Knockie
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- Aberdeenshire
At present we are doing quite a large acreage of straw for muck, I'm starting to question if it worth it given the extra wheelings etc involved with baling straw and spreading muck. Not a problem when dry but when it's wet it's a big problem. We are working harvest CTF and the combine and chaser hardly mark the ground, it's the straw removal and muck spreading that do the damage. Just wondering if I might be better just chopping the lot and using compost as and when conditions allow. Another option would be gear up straw removal machines with LGP tyres etc.
Another thing I'm starting to find is that with the CULTAN system, quantity of straw/ac are lower resulting in less acres/year getting muck or more acres of straw required for the same acres of muck, leading to long term depletion of OM as muck would only be applied 1 year in 6, chopping would mean something going back every year.
Cheers.
SD.
Another thing I'm starting to find is that with the CULTAN system, quantity of straw/ac are lower resulting in less acres/year getting muck or more acres of straw required for the same acres of muck, leading to long term depletion of OM as muck would only be applied 1 year in 6, chopping would mean something going back every year.
Cheers.
SD.