Hay Crops

With the new cutting, conditioning and windrowing machines used to make hay, I believe the carbon cycle could be used to up production, build soil and sequester extra carbon from the air into the soil.

It would probably take some research to fine tune it, but if these mowing machines were set to mow the grasses high enough to allow some green blades to remain the grass could continue trapping CO2. The crop could then recover much quicker without straining the roots. The grass could continue to make carbohydrates and feed all the life on and in the root zone that supports the grass.

This could result in getting an extra cutting while soil quality is increasing. It would also be beneficial to let the last mowing of the year lie in the field as mulch. If need be, use feed-grade molasses (one gallon per acre) with nitrogen fixing microbes (Micro-Soil or Agri-Gro) in ample water and spray it on the mulch hay to decay it and make fertilizer faster.

It would also be decayed away so it wouldn’t interfere with bailing the next hay crop.

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