Calcium & pH foundation
Most pastures are pH 4.8–5.2 with H base sat near 50%. Pro-Cal corrects both in weeks.
AgriTec System · Forage
Hay & Pasture.
More tons. Better quality. Per cutting.
Hay and pasture suffer the most from underread soil tests. A pH-4.8, OM-0.4%, CEC-2.0 field can't carry weight no matter how much urea you throw at it. Our hay program rebuilds the foundation (Pro-Cal, Humic Acid, biology) before any pound of N pays back, then adds Nitro-Maxx+ on top.
Fighting broomsedge?
Broomsedge is a symptom, not the problem.
Broomsedge thrives on acidic, calcium-poor ground your forage can't compete on. Correct the pH and calcium and the recovering stand chokes it out. Growers across the South have watched it happen season after season.
Producer results · Whitesboro, Texas · 2026
"I have never baled so much hay off of my fields and even outdid my neighbors who have 5x more acreage than I do."
Hybrid Bermuda hay producer · first season on AgriTec liquid
After 25+ years on a traditional dry fertility program, he put his first field on AgriTec liquid nutrition in 2026. The first cutting came in 59% over his own long-term average, and about 4.5 times the forage per acre of a neighboring field cut the same season on urea and potash.
Bale for bale · first cutting 2026 · per acre
AgriTec liquid program
7.5
Dry program next door
1.7
4.5x
the forage per acre, same neighborhood, same season.
Every circle is one 850 lb round bale.
6,375lb/ac
first cutting, weighed off the field July 8
3.19t/ac
vs his 2.0 ton per acre 25-year average
+59%
over the long-term dry-program baseline
22bales
4x5 rounds at roughly 850 lb each
Same season, same neighborhood · first cutting 2026
lb of forage per acre
Neighboring field · dry program, urea + potash at 100 lb/ac each
~1,417 lb/ac · 1.7 bales
The test field · AgriTec liquid program
6,375 lb/ac · 7.5 bales
4.5x the forage per acre, cut the same season a few fields apart.
The producer
Twenty-five years of dry fertility, and a healthy dose of skepticism.
He has grown hybrid Bermuda hay in the Whitesboro area for more than 25 years on the same program most of his neighbors run: urea and potash at roughly 150 lb/acre of each, ag lime, and the occasional litter or manure. On that program his fields averaged 2 tons of forage per acre per cutting, year in and year out.
He was not an easy sell. He'd heard the claims made for liquid fertilizers from plenty of companies and was openly skeptical the production numbers were real. What he did have was a tremendous amount of spray experience, the equipment to apply liquids precisely, and a brand-new piece of ground to prove it on: a property acquired in late 2025 that had never been under his management. That new field became the test.
In spring 2026 he put it on a full AgriTec liquid program, his first season ever on liquid fertility. Every pass went out through his own pull-type sprayer, on his own schedule, at the exact rate each pass called for. No waiting on a spreader truck, no compromise blends. He singled that flexibility out as one of the biggest advantages of the whole program.
Where every program starts · the soil test
| Measure | Field | Target | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soil pH | 6.4 | 6.0 – 6.5 | GOOD |
| Potassium (K) | 278 lb/ac | 300+ lb/ac | WATCH |
| CEC | 12 | 10 – 20 | OK |
| Ca base saturation | 76% | 60 – 75% | OK |
Independent soil lab, sampled late 2025 on the newly acquired property. Potassium is the number to watch on a hay field: every ton of Bermuda hay hauls roughly 50 lb of K₂O off with the bales, which is why the program leans on 3-18-18+ to feed K back through the season. The plan: soluble calcium early, a P-K foundation ahead of green-up, then nitrogen timed to push growth.
The season, application by application
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April 6
Advanced-Cal · 4 gpa
Soluble calcium to support rooting and soil structure as the stand wakes up
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April 8
3-18-18+ · 6 gpa
Phosphorus and potassium foundation ahead of green-up, feeding the K that hay removal takes
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April 25
Nitro-Maxx+ · 7 gpa
Nitrogen to drive leaf growth and tillering into the first production window
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May 15
Rotary mow to 4"
Reset a stand stalled by a cold, wet spring so it restarts clean
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May 19
3-18-18+ · 10 gpa
Rebuild the P-K foundation under the new flush of growth
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May 21
Nitro-Maxx+ · 10 gpa
Push regrowth hard into the summer production window
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July 8
First cutting
6,375 lb/ac weighed. 22 four-by-five rounds off the test field
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July 13
Nitro-Maxx+ 6 gpa · 3-18-18+ 4 gpa
Fed again five days after baling. The second cutting is already growing
The season in pictures
Harvest · July 8, 2026
"The rake could only take half a swath."
The stand was so thick the equipment told the story before the scale did: the rake could only pull half a swath at a time, because a full swath would plug trying to build windrows for the baler. The forage was heavy enough that he broke the belt lacing on one of the baler belts working through it. In 25 years of making hay, that's not a problem this field had ever given him.
His verdict after one cutting: he will continue to use AgriTec for all of his fertility needs going forward. The performance won him over once the weather turned, but it's the flexibility and the agronomic support he talks about when he tells the story.
The economics
2.7 cents of fertility per pound of forage. $22.69 per bale.
