Sir loin
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- North Yorkshire
Got a chance of some poultry manure from a multi tier free range unit firstly what levels of N P and K will be in it and what will it be worth?
what is poultry manure worth?
- Thread starter Sir loin
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- East Essexshire
AHDB did a webinar about it a few evenings ago. There's some breakdowns of costings of different manures in there (which I reckon are ridiculously optimistic!)
https://register.gotowebinar.com/re...7003768324880&type=ATTENDEEEMAILRECORDINGLINK
https://register.gotowebinar.com/re...7003768324880&type=ATTENDEEEMAILRECORDINGLINK
- Location
- East Yorkshire
The absurdity of the 'new' EA rules on spreading are a real cause for concern. Pretty much only on OSR in autumn. If you don't grow spring crops, what you going to spread it on? The N loading is restrictive. In my case I have to export half my poultry, even before the newly enforced rules. In theory I should export most of it, then buy in bagged PandK, that's how ridiculous it is. The nutrient value is high but no one will pay the real price of them.
- Location
- Northumberlandia
Thats the trouble with it now id say.
Ive tried it & its too expensive for me but it will be dearer now of course.
Local lad who brings it in & spreads it cant get enough of the stuff now....
- Location
- Near Colchester
That was a really interesting webinar, I learned a lot. Thanks for posting.
It still didn't answer how I am to ever get rid of my muck though - mustn't spread in the autumn now or the N will leach and mustn't spread in the spring if the soil is wet or all the phosphate will will leach.
It didn't mention that in the spring you will destroy the soil structure by spreading muck and by then will be too late to drill any spring crop as the moisture will already be gone so it won't germinate or at best be far too late to yield anything at all.
Hmm
I keep thinking the same and I’m not sure it’s particularly practical but I’ve been spreading muck on autumn cover crops after drilling just to get them drilled ASAP then muck it after when we’ve got time and it’s been fine. I think to do it in the spring we would need a double axle spreader with wheels under the spreader and horizontal beaters and spreading discs but at 28m even with black muck we would need to run between the tramlines
Dukes Fit
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Destroy soil structure because of wetter soils?
- Location
- Near Colchester
and what about the gateways and headlands? I did a bit of well rotted on spring barley the other year during a drought, luckily the field is one spreader full long and there is a hard track down the side.
Biggest problem - little bits of muck getting stuck on the lifters and knife points at harvest leading to all sorts of bother with bulldozing.
My combine man is against pursuing this project further.
Free to take away here, as much as you can take, loader and diesel providedGot a chance of some poultry manure from a multi tier free range unit firstly what levels of N P and K will be in it and what will it be worth?
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Waste of time, u need to work it in
Matt
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- Location
- herefordshire, uk
Worked well for us, spreading pig fym 24m. Even did one lot a 2nd time but at a lighter application x 2 which resulted in good even spread
whitefox
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- Location
- central scotland(the very wet bit)
how so?on the surface is where the worms want it
Only just seen this reply. I can’t imagine that it could give that much bother to the combine. Was the barley very flat? What sort of spreader did you use?
ollie989898
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Apply to growing crops in the spring- from the tramlines with a spinning disc machine.
- Location
- Romney Marsh
Got a chance of some poultry manure from a multi tier free range unit firstly what levels of N P and K will be in it and what will it be worth?
It's a waste product from the poultry industry...........it's worth nothing !!
If you like your neighbours, it's definately not worth the smell it will produce when spreading and the subsiquent moans from your neighbours !!
If you hate your neighbours and you have very thick skin, it is probably worth £20 tonne at todays fertilizer price.
- Location
- Near Colchester
I use a Ktwo spreader, it was spreading the very well rotted muck well and shredding it into tiny bits.
This is sunny Essex and it didn't rain between sowing and harvest so the muck wasn't washed in and didn't break up at all