LETMGROW Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 Just to give some idea of how prices are running this year I got these yesterday. Fertilizer 19-19-19 Bulk $605 T. Urea Bulk $565 T. RR soybean seed $57.95 per bag 1 A. +or- Corn seed RR $275-290 per 50# bag depending on variety and maturity dates. Prices were from Bordeau Bros. in Canton NY ( Northern NY ) 315 386 2750 Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) My checkbook just ran away...lol Drought has effected seed prices, and barges coming up Miss. River has delayed barges with fertilyzer shippments Edited March 17, 2013 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Need to fertilize our clover plots. Sure miss those days when a 50 lb bag of 6-12-12 was less than $5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 with the price of feritilizer i have been doing a rotation. planting an annual legume in the spring and then a cereal grain/brassica in the fall. I dont use near the amount of fertilizer as i used too. I'm sure my production is affected but sure cant tell a decline in production and the deer still seem to eat it just fine. an expensive hobby for sure. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Yikes! I've had to cut back on my lime and fertilizer over the past few years. Anymore I lime every two years, and fertilize once. I can't say that I've noticed a drop off in the quality of my plots yet, so maybe I was overdoing it before anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Actually I was pleased with these prices. Last year I paid $23.50 per 50# bag for 19-19-19. Bulk lime can be had for $14 per ton in the pit. Yup, it ain't cheap. Those deer don't really seem to appreciate it come hunting season either. They hide, especially the big bucks I fed all summer long, make me get up way too early in the morning and duck when I send an arrow their way. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkef1 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I don't have a very big food plot but what we do is find someone who has some livestock and has a manure problem. So then we pile his problem in a truck or manure spreader (borrowed from friend) and spread in on the plot. This is all done while the ground is frozen or there is a couple inches of snow on the ground. Which gives everything time to cool off..... Horse manure. Other kinds of manure don't need time like that they can be spread on the soil anytime and will not burn the plants growing their. The only!! thing you need to watch for is hay in the manure. Hay comes with seeds in it so you can find yourself spreading in competing plants in your plot. So if you stick to animal whose bedding is straw or shavings your going to have one **** of a fertilizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 I don't have a very big food plot but what we do is find someone who has some livestock and has a manure problem. So then we pile his problem in a truck or manure spreader (borrowed from friend) and spread in on the plot. This is all done while the ground is frozen or there is a couple inches of snow on the ground. Which gives everything time to cool off..... Horse manure. Other kinds of manure don't need time like that they can be spread on the soil anytime and will not burn the plants growing their. The only!! thing you need to watch for is hay in the manure. Hay comes with seeds in it so you can find yourself spreading in competing plants in your plot. So if you stick to animal whose bedding is straw or shavings your going to have one **** of a fertilizer. The seed in manure doesn't come from what the animal sleeps in. It comes from what they eat. If they eat hay they will pass seed. In our state it isn't legal for a farmer to send off manure to another's property unless it has been treated. No one in my area is capable of doing this. They would have to have a permit to do this. Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Price of roundup jumped too.. 30 gal was $320 last year 30 gal is $460 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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