Opinions on potential rotation

[Rabbit Wolverine]

Just trying to re-jig my rotation for a number of objectives,

• To make area parcels similar size
• Maximise 1st wheats
• Spring break crops to help with grass weeds
• Make best use of manures and sustainable fertilisers to reduce bought in P & K

Notes:

• Spring oats and maize to use as foage for dairy herd
• Struggle to get good establishment on cover crops, so not really an option
• Tiger K is potash fertiliser
• SS is sewage sludge
• Drilling is done with strip til drill, apat from maize which will be ploughed and subsoiled
• Plan to apply 20t/ha of SS/FYM but will use Soyl recommendions

My concern is that there my be too much P and not enough K applied over the duration of the rotation, although extra MOP can be applied.

Constructive thoughts please

 

[Flat 10]

If those breaks are profitable for you it sounds good to me

 

[yellow belly]

What soil type and nutrient status
Is storage and machinery labour limiting in any way
Livestock and winter housing

 

[Brisel]

Looks a sound rotation to me. Lots of spring cropping alternating with 1st wheat. Any compost available for the K?

 

[teslacoils]

Forget mop. Just use more tiger k.

 

[Craney]

As said before if those breaks are profitable then sounds good. Have you considered second cereals or are they not successful for you? My only other thought would be that are you undoing a lot of the good done by strip tillage when you plough for your maize?