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fodder beet for ewes and lambs
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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 7487994" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Attention to detail is certainly important for a decent beet crop, and aphids/virus are making it even more testing, with luck paying a part too it seems.</p><p></p><p>A good/experienced agronomist is crucial, as well as either the kit, or a good contractor, too. Timeliness, low volume/high pressure nozzles and a (very) clean sprayer all make a big difference, all of which can be hard to source in livestock areas. </p><p> </p><p>A poorly grown crop is damned expensive, but a good crop is the highest yielding crop you can get, and the cheapest in terms of kilos of DM. Making effective use of that is another ball ache altogether.</p><p></p><p>As a grazing crop here it’s challenging to get right as we are marginal as to soil type for outwintering and it’s not a particularly well balanced diet, but it does keep one hell of a lot of sheep on a small acreage, which of course means a huge amount of organic matter going into the soils.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 7487994, member: 348"] Attention to detail is certainly important for a decent beet crop, and aphids/virus are making it even more testing, with luck paying a part too it seems. A good/experienced agronomist is crucial, as well as either the kit, or a good contractor, too. Timeliness, low volume/high pressure nozzles and a (very) clean sprayer all make a big difference, all of which can be hard to source in livestock areas. A poorly grown crop is damned expensive, but a good crop is the highest yielding crop you can get, and the cheapest in terms of kilos of DM. Making effective use of that is another ball ache altogether. As a grazing crop here it’s challenging to get right as we are marginal as to soil type for outwintering and it’s not a particularly well balanced diet, but it does keep one hell of a lot of sheep on a small acreage, which of course means a huge amount of organic matter going into the soils. [/QUOTE]
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