haha - im enjoying this
haha - im enjoying this
Only if I want to grow the most grass on least acreage. Been using between 220 and 300 units per acre for the last forty years. Grass is the cheapest food for my cows and growing my own is preferable and more 'sustainable' than buying even more feed in or keeping less cows.This is a quote from @Cowabunga this week.
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With up to 240 units per acre of N spread so far, in the same wheelings on undulating and steep land, I suggest that if my Vicon was out on spread pattern, the accumulation of applications over this lush growing season would be showing up by now
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It illustrates how dairy farmers in particular are addicted to N fert just the same as a heroin addict.
Some high input dairy farms use phenomenal amounts of N.
Sustainable?
It seems to carry on. Food security is, along with border, water and shelter, THE primary responsibility of any and all country's Government and management. Play silly-buggers with it to pander for some well fed middle class hippy with fashionable key words like 'sustainable', at your peril. See how sustainable empty bellies are! See what food poverty does for stability, law and order. See what wars are made of. Then ask what is 'sustainable'.I really doubt todays world population is "sustainable" under any practices . . .
I have no sons or daughters for that matter which are arguably the biggest problem when it comes to problems and sustainability on that front my conscience is clear, how about you ?profitable for how long ?
" fertiliser is good for the father, but bad for the sons " - or something like that
land stewardship & the legacy we leave behind should be a priority
if we cant be profitable without creating long term problems, maybe we should change our career . . .
just poking the hornets nest
you think it will be less by tomorrow ?I really doubt todays world population is "sustainable" under any practices . . .
yea but it makes things grow and helps make a profitBut then we're getting away from the original point that there is evidence that chucking bags of N everywhere may be having an even more harmful effect than we thought.
quite rightI have said it a number of times but remove nitrogen from farming and we will all be better of. just imagine getting double the price for our products and a que waiting for what we produce. it would restore the respect lost for our business
Can we grow enough sugar?I really doubt todays world population is "sustainable" under any practices . . .
Surely you're not suggesting actually making proper money out of the 'feed the world' model?I have said it a number of times but remove nitrogen from farming and we will all be better of. just imagine getting double the price for our products and a que waiting for what we produce. it would restore the respect lost for our business