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Post by nhmountains on Aug 8, 2020 19:31:33 GMT -6
I thought Mo was retiring soon? I wish I had local seed sources for plotting. I get winter rye from local Agway’s for $25-32 depending on the year. It’s been from Virginia or Canada. I get buckwheat at $58 a bushel from the local Agway Everything else comes from Welter in Iowa or Hancock Seed in Florida. Mo is retiring. There is no money in food plot seed.
Last pallet of Buckwheat that came in was $28 for a 50lb bag, your getting screwed at $58
My hands are tied what they sell it at locally. They have to have it shipped in to NH. I’d buy it you, Welter, or elsewhere but, I think the price combined with the freight charge would be pushing the $58 I pay locally.
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 8, 2020 21:04:30 GMT -6
Its simple. Fuck food plotting if its not easy. Simple. Or cheap.
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Post by leexrayshady on Aug 9, 2020 9:30:30 GMT -6
you have Bob Hunt in Wadena still. No idea what his buckwheat is now days. $50 a bag
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 9, 2020 9:47:16 GMT -6
you have Bob Hunt in Wadena still. No idea what his buckwheat is now days. $50 a bag I really struggle with paying that for buckwheat on my soils. I tried it once and it grew well. It had a bit of deer use. Did it improve the soil, I suppose. I would rather see corn, beans, or alfalfa on the better soils and forget the buckwheat. Each situation is different.
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Post by kooch on Aug 9, 2020 11:12:32 GMT -6
Its simple. Fuck food plotting if its not easy. Simple. Or cheap. Turnips and Rye and Medium Red. Rinse and repeat.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 9, 2020 11:46:51 GMT -6
Its simple. Fuck food plotting if its not easy. Simple. Or cheap. Turnips and Rye and Medium Red. Rinse and repeat. I use Soybeans and / or corn. White clover varieties. Medium Red clover. and my standard Brassica mix of Radish, DER and Purple Top Turnips. Also a couple of bags of Rye each year. Those are all pretty easy to get for me. I can get what fertilizer I need at Bjerga's Farm store in Pine River.
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 9, 2020 13:02:27 GMT -6
I really struggle with paying that for buckwheat on my soils. I tried it once and it grew well. It had a bit of deer use. Did it improve the soil, I suppose. I would rather see corn, beans, or alfalfa on the better soils and forget the buckwheat. Each situation is different. They must add a lot of fertilizer to your soil to get corn and beans to grow? That must cost more than the bag of buckwheat but, I bet they produce a better crop for deer than the buckwheat.
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 9, 2020 17:34:09 GMT -6
I really struggle with paying that for buckwheat on my soils. I tried it once and it grew well. It had a bit of deer use. Did it improve the soil, I suppose. I would rather see corn, beans, or alfalfa on the better soils and forget the buckwheat. Each situation is different. They must add a lot of fertilizer to your soil to get corn and beans to grow? That must cost more than the bag of buckwheat but, I bet they produce a better crop for deer than the buckwheat. They do add some fertilizer to my rental acres, but they were covered with dairy pit manure this spring and the alfalfa seeding got lime. They use a soil consultant. My foodplots usually get some manure. I can see some strips should have had more nitrogen.
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