Me too!I hope I'm wrong
Me too!I hope I'm wrong
Another 10 days/2 weeks till last app on ww. Haven't finished the WB N yetGot a third of our nitrogen (AN) to put on the WW's. What urea we put on 3 weeks ago has not had anymore than 5mm's of rain and I imagine its still too near the surface for the wheats to access most of it. But the wheat's moving forward and at least if its on it will be available when it does rain. Anyone finished their wheats?
Yes all finished here,its no good in the bag,really need rain here,but there is nothing in the forecast.Got a third of our nitrogen (AN) to put on the WW's. What urea we put on 3 weeks ago has not had anymore than 5mm's of rain and I imagine its still too near the surface for the wheats to access most of it. But the wheat's moving forward and at least if its on it will be available when it does rain. Anyone finished their wheats?
Some folks have all the luck dont think we've had 7mm in 1 day for months!!Finished spring and winter barley on 27/3 and put the balance of 100 units acre as urea on to wheat by the 5th April. we had 8 mm on the 7th which was a god send.
I would have held off abit but being urea it can go on a bit sooner and the 7th was the only chance in the forcast we might get some rain so I went for it and i am very pleased I did.
YR are forecasting a few mm's in a weeks time so think i'll put the final third on this week. Seems crazy that we are in the frame of mind that this drought may carry on but it is driving our decision. I belief research shows that the rain needs to be biblical to cause leaching at this stage.Some folks have all the luck dont think we've had 7mm in 1 day for months!!
Last of the solid on the OSR over 2 weeks ago can still be seen on the surface. All N on W and S barley and last doses were liquid so hopefully wont need so much rain to wash it in. 2nd dose on wheat was also liquid. Last dose, 1/3 of total N also liquid, still to go on probably fairly soon so any rain we may get can get to wash it in. Cant afford to miss that chance! Fudging dry!!!
N2 of 2? On ww? Or an n3 to come for protein?
So you have a strategy of going fairly late with your yield building N. Why do you do it this way? You must think it works well for you.N1 70kg
N2 70kg
N3 70kg
Then possibly a protein spray in June if we think there’s milking potential. If it doesn’t rain soon then all the N will go into protein anyway and not yield so it won’t be required.
So you have a strategy of going fairly late with your yield building N. Why do you do it this way? You must think it works well for you.
So you have a strategy of going fairly late with your yield building N. Why do you do it this way? You must think it works well for you.
I tend to go early with my N. All done and dusted on all crops 10 days ago (yorkshire).
Am I correct in thinking that @warksfarmer tends to use lower/cheaper fungicide programmes?
If early N produces thick canopies which creates somewhere for fungal growth to proliferate, up to now it has maybe been OK because fungicides have been effective.
BUT, if fingicide efficacy reduces, then maybe I may need to re-evaluate what I do in future. Shifting from large early doses to something more like warksfarmer's programme might be the way to go.
I won't like making this change, as I feel that building lots of biomass early helps on my drought prone soils. But I may need to change in the future.
Similar here, I agree with youI tend to go early with my N. All done and dusted on all crops 10 days ago (yorkshire).
Am I correct in thinking that @warksfarmer tends to use lower/cheaper fungicide programmes?
If early N produces thick canopies which creates somewhere for fungal growth to proliferate, up to now it has maybe been OK because fungicides have been effective.
BUT, if fingicide efficacy reduces, then maybe I may need to re-evaluate what I do in future. Shifting from large early doses to something more like warksfarmer's programme might be the way to go.
I won't like making this change, as I feel that building lots of biomass early helps on my drought prone soils. But I may need to change in the future.
Farm by the crop not the calendar is as complicated as it gets.