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Little River, TX | This being the second or third week of July-
This is coastal bermuda hay in North Alabama. Don't know bout the protein.
I would guess your hay is in the 7% CP range.
I am about the same latitude as Montgomery, and here if I can cut the first week of June & again the third week of July the hay will be in the 10-12% CP range.
If you are on a sandy soil that may be overly optimistic. Here I am on Blackland clay and applied nitrogen here will persist for years. My friends with the East Texas sandy soil, their nitrogen plays out in three to six weeks.
Protein is computed by multiplying the percentage of nitrogen by 6.25.
N% X 6.25 = CP
Somewhere in the Georgia Web site is a bullition that has a chart. This chart gives a good estimate of CP and Energy based on time between harvest.
What I do is pull a hay sample from each field for each cutting and have a plant analysis run on it. ( A full feed and mineral analysis cost considerably more) My customers, at the most, are interested in CP while I am interested in the minerals to monitor the fertility.
If all goes as planned I expect to attend the next Alabama Forage Meeting, Dec 2011 at the West Alabama University. | |
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