magnesium

What are people using and when are you starting

Written by Megan O'Brien from Agriland Leatherjackets are causing significant challenges for farmers in the western region of Northern Ireland as they struggle to manage the pest without the availability of chemical control substances. The challenge of leatherjacket presence in grassland was...

Anybody go? The Good, the Bad, the Ugly? Watching the first video on Youtube ground conditions looked testing with wet clay land and the soil pit actually filling with water overnight!! Interested to hear people who went thoughts? Cheers Alistair

Hi there just wondering what would do the best job ? A front flail with a rear flick up one? Will be about 5 m cover or a new style 4.6 batwing on the back? Will possibly be used for cover crop destruction and followed by the drill so quality of job is important ? Opinions welcome , I’ve got the...

With input price inflation high, is anybody considering suspending production for a year?

Now Epoxi has joined CTL in the bin

Having used a Dale drill successfully for 20 years of notillage leaving all straw chopped on the surface with a mix of autumn and spring sown cash crops . I have come to the conclusion that a notillage idealist approach is maybe not the answer and we have to be flexible to aerating the soil...

We’ve been having a few rumbling issues this winter with calves and rotavirus (which we vaccinate the cows for), navel ill, pneumonia. The cows calve all year round but generally from nov - April. I try to get them scour vaccinated within the 3-12 week pre calving window. Anyhow, the vet was on...

'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead: Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland April is fast approaching, and with it the maize-sowing season, making now onwards a good time to create a planting plan. With this is mind, Agriland is looking at the properties that the crop needs to thrive, beyond the basics of good soil structure...

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine Download PDF As growers grapple for ways to make the most of every gram of precious fertiliser resources this year, could biostimulants play a role in maximising uptake and utilisation? CPM explores the concept… If we can use biostimulants to...

We have tested our soils, all are high pH, high magnesium, low sulphur and manganese. Is there any product that could be used and make our 3 and 4 index P&k more available. All fields are temporary and permanent grass.

Is this a thing I should be doing to help the DD?

Made a start drilling today. Direct into an ex 2 year ley. Reasonably confident that it won't blow.

Magnesium 9%MgO 18%S03 [7.2% S] Delivered in non returnable 1,000 litre IBCs Ideal where soils lock up Magnesium For all soils; reduces crop scorch risk Correction of Magnesium deficiency Magnesium 9% MgO wt/vol is formulated as a readily soluble foliar Magnesium fertiliser for the rapid...

As title says, what price would people say its worth? Baring in mind not only does it provide n but p and k as well. Im thinking it should be £15m3 collected at least....

Tips to mitigate the impact of high fertiliser prices The unprecedented hike in nitrogen fertiliser prices, fuelled by surging wholesale gas markets, has left many farmers questioning how to reduce the inevitable impact this will have on 2022 crop margins. The cost of ammonium nitrate and...

Hutchinsons Helix farm network continues to expand Hutchinsons is delighted to announce the addition of Hundayfield farm to its network of Helix regional demonstration farms. Owned by Nick and Liz Wilson, Hundayfield farm just outside York is the northern region Helix demonstration farm in...

Starter fertiliser could give OSR a reprieve Cabbage stem flea beetle pressure has been the final straw that has forced many growers to drop oilseed rape from their rotation, but the crop could get a reprieve on one Lincolnshire farm thanks to the use of starter fertiliser this autumn...

Soil health is top of the agenda for Leicestershire dairy farm A proactive view on forage crop management and soil health is helping to drive the productivity of a thriving Leicestershire dairy farm. Following a change of approach in 2012, Sludge Hall Farm’s herd increased from 100 to 600...