Ozzy Scott
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Is there another Ireland somewhere else in the world, that all the twitter heros are farming on, as they always seem to be cutting grass and blowing how much they are growing
Who do you get to test and what do they test for?will do some leaf analysis over the next few days and see what it throws up. Getting allot of purple leaves which would indicate P deficiency. P soil reserves are quite high, so whether is a lock up problem or what, I dont know. Its probably just down to very cold winds. leaf analysis wont be long telling me whats going on. place is pretty embarrassing looking atm.
Who do you get to test and what do they test for?
Demand is outstripping supply here, heifers will have to go into a field tomorrow that a week ago I taught I could skip and bale but cannot now, cows are in covers far too heavy and it's hitting the bulk tank but ground grazed 10-15 days has feic all on it
when you mention demand, is this whole farm demand, or demand with the silage ground taken out?? I usually dont work out my demand, but my whole farm demand at the moment is around 70, . I blame teagasc for my stupidityGrowth 89, demand 56, Cover per LU 392. Mower going at a few paddocks tomorrow weather permitting.
Very similar fert and slurry here , cows are in what I'd hoped to cut , all the grazing ground is lacking in something with the last week .Is it just my place but is grass completely starved looking despite slurry in early feb, 40 units late feb, 35 late March and 30 late April or early May dependent, it was 8 units of S applied also and 12p and 40 k of bag aswell. The colour is pure pale and growth is shocking. I can't figure out what's up. I refer mainly to the southern lads as things seem a lot better up the midlands and above
when you mention demand, is this whole farm demand, or demand with the silage ground taken out?? I usually dont work out my demand, but my whole farm demand at the moment is around 70, . I blame teagasc for my stupidity
My driest are poor also. I wonder is it the fact it was poached on first and second round now coming back to haunt us and compaction coupled with low temps and saturated ground maybe. My wet ground is growing away fine too, this ground is only grazed once at best and has received half the N P and K of the good ground which really makes me think it’s compactionActually, now that ye guys have pointed out poor growth, from my last measure its my driest paddocks that are performing the poorest, and they're certainly not moisture deficent...... ?? Approx 85 units of N spread, 15 units of S, 15 units of P, 30 units of K, and 3000 gallons of slurry. No lime out yet.
its just whats happening overhead us that we have no control over, timothy grass is flying which leads me to believe its cold related issues holding the ryegrass (holding and looking deficient are 2 different things:scratchhead:).My driest are poor also. I wonder is it the fact it was poached on first and second round now coming back to haunt us and compaction coupled with low temps and saturated ground maybe. My wet ground is growing away fine too, this ground is only grazed once at best and has received half the N P and K of the good ground which really makes me think it’s compaction
Would you mind saying what you've spread so far this year Ozzy? Did you say you spread 300 units of N/ac? Do you block graze or have paddocks. I'd say 200 units maybe a little more is what we spread. We're stocked at 3.2+its just whats happening overhead us that we have no control over, timothy grass is flying which leads me to believe its cold related issues holding the ryegrass (holding and looking deficient are 2 different things:scratchhead:).
Do you need to spread extra p and k after you spread lime???? I heard some where that lime can lock up p and k in high index soil tests and extra p and k needs to be spread as a result
I usually apply 1 part sulphur to 4 parts nitrogen on averageI came across sulphur deficiency this morn in winter wheat, it has got 160 units of N in total but no sulphur, I never saw it before so maybe that's an indication that soil S levels are extremely low
That's not opening for me Gcover for today
That's not opening for me G
hopefully, as long as we dont get a dry summer around here. Talking to dairy lad with tidy operation of 80 cows, he has all but 12ac of his first cut silage zero grazed. another man that would usually have first cut done by may day, only got the fertiliser out two weeks ago and will be a full cut of silage down.Growth 85 this week and not before time as cover is still at 128/cow. Demand sitting around 72 so should grow the cover somewhat this week. Maybe with all the famine this spring we'll be in for a feast
were you guys up there not getting seriously low nightly temperatures along with wind to have those growth rates?
Up till 4 or 5 days ago we had but there has been a massive increase in growth over the last week to my eye.were you guys up there not getting seriously low nightly temperatures along with wind to have those growth rates?