$170.16
Total fertility per acre
$104.70 Nitro-Maxx+ · $65.46 3-18-18+, exactly as applied and priced
2.7¢
Fertility per pound of forage
$170.16 across 6,375 lb, about $53 per ton
7.5
Bales per acre
vs about 4.7 bales at his old 2 ton average
$22.69
Fertility per bale
in a bale selling for $65 to $80 at current Texas market prices
Read it either way, it works: every bale carries $22.69 of fertility and sells in the $65 to $80 range, so the fertility bill is roughly 30 cents of every hay dollar. And at his old 2 ton average this acre made about 4.7 bales; on the liquid program it made 7.5, nearly three more bales per acre worth $180 to $225 at today's market, grown for $170.16 of total fertility on the whole acre. Market basis: USDA AMS Texas Direct Hay Report, Aug 7, 2026, "Good" grade Bermuda large rounds. Advanced-Cal establishment pass not included in the feeding-cost figures.
Forage quality · the honest numbers
| Measure | This cut | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Matter Cured and baled right, no moisture concerns in storage | 87% | 85 – 90% |
| Crude Protein Slightly under target. Protein drops as a stand over-matures | 9% | 10 – 14% |
| ADF More fiber, less digestible. The signature of a late cut | 39% | < 35% |
| TDN Adequate energy for lactating and dry cattle | 58% | 58 – 62% |
Solid cattle hay, with room to improve on timing.
We report quality the same way we report tonnage: as tested. The field was actually ready 7 to 10 days earlier, but rain and scheduling pushed the cutting to July 8, and Bermuda loses digestibility and protein fast once it goes stemmy. This analysis shows exactly that pattern, and this hay is still more than adequate for lactating and dry cattle.
The fix isn't a product, it's a calendar. Cut the same stand 7 to 10 days earlier and the protein comes up, the ADF comes down, and the tonnage barely moves. That's precisely the adjustment planned for the second cutting: keep the tonnage, raise the quality numbers.
The full booklet
Evening on the Whitesboro place. The second cutting is already on its way.
The complete 11-page producer results booklet, with the soil test, every application, harvest photos, the forage analysis, and the economics, application by application.
Results shown are from a single field and single season as reported by the producer; individual results vary with soil, weather, and management. Producer identity withheld by request.
No two hay & pasture fields the same
Your fields aren't general. Build yours from your soil test.
Upload your soil test (or key in the numbers) and we'll read every value on it, then build a Good / Better / Best program sized to your acres, with real delivered cost and the break-even ROI. The agronomy is free.
03 / The trial data
We can defend every line.
Real customer baseline test (Pearland TX, Jan 2025). Treatment: full program with Nitro-Maxx+ at 8 gal/ac. After-test pending.
Tuskegee University · Real-world before/after · 2024–2025
ton/ac
2
Baseline (untreated)
3.2
Pro-Cal alone
4.8
★
Full program
Yield lift per treatment
vs control
+60%
Pro-Cal alone
+140%
★
Full program
Personalize the program · Hay & Pasture
Tell us what you want to grow. We'll do the math.
Set your yield target and drop in your soil test values. Or upload the lab PDF and we'll read it for you. The engine returns a program scaled to your fields.
Your Hay & Pasture program · 4 ton/ac
Engine ready
Adjust the yield target and add any soil test values you have. The recommendation engine will return a hay & pasture program scaled to your fields and pinned to specific soil numbers when present.
Farming more than one field? Build every field's program on the calculator →Final rates and pricing confirmed by an AgriTec agronomist after reviewing your soil test. The advice is free.
02 / The growth plan
From emergence to harvest: one plan, stage by stage.
The whole hay & pasture season up top, then the general program below. Every pass is shown at the exact stage it targets, so the picture and the plan line up.
Read this first
This is a general roadmap, not an exact prescription for your farm. No two fields, soil tests, planting dates, or seasons line up the same way, so your stages, rates, and timing will differ. Treat the timeline below as the shape of the program; we size the exact stack and pin every pass to your soil test and your acres.
The plan, pass by pass, pinned to the stage it works
Each pass has a window. Hit it and it pays; miss it and the dollar's mostly spent.
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Dormant · Pre-season Calcium firstPro-Cal
3–5 gal/ac
Foundation pH + Ca correction.
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Dormant · Pre-season Carbon baseHumic Acid
1 qt/ac
Builds OM + CEC. Critical for sandy or low-OM ground.
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Green-up + regrowth Spring + cutsNitro-Maxx+
8 gal/ac
Slow-release N: supports each regrowth cycle.
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After each cut Per cuttingYieldMaker
1 qt/ac
Kelp + micronutrient refresh after each cutting.
What's driving the response
Weed pressure & broomsedge
Broomsedge and sage grass thrive on acidic, calcium-poor ground your forage can't compete on. Correct the pH and calcium and the recovering stand chokes them out, with no extra pass.
Carbon & biology
Humic Acid raises organic matter and CEC over seasons. Below 2% OM, hay tonnage caps out.
Slow-release N
Nitro-Maxx+ at 8 gal/ac for sustained tonnage across cuttings. Minimal burn.
Mid-season micros
YieldMaker after each cutting keeps regrowth strong.
Talk to an agronomist
Send us your hay & pasture soil test. We'll read it.
Real agronomists. No call tree. No charge for the conversation. Same program your neighbor is running on his hay & pasture, tuned to your fields.