Hey, it’s early January and it’s -5 degrees tonight, isn’t it about time for people to...

[DRC]

Got 60 kgN/ha into all cereals yesterday and today. Travelled really well and on the whole is looking well apart from an odd headland wheel mark or to in the corners.

Would love to have a go here, but not a chance without making a big mess.

 

[teslacoils]

Weekend will have a go.

 

[DRC]

Weekend will have a go.

More rain forecast here. Fields are very soft already .

 

[JCfarmer]

Dry fortnight on its way!
Pleased I got the N on 10 days ago on the frost mind.

 

[JCfarmer]

More fertilizer going on next week of the organic kind before spring barley. Booked 2 muck spreaders to hire for a day or so a week tomorrow with this dry fortnight!

 

[ajd132]

Dose on everything here now apart from a block after rape which had chicken muck. Will do that Thursday when wind goes.
Generally good travelling with 6t in a big trailed spreader apart from the odd corner or known ‘problem’ area

 

[DRC]

Our crops have greened up a lot without any fertiliser yet. Get lots of FYM under them which helps .
After the amount of rain we had at the weekend, patience will be required .
Do people put their sulphur requirement on with the first dressing , or wait until the second dose ?

 

[JCfarmer]

Our crops have greened up a lot without any fertiliser yet. Get lots of FYM under them which helps .
After the amount of rain we had at the weekend, patience will be required .
Do people put their sulphur requirement on with the first dressing , or wait until the second dose ?

2nd dose here will have sulphur

 

[Brisel]

Crops need sulphur from early on. Mostly, sulphur is required at the same time as N demand which is during the main biomass growth April - June. Sulphur is more prone to leaching than nitrogen, so avoid putting it all on now if possible, but you've got to consider logistics.

At my last farm, we had N + SO3 used all season as liquid 3:1 ratio. It just suited us & there is always a grade to match your needs. It meant a bit less S on osr than we'd have liked and a bit more S on cereals than we'd have wanted but a good compromise & we could add more S by using kieserite on osr to top it up. Here, oop north on heavy clay in a lower rainfall area(!), we're all solid so will use Double Top 27N 30 SO3 early on then switch to AN later.

 

[teslacoils]

This early I'll use straight N I think.

 

[Brisel]

Just had some soil mineral N tests back. 5-38 kg/ha N available. Mostly towards the lower end. The 38 kg was in wheat after osr with sewage cake applied pre drilling. Not entirely surprising given the amount of rain that has fallen in the last 7 months.

 

[Wombat]

Just waiting for it to dry up a little more but all ready to go

 

[teslacoils]

Just waiting for it to dry up a little more but all ready to go

And calm down! Busy weekend I think.

 

[4course]

I can hardly bear my feet on the ground as they are itching but as to go on the fields would still need wellies in places. Though this sunshine and drying wind is helping things along and looks like it will be 1 1/2 bags straight N on everything ,cereals osr grass in fact the lot just to keep things simple then see where we are

 

[teslacoils]

I'm really only putting some on this early to promote some growth before the digestate goes on, which is out of my hands.

 

[4course]

The daff flower buds are almost level with the top of the leaves so tis almost time

 

[Old apprentice]

Fortunately could travel 13/14 Feb put polysulphate on taking days to disolve 50 kg urea 15th freshening a little now.per acre not htrs

 

[Wombat]

Walked across the scratch till and the no till and I could just about go but it’s windy and I don’t like wheelings so giving it a bit longer

 

[T Hectares]

Drying nicely here but very windy, will spread Polysulphate on OSR and Beans on Thursday then into Urea on OSR and Wheat on Friday and Saturday
Forecast looks great though, just what we needed

 

[Brisel]

Hoping to be on at the weekend but we will have to pick off fields that will travel - lots of very wet ground still. Osr 100kg N+S, barley 65 kg N+S to do first, then wheat 40 kg N only.