Deep Ripping & Seeding Alfalfa 

Yes a business is only as good as it's employee's. Its normally the name on the door that gets dragged through the mud tho.

Lol. Between the 3 managers, you’d expect one of us to. Right??

They sure are.

Thank you!!

That set up sounds pretty cool! I’ll head over!

That’s funny. I like it!!

Hey, great question. Because the ground is so flat. And when the hay gets established, and the water is displaced, the water rises. Add gophers to the mix, and time. It’s best to build them big now, rather than smaller and constantly fixing them.

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I’m terrible. My attention is all over the place. But the. Again, there is always a lot going on…

Germination is great. Very high %. We’ll flood irrigate that fiend the next day. Then get water on it again before the ground dries up.

most of the time tractors out here that are doing DEEP(30"-36")(48") or HEAVY Stubble disc tillage are Maxed out on weight. 120-130lbs per horsepower. dried dairy or feedlot pen pack is what is the most commonly manure used in Arizona. I only know of a liquid manure being used in limited amounts. any further questions don't hesitate to ask.

Oh I bet!!

I think there is on somewhere. I got good drone footage of it. I need to do shorter, more specific videos.

It has more to do with the longevity of the border. And once plant is established, the water rises in the border.

Better videos. I won’t be stuck in a squeeze all the time.

We do not. We don’t have cold run off. It’s warm by the time we pump it.

We would have to pour concrete at the opening. If we just put boulders, the water would still make a big hole, but with big boulders in it.

@@Spiked2005 great question. It will erode on the other side of the box. It’s a volume issue. With that amount of volume, it’s going to erode.

That can be dealt with using aggregate to protect the soils, just a thought. Thank you for the prompt reply

Yes. Our PCA keeps up with that. Testing the soil yearly.

I want to!

We do not. We make our own seed.

@@BalesHayFarmandRanch really? We haven’t planted conventional seed In over 20 years.

@@frankbuoni1804 I sell seed at work and we basically only grow conventional alfalfa, mind you were not a huge hay area but it’s really hard to get guys to grow the fancy traited stuff for $12/lb when common is half the price and just takes a little more management

It’s unknown. We’ve been growing our own seed for 20 plus years. We wanted something that handles heat and salt. So with every generation of new plants, we’re hoping they adapt that much better.

It does the opposite. It supples o2, allows water to penetrate easier, after 4 to 5 years of compaction, it’s desperately needed. Every year we drive over a field 10+ cuttings. That’s a swather, rake, baler, and bale wagon 10 times a year! Not to mention the sprayer several times. Some places don’t have the compaction problem that we have.

@@BalesHayFarmandRanch what type of soil profile do you have? I thought it looked sandy but what you’re describing sounds like heavy clay. If you took a soil compaction probe when we bought this place, there were 2 hard pan layers that showed up. Now my wife can go out there and shove a 4 foot probe all the way in (the ground 😜) with virtually no effort. Wheat made 112 bushels per acre this year. I didn’t spray 2-4D or fungicide. Only put 30# calcium nitrate and some high calcium lime down for the wheat. Neighbors put 100# actual N , sprayed 2-4D and fungicide and theirs made 80. I love seeing all the earthworms and mycorrhizal fungi in our soil now. Sometimes you got to work with nature and not against her 👍. If your soil is heavy, ever tried pattern tiling? Costs a lot up front but helps take excess moisture out and also helps with aeration. Anerobic soil conditions are a killer👎

This August!!