straw price

[nelson]

with the price of fert being where it is what price will straw need to be not to put the choppers in next year

 

[M-J-G]

with the price of fert being where it is what price will straw need to be not to put the choppers in next year

Is the ground fit enough to get that nutrition out of the straw before fertiliser prices drop?

We chop some headlands and I've yet to see any saving in fertiliser despite soil sampling them separately.

 

[DRC]

And will fodder, hay, haylage etc, be worth more.
I know there’s plenty around this year, but might be a better buying in fodder than fertiliser

 

[thorpe]

i think soilsampling is overvalued having gone from 6 years of GPS sampling to random samling i think we will feed the crop we have there and save some inputs , ive had enough of jobs for the boys and pretty pictures.

 

[Timbo1080]

i think soilsampling is overvalued having gone from 6 years of GPS sampling to random samling i think we will feed the crop we have there and save some inputs , ive had enough of jobs for the boys and pretty pictures.

We went from -0 for P, to -2/+3 in 4 years. "Precision" sampled (Both Soyl and Rhiza). Never put any P on, baled all the straw. Yields are good. Sampling is flawed. Saved high thousands. Completely agree.

 

[robs1]

We went from -0 for P, to -2/+3 in 4 years. "Precision" sampled (Both Soyl and Rhiza). Never put any P on, baled all the straw. Yields are good. Sampling is flawed. Saved high thousands. Completely agree.

If want it sampled properly you need to do it yourself, you know where the muck heaps were years ago old hedge lines etc

 

[Timbo1080]

If want it sampled properly you need to do it yourself, you know where the muck heaps were years ago old hedge lines etc

That stands to reason. Luckily I didn’t need to do any myself. But when the same samples sent, consistently return different P indices, it doesn’t inspire confidence in the testing either. Unfortunately, these tests appear to be mandatory every 4 years now, too.

 

[robs1]

That stands to reason. Luckily I didn’t need to do any myself. But when the same samples sent, consistently return different P indices, it doesn’t inspire confidence in the testing either. Unfortunately, these tests appear to be mandatory every 4 years now, too.

I think it's a lottery, had a full spectrum done this time on our 10 arable fields, the P K and Mg levels were similar to the last tests but the sulphur levels were far higher as were the copper, could make some decent savings on the sulphur but if the test results are wrong suffer losses, guess I'm going to have to do some tissue tests next spring, but some say they arent any more reliable.