"Pastures" as such, usually don't require much fertilizer as up to 90% of P&K nutrients are returned back to the soil via the manure. There have been many studies done on pasture nitrogen fertilization spring vs fall. "Usually", fall application is best as you get better absorption and utilization over a longer period. NOrmally the "spring flush" overproduces and can't be effectively utilized. Fall application spreads out the usage period. Dave, probably the most important aspect for you would be PH adjustments if needed. I assume you rent many of your small pastures so the landowner "should" withstand part of this cost as it is a long term soil amendment. Low ph soils just do not respond to nitrogen fertilizer effectively. Convincing the land owners to do this will require some of your best "people skills". You might consider combining 2 or 3 small plots into one soil test sample if cost is a consideration. Unless you find some extremely low ph values, I'm thinking that 40 units of nitrogen fall applied will accomplish what you want. Keep us posted on what your soil tests find.
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