Re: Done combining
[Re: Bob_Iowa]
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10/31/19 10:25 PM
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JoMiBru
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Bob, we use a batch dryer to dry soybeans. We prefer to harvest dry, however with our proximity to the water, humidity stays elevated, and most of our beans are harvested at 15% or so. We dry them to 13 and keep air on them , stored in bins. The mills dock way too much for moisture, way better off to dry them and store on farm.
John Bruning Bruning Farms llc
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Re: Done combining
[Re: Bob_Iowa]
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11/02/19 07:26 AM
11/02/19 07:26 AM
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Over here where I live most of the beans are done and some of the corn. It was late plant here and now for the harvest. There is places that I trap need to wait it out for the crops to be out.No problem then that to set today here get the spots that will work out .
Life member of DAV,NTA,NRA,ITA.Also member of FTA,CBA
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Re: Done combining
[Re: Bob_Iowa]
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11/02/19 10:19 AM
11/02/19 10:19 AM
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Speaking of manure, or liquid fertilizer, the farmer north of me gets Waste from the local treatment plant and the plant spreads it on his fields. They drive the trucks right into the field and back and forth they go all the while spraying the liquid.
This was done in Sept if I recall.
I've seen the same with the liquid from large dairy outfits.
Do the farmers have to pay for this stuff? Any idea on the cost say /acre?
Last edited by Dirty D; 11/02/19 10:20 AM.
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Re: Done combining
[Re: ratbrain]
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11/02/19 02:28 PM
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Municipal sludge applied to fields in most cases farmers do not pay for the sludge, the cities are looking for ways to get rid of the sludge. They don't need to buy or rent land which would add greatly to the cost. The sludge is quite highly concentrated in nutrients, especially N. They do follow the phosphorus regs Or P but apply considerable N to the soil. They need and want heavy soils like we have in the eastern WI area as the N will not leach into the ground water.
As to farmers that get liquid dairy manure from dairy farmers? There is a wide range of agreements. Many farmers provide forage and other crops for dairies that don't have enough land base for feed and manure application so the dairies many times apply liquid manure to fields where they buy the crops from. In most cases there is a value placed on the manure based on nutrient analysis and the cost of buying N, P and K. In most cases this is a bit higher than the cost of pumping and application. Most custom manure service providers charge from 1 to 2.5 cents per gallon for pumping and application, so a dairy with say 10 million gallons of liquid manure, say 700 cows will pay about $175,000 to have the manure pits emptied and applied. For rough figuring let us say 1,000 gallons of manure is worth $10 which means the value is %100,000 or it costs the farmer roughly 75,000 dollars more than the manure is worth to get rid of.
Bryce
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Re: Done combining
[Re: run]
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11/04/19 08:47 AM
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I am a big fan of manure/ not really cracked over sludge. I agree about the sludge. Who knows what folks flush down the drain. All kinds of cleaning chemicals, excreted medicines, industrial chemicals, etc find the way to the sewage treatment plants. You wouldn't put sludge on your garden.
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Re: Done combining
[Re: James]
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11/04/19 05:55 PM
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Thanks, guys. I need that info for a story. Mid-November is when I have it being spread, in central Kentucky, and it sounds like that time will work.
My Dad calls the smell "country perfume." We never lived where they raise hogs, though.
Jim What town are you close to in Central KY? Is it your homestead?
It is what it is.
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Re: Done combining
[Re: Bob_Iowa]
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11/04/19 07:32 PM
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To bad the rectums who P&M about food costs do not find and read this. Many have no idea what, where , and how the food got to the stores. Tut
I Farm The Forest
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