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It’s still not to late to watch the webinar on-demand Just go to the website, fill in the form and we’ll send you a link. Just search for: Yara Nitrogen Webinar or use this link https://www.yara.co.uk/crop-nutrition/news-and-events/events/2020/nitrogen-webinar/

So what are peoples thoughts now, its certainly cooled down again up here and looks like there could be a couple of frosts coming later this week

Here is an interesting article from Farmers Weekly, a couple of weeks old now but still relevant advice for those worried about too much early biomass going into a potential drought situation...

How many people are still going on with just straight N as the first application rather than going with an NS grade ?

This ties in with the results of YEN which seems to have found a link between building big biomass early and yield. If we are trying to encourage root growth its not just a question of nitrogen rate and timing but phosphate availability too.

This product is called SuperStart and is actually a blend of Calcium Nitrate (not CAN) and Urea but is only available in Ireland

Plants can use both Nitrate and Ammonium but prefer to take up and use Nitrate. Nitrate can be used straight away but the plant has to first convert Ammonium into Nitrate to use it. This can take some time and has a slight cost to the plant. There is also a slight cost to the plant to take up...

Conversion from urea to nitrate is a two step process, first from urea to ammonium and then from ammonium to nitrate. Both are temperature dependent Currently soils are still at 2°C, half of where it would normally be. At this temperature the first transformation of urea to ammonium will take...

This season Super Start is only available in Ireland. It is made from a blend of calcium nitrate and urea but is not straightforward to produce. Last season as a trial some was also available the UK, ex Avonmouth but it gave the production guys lots of headaches, not sure why but something to...

I have heard about this before. There isnt the same detail of image analysis in the BASF app so often frosty leaves or stones can be interpreted as leaves and affect the readings.

Now would be the perfect time to try using the Image app http://www.yara.co.uk/imageit

How much straight nitrogen do you actually need? - Maybe not as much as you think! Before ordering your straight nitrogen it is worth considering how much you actually need as it may be you actually need NS or NPKS grades instead. www.yara.co.uk/straight-nitrogen As usual the pre-harvest...

Don't forget about sulphur Sulphur was often overlooked in the past but today it is recognised as an essential nutrient and considered just as important as nitrogen. www.yara.co.uk/sulphur Is sulphur now the second most important nutrient? Why is sulphur such an important nutrient? Where...

Why soil analysis should be in your plan this autumn. www.yara.co.uk/soil-analysis It has been a difficult year on many farms but now is the time to review last season and start planning for next season. The first thing you need to look at is soil fertility and structure and now is the...

Sulphur helps win Yara Grass Prix for Scottish farmers www.yara.co.uk/grass-prix Applying the right amount of sulphur helped Scottish farmers Margaret and Drew Wilson from Greenhead farm, Forfar win the 2016 Yara Grass Prix by smashing the previous records result in terms of both yield and...

The symptoms are most probably phosphate deficiency in the leaves. This could be caused by many things not necessarily a low phosphate in the soil but factors reducing the availability of the phosphate or the roots ability to take it up. Top of the list is always pH. Either too low below pH...

Essentially Yes. The release of nutrients from manures with a high C:N ratio will be slower in the short term as some will be temporarily locked up by the microbes but these will all become released again in the medium to long term. It depends how 'strong' the manure is though, if there is...

If the carbon : nitrogen ratio is too high the soil micro organisms will use up a lot of nitrogen themselves as they get to work on the manure making it temporarily unavailable to plants until the breakdown is complete. And to some extent the same will apply to P and some of the other...