FYM Requirements on aftermath

[Sierra Lama]

As above, what recommendations do the good people of BFF have for tonne/acre of well rotted cattle manure on silage ground after being cut. It will have been analysed and put right when shut off so looking for just replacing what the crop has taken out of the ground. I know it can't be a exact science without having the muck analysed. Many thanks.

 

[livestock 1]

As above, what recommendations do the good people of BFF have for tonne/acre of well rotted cattle manure on silage ground after being cut. It will have been analysed and put right when shut off so looking for just replacing what the crop has taken out of the ground. I know it can't be a exact science without having the muck analysed. Many thanks.

Put as much on as you can to still enable you to use the aftermath is my calculation

 

[jondear]

As above, what recommendations do the good people of BFF have for tonne/acre of well rotted cattle manure on silage ground after being cut. It will have been analysed and put right when shut off so looking for just replacing what the crop has taken out of the ground. I know it can't be a exact science without having the muck analysed. Many thanks.

My first reply would be your addressing the wrong forum!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I think you get more good from a little over a large area, than a lot on a small area. Another way of thinking of muck application, is rather than it replacing nutrients taken off, rather, it is giving a boost to get the soil microbiome really working.

 

[milkloss]

So many variables and I'm not really sure it's worth getting too scientific over it.

the old man would say 'a spreader load an acre'.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Whatever amount you’ve got, spread it over the entire acreage. Better to give it all a little than a lot on some and run out before you get to the rest

 

[Bossfarmer]

If you spread it on aftermaths now will it still be there next summer when you go to rake up the silage or will it have completely rotted away by then?

 

[Fendt516profi]

If you spread it on aftermaths now will it still be there next summer when you go to rake up the silage or will it have completely rotted away by then?

If you can't spread it now and it be gone by next summer when the hell do you think you can spread it? I put some on in spring and cut in july

 

[Anymulewilldo]

If you can't spread it now and I be gone by next summer when the hell do you think you can spread it? I put some on in spring and cut in july

That’s what I was thinking!!
The OP said it was well rotted so would be gone right quick. We spread fresh out of the cattle sheds in March and it’s all gone well before we mow in early July

 

[Newguy]

the old man would say 'a spreader load an acre’

Sounds about right

 

[milkloss]

If you can't spread it now and it be gone by next summer when the hell do you think you can spread it? I put some on in spring and cut in july

Although it will go hard as nails so you'll have fist sized balls of shite that will appear to sit there and not break down. Of course they will soften over winter and disappear.

 

[milkloss]

Sounds about rightView attachment 1054071

Or this. Like I said there's a point when you kind of know when too much is too much

 

[glensman]

Although it will go hard as nails so you'll have fist sized balls of shite that will appear to sit there and not break down. Of course they will soften over winter and disappear.

I go out and practise my golf swing on those..

 

[DrDunc]

For every tonne of dry matter, you'll remove roughly 5 kg of phosphate (P) and 20 kg of potash (K)

Big single cut needs roughly 20 kg P and 80 kg K per acre

Well rotted cattle court dung will have roughly 3,3,7 kg NPK per tonne, though not all the nitrogen and phosphate is initially readily available to the plant

Anything more than 8 tonne per acre will risk smothering grass at this time of year, especially if there's no rain to wash it in

What fertiliser was applied in the spring to the silage ground? You won't need to apply as much dung if it's a compound or blend that was spread