where can I buy pasture feed?

lonelyfarmgirl · #1 02/14/10, 06:56 PM

where can I buy bulk feed such as timothy, alfalfa, etc? I know I can get it from the local co-op, but they only have round-up ready stuff. we dont want that.

Callieslamb · #2 02/14/10, 07:20 PM

sorry, I don't understand your question. Do you want grass seed? Or grass chopped to make bagged hay for feed?

Madsaw · #3 02/14/10, 09:46 PM

If your looking for seed try Pulaski seed warehouse.
Where are you located in this great cheese state?
bob

bruce2288 · #4 02/14/10, 10:29 PM

I believe you are hearing some propaganda. I do not believe there is any round-up ready timothy and the alfalfa has only been released .

sammyd · #5 02/15/10, 07:22 AM

there is no roundup ready timothy or alfalfa. The alfalfa was released but then they stopped it like 3 years ago.

http://www.roundupreadyalfalfa.com/home.aspx?page=legal

Try Fleet Farm. They have straight alfalfa and some decent pasture mixes. Usually around 150 a bag or so...maybe more for the better quality alfalfa.

lonelyfarmgirl · #6 02/15/10, 09:46 PM

Im retarded, or I must have been really tired, I didnt mean FEED, I meant SEED!

I am east-central. east of lake winnebago.

what is the best kind of grass to choose for the pasture mix? I know we ended up with this one grass one time that was thin like hair. It was horrible! the haybine wouldn't even touch it.

Madsaw · #7 02/15/10, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lonelyfarmgirl

Im retarded, or I must have been really tired, I didnt mean FEED, I meant SEED!

I am east-central. east of lake winnebago.

what is the best kind of grass to choose for the pasture mix? I know we ended up with this one grass one time that was thin like hair. It was horrible! the haybine wouldn't even touch it.

Yeap Pulaski seed warehouse is your best beat.
Here is a link to their number and info.
http://www.superpages.com/bp/Pulaski...0140909108.htm

I had some grass hay given to me the last few yrs by my neighbor. I refuse to cut it anymore. Its terrible. Like you said go at a crawl and cut one blade at a time. But, I think this yr I might just use a new idea cut/ditioner on it. Them flails will not get tore up like a haybine.
Bob

haypoint · #8 02/15/10, 11:21 PM

Just as different climate requires different varieties, soil type and nutrition and ph are deciding factors as well.

Get a soil test done. That'll tell you if you need to spread lime and how much fertilizer you'll need for the different varieties.

Alfalfa is great hay, but it can't stand poorly drained or heavy clay soils. Plus it needs the ph and fertilizer levels right up there, or weeds will overtake it.

Allsack clover is good in wet areas. Birdsfoot trefoil will grow in low ph areas and lasts a long time. Some horses don't like it in pasture, but like hay made from it.

Timothy is easier to grow and drys better than clovers. But you don't get as much of a second cutting.

I rototilled a few acres of old hayfield and the next year it was thick with sweet clover. It just came up on its own.