Earliest date to spread FYM for S. Barley

Grass And Grain

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorks
Is there any official earliest spreading date for FYM when drilling a spring barley crop?

Is March OK? Feb? Jan? Dec? Nov?, Oct?

Interested in any published official date. Can't find one.
 

robbie

Member
BASIS
All of the EA stuff is very waffly and doesn't really state anything for certain but 1st of march has been mentioned by them so I guess that's what they are thinking. Trouble is I want spring barley up by then and to be thinking about drilling beet not spreading muck.
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
Is there any official earliest spreading date for FYM when drilling a spring barley crop?

Is March OK? Feb? Jan? Dec? Nov?, Oct?

Interested in any published official date. Can't find one.
I would leave it to rot in a midden till as close as possible till you want to drill. If you put it on too early and plough it in, a lot of nutrients will be leached out with rain. At least leave it until into new year.
 

Grass And Grain

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorks
The crop would be a spring crop. March/April drilled.

Can't think I've seen any published date for when FYM might be spread for that spring sown crop.
 

Wombat

Member
BASIS
Location
East yorks
It's most odd,you can't spread manure in the autumn when the drains aren't running ,but you can in the spring when they're running flat out after a wet winter.Usual bizarre EA illogical thinking.
Depends on the year though and on heavy land the leaching of fym is quite low anyway. I would take ground conditions for spreading as the key.
 

Grass And Grain

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorks
It's most odd,you can't spread manure in the autumn when the drains aren't running ,but you can in the spring when they're running flat out after a wet winter.Usual bizarre EA illogical thinking.
You can't spread in the Autumn for an Autumn cereal crop. No official crop need.

But can you spread in the late Autumn, then plough, for the crop need of spring barley?
 

Grass And Grain

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorks
It's the Autumn cereal crop that doesn't have an N need. But the spring crop does have the N need, but no published suggested or prohibited FYM spreading date (unless anyone has seen one, maybe there is one?).

NVZ rules don't prevent autumn or winter spreading of cattle FYM.
 

Wombat

Member
BASIS
Location
East yorks
It's the Autumn cereal crop that doesn't have an N need. But the spring crop does have the N need, but no published suggested or prohibited FYM spreading date (unless anyone has seen one, maybe there is one?).

NVZ rules don't prevent autumn or winter spreading of cattle FYM.
I have a pic from a couple of years ago though where we only spread half a field of winter wheat with manure in August and it did 1t/ha more the next year to the line but the experts say no autumn need 🤦‍♂️
 

Grass And Grain

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorks
I have a pic from a couple of years ago though where we only spread half a field of winter wheat with manure in August and it did 1t/ha more the next year to the line but the experts say no autumn need 🤦‍♂️
Wonder what EA would say if trials proved a yield enhancement. Do they need to be AHDB or 'official' trials? Someone might trial a 100 acres :ROFLMAO:
 

Old apprentice

Member
Arable Farmer
I have a pic from a couple of years ago though where we only spread half a field of winter wheat with manure in August and it did 1t/ha more the next year to the line but the experts say no autumn need 🤦‍♂️

That is the type of work wants putting to AHDB and disprove ea and there position ask your local ahdb rep to put it forward for proper work on such.
 

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