The only thing gordon brown did for any good was not to join the euro.
I have to agree with every word of this. Selling the UK gold reserves for a pittance and building hospitals etc on PFI are only 2 examples but we are straying off topicAgree, but I think you’ll find that Gordon Brown’s reign as Chancellor has been the single biggest disaster for the UK as a whole (not just farming) in living memory. The seeds of the UK’s destruction were mainly sown by him.
Actually they were more like strong saplings.
Not that I can see IMHO. Urea @£1.60/unit of N, any Nitram/imported N/blend etc I found is well over £2/unit, I reckon new season stuff will be around the £2 mark. Weakening £ and early BPS payment is only another upward pressureSo...back on topic...urea curently available at £740 (?), Nitram mentioned above at £770, new season AN ???, so is there any reason not to go 100% urea for 2022/23 season?
Oh I can give you lots more better examples than those two, but that’s me toldI have to agree with every word of this. Selling the UK gold reserves for a pittance and building hospitals etc on PFI are only 2 examples but we are straying off topic
None whatsoever.So...back on topic...urea curently available at £740 (?), Nitram mentioned above at £770, new season AN ???, so is there any reason not to go 100% urea for 2022/23 season?
thats what lime is for......There is an view out there that repeated urea makes grassland sour and unpalatable. Does anyone have a view?
My understanding is that fully utilised urea has no acidification effect, whereas AN, and AS in particular, lower the pH. I would like to understand about unattractive grass. Lashed salt on the usual patches a couple of years ago, but couldn't see much benefit. Suspect unavoidable in a high N - highly stocked system.thats what lime is for......
I know which on eats the fert spreader out quickestMy understanding is that fully utilised urea has no acidification effect, whereas AN, and AS in particular, lower the pH. I would like to understand about unattractive grass. Lashed salt on the usual patches a couple of years ago, but couldn't see much benefit. Suspect unavoidable in a high N - highly stocked system.
No, it’s pretty much what I’m doing other than the carry over of AN I had from this yearSo...back on topic...urea curently available at £740 (?), Nitram mentioned above at £770, new season AN ???, so is there any reason not to go 100% urea for 2022/23 season?
I’d say absolute Bollox!There is an view out there that repeated urea makes grassland sour and unpalatable. Does anyone have a view?
Very true, I would hate to go back to solid but am very aware of these things. Ideally muck, Fibrophos or similar, gypsum etc used as much as possible with liquid to top if the N requirements.No, it’s pretty much what I’m doing other than the carry over of AN I had from this year
This is one of the best aspects of using solid v liquid fert imo, over the past few years I’ve used many different N and S products, Urea, AN, AS,Urea + S Polysulphate, kieserite etc to get the best value unit costs and have bought many products early and put in the shed, it’s much harder to take advantage and with a limited choice of products with liquid
This was my first year on liquid, but I think I'm going to buy urea for first application on winter crops.Very true, I would hate to go back to solid but am very aware of these things. Ideally muck, Fibrophos or similar, gypsum etc used as much as possible with liquid to top if the N requirements.
My sprayer's mounted on a fairly light TM155 and on pretty wide tyres. The beauty of liquid is part of it is pretty instantaneous so I can go a little later. I can see your point though, I've been on liquid for 5 years now and can still find it stressful.This was my first year on liquid, but I think I'm going to buy urea for first application on winter crops.
Urea will allow me to apply it on a frost which I can't do with liquid. I made a mess of field and crops with first application of liquid this year.
Where tractor was losing grip and reduced forward speed the pressure wasn't high enough to maintain a pattern on nozzles.
Resulted in tartan fields. Probably didn't help sprayer on a fastcrap.
That's probably because the storage sheds are fullThe driver told me 3 or 4 weeks ago that the load I had delivered was bagged the day before straight out of the factory. This was Billingham I think.
That was in response to a direct question where I specifically asked him how big a heap did he see stockpiled.