Spreading FYM on growing crops

Douglasmn

Member

• May 12, 2018

• #1

Do any of you spread FYM on growing crops? Cattle out and ready to get sheds emptied. Thinking would save so much time to spread directly on the fields just now. Have wheat, spring oats and spring barley. Any one any experience here? Any specific threats or benefits to be aware of? On which crop of the three available would you spread it?

 

YELROM

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Location

North Yorkshire

• May 12, 2018

• #2

We have just started spreading cattle fym on w/wheat today

 

Douglasmn

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• May 12, 2018

• #3

YELROM said:

We have just started spreading cattle fym on w/wheat today

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Anything to be aware of? Or just get on with it and nothing to worry about?

 

spin cycle

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Location

north norfolk

• May 12, 2018

• #4

need a wide spread pattern?...wheelings?

 

Douglasmn

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• May 12, 2018

• #5

spin cycle said:

need a wide spread pattern?...wheelings?

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Because it's such a small tonnage relative to the acreage I was just planning on only spreading on the tramlines and accepting that it's not an even spread.

 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer

Location

Fen Edge

• May 12, 2018

• #6

Douglasmn said:

Because it's such a small tonnage relative to the acreage I was just planning on only spreading on the tramlines and accepting that it's not an even spread.

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So disposing of it rather than benefiting.....

 

Douglasmn

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• May 12, 2018

• #7

Flat 10 said:

So disposing of it rather than benefiting.....

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Still benefiting. It's still organic matter being added to the land. Last year when I spread it on a stubble field I only ended up covering half of the field before running out so wasn't exactly a precision application either!

 

Jack Russell

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Arable Farmer

Location

Holderness

• May 12, 2018

• #8

We spread a bit onto growing crops but usually chicken Muck or compost types. Heavy Muck I’ve not done and certainly not fresh. You would want to have a horizontal beater machine with spinner decks so it’s chewed up as much as possible.

 

Douglasmn

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• May 13, 2018

• #9

Jack Russell said:

We spread a bit onto growing crops but usually chicken Muck or compost types. Heavy Muck I’ve not done and certainly not fresh. You would want to have a horizontal beater machine with spinner decks so it’s chewed up as much as possible.

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I've spread straight from the shed before, just not on a growing crop. Our cattle are bedded daily with a bale shredder and the straw is mainly wheat straw from a rotary combine. So the muck is very short and easy to spread. Hardly see it on the ground afterwards. Probably going out today to give it a try!

 

buster

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Location

fife

• May 13, 2018

• #10

We spread cattle fym half rate and cambridge roll on freshly sown spring barley. To try to stop sand blowing.

 

le bon paysan

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Limousin, France

• May 13, 2018

• #11

Douglasmn said:

I've spread straight from the shed before, just not on a growing crop. Our cattle are bedded daily with a bale shredder and the straw is mainly wheat straw from a rotary combine. So the muck is very short and easy to spread. Hardly see it on the ground afterwards. Probably going out today to give it a try!

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Pictures please!

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• May 13, 2018

• #12

@tw15

 

Will 1594

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Mixed Farmer

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Other side of the river to sandringham

• May 13, 2018

• #13

buster said:

We spread cattle fym half rate and cambridge roll on freshly sown spring barley. To try to stop sand blowing.

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Do you use well rotted stuff so the wet blobs stick we have done that on sugar beet go across rows , and have put poultry litter on barley this spring with Agric hire horizontal and spinning discs , can see to to line where we left part of field to see difference about 2- 1/2 ton acre

 

Jack Russell

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Arable Farmer

Location

Holderness

• May 13, 2018

• #14

I would love it if I could get customers to give it a go around here a bit more. I can’t see why it won’t work at all. The only time we have had an issue is spreading solid digestate onto OSR in the autumn, not realising there was some fresh loads tipped at the Sid and that discoloured the crop a bit but it recovered.

 

Pebd99

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Location

Aberdeenshire

• May 13, 2018

• #15

Spread onto 15 acre of s barley this week. About 10t/acre of fym straight of the shed. Spreader didn't like it very much thus needs a new box. Was spreading about 24-28m so had a good overlap on 20m tramlines. With a spinning deck Rolland. Last years trial of spreading on top was 0.5t an acre at least more and 2 bales of straw more.

 

Douglasmn

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• May 13, 2018

• #16

Tried some today. Just one spreader load on wheat and one on barley. Felt that on the wheat the spreader was crushing a lot or crop when turning, should really have done it a month ago I suppose. Barley it looks a bit scruffy with the muck on top but I'm completely sure in 1 week from now it won't be seen. As long as comes away nicely will do more next year!

 

ollie989898

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Hanging from a twig, in a deep sleep.

• May 13, 2018

• #17

Better well rotted and spread before stem extension.

Low doses with pig or chicken muck mind!

 

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Never Forgotten

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• May 13, 2018

• #18

That's a big difference , what stage was crop at when you spread it

Pebd99 said:

Spread onto 15 acre of s barley this week. About 10t/acre of fym straight of the shed. Spreader didn't like it very much thus needs a new box. Was spreading about 24-28m so had a good overlap on 20m tramlines. With a spinning deck Rolland. Last years trial of spreading on top was 0.5t an acre at least more and 2 bales of straw more.

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ats

 

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glasshouse

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Location

lothians

• May 13, 2018

• #19

Pebd99 said:

Spread onto 15 acre of s barley this week. About 10t/acre of fym straight of the shed. Spreader didn't like it very much thus needs a new box. Was spreading about 24-28m so had a good overlap on 20m tramlines. With a spinning deck Rolland. Last years trial of spreading on top was 0.5t an acre at least more and 2 bales of straw more.

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you should put it on top of the ploughing before the drill.

 

Chae1

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Location

Aberdeenshire

• May 13, 2018

• #20

What about compaction? Don't understand why you'd spread on top of ploughing or a growing crop.