I not only grow hay, but wheat as well. Sometimes we harvest the wheat as hay, but sometimes for grain.

Corn is not only grown for oil, it's grown for cows to eat as insilage. And I know many who grow corn both ways.

I also put some -cides on our crops. Here in the desert when you are trying to grow things with little rain and little or no irrigation, you have to do all you can for yields. And all manure will do is give you more weeds. Believe me. And when you get the weeds in because you fertilized naturally with manure, you are still going to have to spray the weeds with some herbecide. And when the aphids take over a field of alfalfa, you are still going to have to spray a pestacide. Then you need more acres to make a profit.

Just some more info for you. Farming is a frickin' catch 22, that is for sure!