots during the ninities, like TC ranch and Darr Feedlot. Well I got out go the cattle business in 98. I now work for Smithfield foods in the meat business. I...