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Fertiliser crisis and suckled calf sales
- Thread starter balerman
- Start date
Will do in the spring for me cant see me putting many out to grass normally put 100 or so out cant see them paying with fert as it is just run the sheep over a greater area
Courier
Member
- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
You will probably be quite surprised at the amount of grass which grows without bagged fert - it will be a bit slower to get going in the spring though
Probably just buy fewer see what spring brings long time till then
Yes, I have not bought any fertiliser for 3 years, not been short of grass yet. When you add up input costs and look at the output value these days I cannot see the sense in using fertiliser. As somebody else said it's only been around for 50 odd years, just a small blip on the time span of farming.
bean
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- Location
- holsworthy
I'll answer that question next Friday,got 12 going to Exeters first sale so hopefully it will be good
Dream on, sucklerbred inspec cattle are making fortunes fat . Dairy x things , especially weanlings are probably on the slide abit but with tons of cheap fodder about it would be worth stuffing them with that than buying cake or ferting grass.
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casper74
Member
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Suckled calves have been a good trade in J36 today, a real mixture of quality, small plain sorts 4-6 month old £500-700, plenty in the next bracket decent sort of calves 7-8 months old £800-900, best sorts 7-10 month old £1000-£1150,
then some good stores 18 month old £1060.
then some good stores 18 month old £1060.
Suckled calves well back yesterday and today Dingwall and fort William
Neighbour never sows a bag of fert. Happily grazes 20 cattle over 90acres
It's the future.....
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It was the past now single farm payments are going. Half the ones round here would make more the way he does it not farming as some of the “bigger boys”
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
My worry is next backend sales when everyone’s pits are only 1/2- 3/4 full. Along with even higher feed prices. People will off load cows which will crash the cull price. Fingers crossed things will change.
Lack of cash will always pull prices down more than the price of the fert.
You have to have one to buy the other.
We have grazed 40,now 18 month old stores on 28 acre with no fert this year.My thinking will be apply fert in emergency situations where the weather is against us rather than just in a prescriptive manner.
You have to have one to buy the other.
We have grazed 40,now 18 month old stores on 28 acre with no fert this year.My thinking will be apply fert in emergency situations where the weather is against us rather than just in a prescriptive manner.
- Location
- Essex
Haven't put fertiliser on grass for over 10 years. It seems like a mug's game in hindsight, just another expense and just another job which you can manage without.
The grass keeps growing and doesn't stop suddenly like when the fert runs out. It does help if you can get some clover going, but even without, the soil will fix a certain amount of N.
There's tonnes of n2 gas above every hectare.
The grass keeps growing and doesn't stop suddenly like when the fert runs out. It does help if you can get some clover going, but even without, the soil will fix a certain amount of N.
There's tonnes of n2 gas above every hectare.
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
You can call me daft if you like but I don't see the point of lashing on fertilizer in the spring when you get a flush anyway. Just means more grass to keep on top of at peak season. Unless you are short of silage ground?