exactlyWell I know if we hadn't to go with early urea we would have no grass at this point. Urea is working away. Sure if it would have been a normal year you'd be on the second round almost with second application of N on
Do you have some un spread ground to compare it to?Went with urea end of Feb and up until this week I was undecided if it was lost or not but you can definitely see now that it has had a good effect.
Do you have some un spread ground to compare it to?
Things have greened up mighty in the last week thank god
That's very common most years, clean off the old stuff to motivate the new growth. I'd be similar, paddocks grazed the snow week will need to be grazed in the next 7-10 days or they will be almost too strong then.Chatting a dairy farmer today and paddocks grazed in late February have more grass now than ones not grazed yet!
Any wise heads know why slurry is so effective in cold weather compared to bagged fertilizer?
Anything to do with the fact that say 3k gallons of slurry is say 6-7-35 per 1k gallons, who would spread 3 bags per acre of that in wet weather tho? In wet, damp, cool, dull weather the N is not lost either, might be something to do with the p and k kick also. Other than that I haven't a clue....Any wise heads know why slurry is so effective in cold weather compared to bagged fertilizer?
i don't know either, plenty lads spreading 46 units of nitrogen in early feb saw much lower response than 12-15 units of N in slurry spread at the same time. So is it uptake/availability or a P/K issue. Is there a different biological process going on? just throwing it out there.Anything to do with the fact that say 3k gallons of slurry is say 6-7-35 per 1k gallons, who would spread 3 bags per acre of that in wet weather tho? In wet, damp, cool, dull weather the N is not lost either, might be something to do with the p and k kick also. Other than that I haven't a clue....
Don't know what it is but it's the same every spring though more noticeable this year.
There are trace elements and nutrients as well as npk in slurry
@CORK Any ideas
I dont know about january urea anymore, february is plenty soon imoWe grew 45kg / ha / day on average over the last 10 days. That's about 60% of the total 2018 growth so far this year.
Again, to make the point about urea. Its out 7 week now and you can really see it pushing on. A lot of advice out there is to spread it into grass covers. That's what I did. That was a mistake. I'm at the end of the first rotation. Its clear that the urea worked best on bare ground and really only worked on ground with grass covers when those covers were eaten. It worked - that's the most important thing.
See a few out spreading fertilizer during the week, share of slurry gone out too, a calculated risk I suppose if they think the benefit would outweigh any penalty, I can't see the slurry being a capacity issue given that the spread period was extended last year.Hoping to get out early with the quad and spreader this year in order to try to have some early grass. I know that it'll be late on average when you consider that we let the first of the cattle out last year in the beginning of May. I'm hoping for to bring a big change this year and get some of the cattle out to grass by the first week in April - especially the cull cows that will be slaughtered at the end of May and the store cattle that will be slaughtered at the back end.
To do this, I will have to have fertilizer spread on the drier ground by the first week in March. My ear was chewed when I announced my plans. "Sure you were as well lighting the fire with €20 notes" is what I was told. "The frost will ruin any bit of fertilizer that you spread in March".
A neighbour is a pretty progressive dairy farmer, and he will be spreading fertilizer at the middle of february. My ear chewer will have notions of calling the mental asylum to pick the neighbour up and any grass that he grows will be "watery frost grass". Just wait until I announce that I plan to do the first cut of silage before May 25th.
What's your view on frost and fertilizer?
It's bloody risky business especially only couple of days left to go. It still a crime doh especially as field conditions are idealSee a few out spreading fertilizer during the week, share of slurry gone out too, a calculated risk I suppose if they think the benefit would outweigh any penalty, I can't see the slurry being a capacity issue given that the spread period was extended last year.
I'd say Jackie is wasting his breath..https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/jackie-cahill-creed-must-lift-slurry-ban-immediately/ after the extension in the back end of last year and a week to go nothing will change.It's bloody risky business especially only couple of days left to go. It still a crime doh especially as field conditions are ideal
Elections must be coming down the road. Only reason any of these lads are shoutingI'd say Jackie is wasting his breath..https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/jackie-cahill-creed-must-lift-slurry-ban-immediately/ after the extension in the back end of last year and a week to go nothing will change.
Elections must be coming down the road. Only reason any of these lads are shoutingI'd say Jackie is wasting his breath..https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/jackie-cahill-creed-must-lift-slurry-ban-immediately/ after the extension in the back end of last year and a week to go nothing will change.
Good few lads here will be doing well to make it to the 15th capacity wiseI'd say Jackie is wasting his breath..https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/jackie-cahill-creed-must-lift-slurry-ban-immediately/ after the extension in the back end of last year and a week to go nothing will change.