Unaccounted costs: Nutrients in hay

Hay is not cheap, then again, neither is grain right now, but often the full cost of hay goes under realized. Much of the value in hay remains in unaccounted soil nutrients that is removed from hay fields and is redistributed in over wintering pastures or concentrated in lots. The production of hay has soil nutrient removal that is more often, not replaced with fertilizer or manure. This can be...

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