- Location
- Sheffield
The crop what was drill this time (wheat) is growing well it’s just ive never drilled into anything like this before and it was the last few fields for the seed to show compared to the heavier land
Paper waste and sewage sludge
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Pebd99
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Used a fair amount over the years here of paper crumble. Putting on 20t/acre of it only on ground that’s really low on lime. First year it does take nitrogen away from the crop to break it down but after that it’s a better crop on the whole. Got stuck in a wet hole with a nearly full spreader so had to empty the load to get out. The following year when it was ploughed up the area that I’d emptied out onto was full of worms so much so you could nearly pick a handful of them up at a time.
Its not all bad stuff just to use it where it’s justified.
Its not all bad stuff just to use it where it’s justified.
Doesnt half lift the ph
- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Any livestock farms nearby you could do a muck for straw deal with?
- Location
- Sheffield
We sell all the straw to customers already so need all the straw we can get for them and they use the muck for their own land
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
sit back and look at the bigger picture 
- Location
- South wales
Is this the same ground as in your other thread?
Pebd99
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
And stays up longer than quarried lime. Probably just the bulk of it I’d imagine.
- Location
- Sheffield
There’s no ideal way for us to do it. Our neighbour helps us with jobs and required straw for his animals do we supply him and get machines and labour or hay back in return so just looking for alternatives to put back on the land.
snipe
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- Location
- west yorkshire
Far better selling the straw and applying sewage and paper. Rothamsted did some research. Chopping straw for 15 years made hardly any difference in % of organic matter. Couple of year of adding manure made a lot bigger difference.
selling straw in the swath if they bale it £50/ ton (£100/ac)
spreading 10t/ac sewage foc £2.50/ton to spread £25/ac
paper 10/ac payment of £3/ton £2.50/t to spread plus £5/ac
just have to keep an eye on compaction.
selling straw in the swath if they bale it £50/ ton (£100/ac)
spreading 10t/ac sewage foc £2.50/ton to spread £25/ac
paper 10/ac payment of £3/ton £2.50/t to spread plus £5/ac
just have to keep an eye on compaction.