Apparently to increase effectiveness of N use.SO its just pretty much normal liquid nitrogen fertiliser you are essentially using? Whats the carbon source for?
Apparently to increase effectiveness of N use.SO its just pretty much normal liquid nitrogen fertiliser you are essentially using? Whats the carbon source for?
You've already got plenty of N cycling in the system without adding any the key really is to just not lose much of what is there.I'm waiting for @Kiwi Pete to comment on farming without bagged N
Also curious as to whether/why importing nutrients in the form of feed is deemed better than just buying a few tonnes of Nitram.
"Tow and Fert"?Ah, ok.
Does a normal sprayer work well - specific nozzles?
There was a mention of a specific sprayer from NZ if I recall correctly, maybe not with the three farms but a contractor had bought one.
Cows to honest we worm count but not an issue other than fluke, if needed levacide products are ok but if your going to house try not to spread the dung for 12 months. I think the ivomec based wormers are the worse for soil. @Sid will soon say.Picking up on you’re wormers comment how do you get round this? Currently use ivomec super at dry off cheers
Can't say that they named the make of it."Tow and Fert"?
They're a good bit of kit, the solution is in constant agitation and is also always flowing past the nozzles - like the way fuel injection has a return to tank - so alot of "sprayer problems" just don't happen. Nozzles are electrically operated.Can't say that they named the make of it.
But the info was very interesting - the efficiency was significantly better than granular so assuming logistics can be sorted I'd be very keen to learn more.
I think it was exactly the same issue with lack of insulation in British houses, coal was so cheap, we didn't need to bother building them to be well insulated.No, it’s more! I think it hasn’t been an issue previously as N has been comparatively cheap and does show a very good return. Now with the price increase and more regulation of N in water, the trial results will put the cat among the pigeons!
Ivomectin based products have a highly detrimental effect on soil life.Cows to honest we worm count but not an issue other than fluke, if needed levacide products are ok but if your going to house try not to spread the dung for 12 months. I think the ivomec based wormers are the worse for soil. @Sid will soon say.
Beest hope some of the worthies on here don't get their way and abolish ahdb.I have asked AHDB local rep if this could be put forward to do some proper research on this if some research was done to find out all times this could be done a significant fertilizer savings could be made .
if you are organic the one family of wormers you can't use is Ivormectin, because they are so long acting, they stay active in the dung and screw up all the dung beetles/invertebrates. I have just discovered that Click extra for the fly strike does the same.Picking up on you’re wormers comment how do you get round this? Currently use ivomec super at dry off cheers
Tried it a good few times but it just doesn’t take to being cut so frequently.
I’ve not got the acres or inclination to complicate things with break crops etc which may well be lazy but I’ve got enough to keep me occupied.
What we are doing is working well but with the Arla carbon footprint and the increase in costs in bagged N (although on the 20 tons I use it’s not hugely significant) I was just wondering if anyone is farming intensively and still getting the DM outputs without it.
We do them at dry off as it treats all worms, fluke and parasites, don’t know what the answer is as to best alternative?Ivomectin based products have a highly detrimental effect on soil life.
Some of those issues could be in the milk consumed with the increased use of Eprinex in lactating cows .
Any thing that goes into an animal has to come out at some point
I read somewhere that Ivomec killed off an estimated 99% of dung beetles in the USA. Can't remember where I read so how true that is I do not know. I also read that in Canada, cowpats from treated animals were still intact after 12 months. Scary.Ivomectin based products have a highly detrimental effect on soil life.
Some of those issues could be in the milk consumed with the increased use of Eprinex in lactating cows .
Any thing that goes into an animal has to come out at some point
Is the normal click ok? I used click extra this year, I dint think of as a wormer, my fault.if you are organic the one family of wormers you can't use is Ivormectin, because they are so long acting, they stay active in the dung and screw up all the dung beetles/invertebrates. I have just discovered that Click extra for the fly strike does the same.
I read somewhere that Ivomec killed off an estimated 99% of dung beetles in the USA. Can't remember where I read so how true that is I do not know. I also read that in Canada, cowpats from treated animals were still intact after 12 months. Scary.
I disagree, I think we often discount the contributions insects make to how we run our lives.But it's not just beetles that break down dung pats (or fym) the weather plays a big part.