potash

Marking lambs this week, through the week have had 3 die on separate days shortly after handling(within 30 mins). This has never happened in my experience before. Two tup lambs and a ewe lamb. They are as usual dosed with rycoben, mineral drench, tails and balls rung, ear notch and 8ml of...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Potash Development Association (PDA) has published an overview of the role played by potassium in maximising cereal plant nutrition. The nutrient is needed in such large amounts because it is the major regulator of solution concentrations...

Our permanent pasture has come back as a site of archaeological interest so rules us out of a herbal ley, have many people gone for the LIG1 - Low input grassland option, and if so can anyone make out what the N limit is?

So second cut just completed. Have a new clover ley good clover population time to make it work. But I'm also not organic and a quality third cut is important. It's had 40 available units from slurry and another 40 in the slurry not available immediately. If I was going full blown normal I would...

Hi folks, Got soil test results back today, this was one big block of 25odd acres, I divided it with one permanent fence up the middle, I drained and limed one side and left the other side untouched so far. Only grazing ground but the index levels are gone very bad for the bit I’ve actually put...

Even earlier than last year, but seen a bit knocked down today. Plus there's chatter on last year's thread again 😂.... @Tubbylew @carbonfibre farmer. We are still at least three weeks away from making a start, but there is alot of grass already. Id say even at the end of April there was more...

Just got my soil samples back, heavy clay now herbal leys. high mag, high ph (if you believe that) great OM, calcium, potassium CEC. but P index 1. i do have a lot of fym which will get spread. what does anyone use to effectively up their levels

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland There is now evidence to confirm the significant impact of soil potash levels and straw strength within cereal crops. Of course, the issues of straw strength and potential lodging are inherently linked. According to the Potash Development Association...

Every year at this time of year my grass plants have a purple tinge to them. It's all quite new grass and all levels are pretty good except for potash which I am working to rectify. Could that be the reason or some other stress. Once we go into the warmer times and the grass takes off it turns...

How many dd guys have gone cultivating? Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain. Any one else feal like abandoning...

Frost on the ground in parts this morning and we have 45 acres of maize going in today. I'll let you know in a fortnight wether it was the right call. Hope to get a photo up later.

Hi just been pricing fert after a wet miserable lambing ... normally buy 25.5.5.... 20.8.11 was mentioned in conversation, never used it and it'd obviosly higher in p an k ....on a mixed livestock farm that makes round baled hay and silage and puts muck on thru winter would a 20,8,11 be a good...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The event was hosted by William and Alan McConnell from Drumgaw in Co. Armagh, in association with the College of Agriculture, Food...

We’ve always grown s barley for wholecrop, but last year‘s efforts were horrendous. Sodding wet spring (after dusty Feb/March), followed on by many weeks of no rain. Barley got sown late, established then gasped for water. None of it managed to get over 12 inches high. This year’s heading the...

As above what's the best way to break up any lumpy bits? Tine harrow or chain harrow? What would a tedder do....

In the past 2 weeks alone I've lost a good part time job at local distillery because of SEPA rules on the spreading of Pot Ale on land. It was a well paying job 2 shifts a week for me giving a welcome boost to my income. Few days later muirburn has effectively been banned in Scotland although...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The Nematicide Stewardship Programme (NSP) reminded potato growers to follow the best practice to ensure sustainable nematicide use this spring. Chair of GB Potatoes and working group member of the NSP, Mark Taylor said: “Potato cyst nematode (PCN) is...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crop specialists. This is a direct consequence of the atrocious weather that characterised the harvest of 2023 in Northern...

I grow a few new pots in a polytunnel to sell at my seasonal farm shop. is there any advantage chitting them. im led to believe it could make them earlier but decrease the yield? the earlies are already poking through. What can i apply to encourage tuber formation? or is that out of my control...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Gene editing, under the auspices of a new research project, looks set to fast-track the impact of potato breeding programmes. TuberGene will be funded as part of a United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) National Engineering Biology Programme...