ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Calendar farming doesn't work here don't you know6 weeks to 2nd week of May
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you’re lucky men to be thinking about sowing fertiliser, I’ve still over 200 acres to get slurry on (110 of which Silage ground), got a fair bit done a few weeks ago and now darent go through the gate.
Not bothered when 1st cut goes in, as long it has the right combination of bulk and quality. (Around 15% protein)
plenty of early silage men around here buying rubbish 2nd cut off people, doesn’t make much sense cutting grass when it’s only half grown to then buy other people’s rubbish that they couldn’t get lifted on time last year.
Not bothered when 1st cut goes in, as long it has the right combination of bulk and quality. (Around 15% protein)
plenty of early silage men around here buying rubbish 2nd cut off people, doesn’t make much sense cutting grass when it’s only half grown to then buy other people’s rubbish that they couldn’t get lifted on time last year.
- Location
- Co. Antrim
I sowed some of ours that was grazed tight with sheep 
and couple of fields that didn’t get slurry wish I’d went ahead and sowed the rest can’t get onto it now, luckily enough we’d the slurry all finished on the 1st of March the beauty of your own equipment I suppose just kept doing wee bits
and couple of fields that didn’t get slurry wish I’d went ahead and sowed the rest can’t get onto it now, luckily enough we’d the slurry all finished on the 1st of March the beauty of your own equipment I suppose just kept doing wee bitsI sowed some of ours that was grazed tight with sheep
Is a fair % of the artificial N and slurry that has been put on not bound to be washed away with the amount of rain we've had recently? It's not even as if the ground was dry before and could stand a bit of rain.
Would the soil not be a bit cold? I read somewhere the longer the fertiliser is sitting in the soil not being utilised then it looses its value?I sowed some of ours that was grazed tight with sheep
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Nitrates in the slurry will wash off. Organic nitrogen not so much, or ammonium.
If urea nitrogen gets a few days to convert to ammonium in the soil before heavy rain, it's thought to be reasonably resilient.
To be fair, grass which has grass on it is growing noticeably.
- Location
- Co. Antrim
I’d be happy enough that’s it’s not washed away yes some losses as always but nothing extreme grass that’s got slurry is dark green anywhere that was missed completely yellow
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Well, as I said, a proportion of slurry nitrogen is nitrate which is very water soluble and prone to escape. CAN fertiliser is same stuff.
Plenty of other issues too. Spreading away in the rain with umbilicals, and over wet ground, and putting too much on.
Plenty of other issues too. Spreading away in the rain with umbilicals, and over wet ground, and putting too much on.
Stuart1
Member
Absolutely agree with that, I’ll also add to your list. Men pumping direct to a water course. They’re giving farming a bad name
They deserve the book thrown at them and more.
- Location
- Ballyclare Northern Ireland
Anyone hear any prices of what good pit silage is making?
- Location
- Co. Antrim
Heard of stuff at £28 not great stuff all the same, we’ve a fair drop of 2nd cut here great stuff friend asked how much we’d need wouldn’t let it out of the yard for less than £40 a tonne lol
£28 for poorer quality and I’ve head 1st cut making £35
Whitewalker
Member
Silage depleted, slurry bunged and ground conditions Can only be described as horrific. Where is the get out on this one?
- Location
- Co antrim
The market or meat plant
Andrew_Ni
Member
- Location
- Seaforde Co.Down
East down and parts of Antrim to get another good soak tonight. We’ve had 44mm since Sunday morning and supposed to get another inch tonight. It’ll hopefully dry up shortly.
- Location
- Co. Tyrone