nashmach
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Planning to spray off stubbles at the next opportunity.
Only finished Hurricane Ophelia and Storm Fionn tidy up the other day
Planning to spray off next decent opportunity here too, whenever that will be!
Planning to spray off stubbles at the next opportunity.
Sprayed all day here and wasn't too badOnly finished Hurricane Ophelia and Storm Fionn tidy up the other day
Planning to spray off next decent opportunity here too, whenever that will be!
Sprayed all day here and wasn't too bad
Did you try rolling any cover crops in the frost this year? How did that work out last year.Sprayed all day here and wasn't too bad
Been carting shit onto a stubble field today
Making enough mess too,wont be spreading for a while
When are you guys planning on sowing SB?
I see/hear boortmalt are down along these parts looking for malting barley growers for this year? We are a long way from their traditional footprint. The sceptic in me thinks this is too good to be true, the other side of me says for an industry as a whole it's no harm to have another buyer offering a premium for spring barley. Have they fallen out of favour so much with growers in their traditional footprint that they have to come down here which is a serious spin to Athy or is there actually just not enough land for it in these areas. No promise of a price which to be fair I wouldn't expect but there will be a malting premium given if it makes the grade.
No as far as I am aware it is the same price no matter where you are.If they paid a fair price and didn't upset growers where they have facilities with their T&C's there would be no reason to be going so far out of their area.
They surely will be paying less down there in account of haulage, otherwise I could see more existing growers getting disgruntled.
Haven’t used it here. Not sure why one would choose it unless it’s cheaper. Something tells me that I heard somewhere that the N part of it might give the P part an extra kick if you were very low in P.Are many on here using DAP in the seedbed for spring barley instead of the traditional compounds? Any views?
They are looking to produce an extra 20000(I think) tons this year.I see/hear boortmalt are down along these parts looking for malting barley growers for this year? We are a long way from their traditional footprint. The sceptic in me thinks this is too good to be true, the other side of me says for an industry as a whole it's no harm to have another buyer offering a premium for spring barley. Have they fallen out of favour so much with growers in their traditional footprint that they have to come down here which is a serious spin to Athy or is there actually just not enough land for it in these areas. No promise of a price which to be fair I wouldn't expect but there will be a malting premium given if it makes the grade.
What about this Avail fertiliser? The sales pitch is very impressive...Haven’t used it here. Not sure why one would choose it unless it’s cheaper. Something tells me that I heard somewhere that the N part of it might give the P part an extra kick if you were very low in P.
Hard to argue with 10.10.20 for the job or even something like 11.7.23 etc if you’d like to up the K. Got some Target 11.7.23+S for this year. Should save us bothering with the likes of 19.0.15 and therefore make the spring barley a two spreader pass job when followed by CAN+S.
What about this Avail fertiliser? The sales pitch is very impressive...
http://www.gouldings.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Gouldings-Avail-booklet.
Have no experience of it to be honest with you. A lot of these things are priced to take the good out of it but no harm in enquiring about it.
Are you particularly low in P?
50K over the next 2 years so I was told. New plant built or nearly built.They are looking to produce an extra 20000(I think) tons this year.
Traditional compounds which contain N are made from DAP for example 10 10 20 is made from 50% DAP 40% MOP a bit of straight N and the rest is fillerAre many on here using DAP in the seedbed for spring barley instead of the traditional compounds? Any views?
If your K levels are ok it’s best way IMO,No not particularly. Actually low in K here in some fields. Just was chatting briefly with merchant today and he was suggesting we place DAP and spread straight K. Didn't really get into figures. Just a thought really....
I see/hear boortmalt are down along these parts looking for malting barley growers for this year? We are a long way from their traditional footprint. The sceptic in me thinks this is too good to be true, the other side of me says for an industry as a whole it's no harm to have another buyer offering a premium for spring barley. Have they fallen out of favour so much with growers in their traditional footprint that they have to come down here which is a serious spin to Athy or is there actually just not enough land for it in these areas. No promise of a price which to be fair I wouldn't expect but there will be a malting premium given if it makes the grade.
Most NPK combounds are made using DAP, which is a good bit more freely available than TSP that is used in 0/10/20.Are many on here using DAP in the seedbed for spring barley instead of the traditional compounds? Any views?