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<blockquote data-quote="DeeGee" data-source="post: 5105288" data-attributes="member: 6695"><p>A bag of Nitram per acre was 34.5%N in one hundredweight or 50kg.</p><p>So when all ferts were delivered in small bags of 50kg we used to put on two or three bags per acre of whatever analysis the fertilizer was.</p><p></p><p>So for hay or silage we would probably put three bags per acre of 20.8.14 or 20.10.10 giving 60N per acre, and whatever units of P and K.</p><p></p><p>I still think and work in units per acre or bags per acre; I always will, and I have to consciously work out mentally what is meant by kg per hectare. </p><p></p><p>I have no doubt that kg per hectare is far easier to comprehend for younger farmers, but it will always need to be converted back to units per acre or bags per acre in my case, because that is how we were always taught to think about and apply fertilizer.</p><p></p><p>PS I think that both kg per hectare and units per acre are quite close.</p><p>If I am not mistaken 120kg per hectare is roughly 100 units per acre?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeeGee, post: 5105288, member: 6695"] A bag of Nitram per acre was 34.5%N in one hundredweight or 50kg. So when all ferts were delivered in small bags of 50kg we used to put on two or three bags per acre of whatever analysis the fertilizer was. So for hay or silage we would probably put three bags per acre of 20.8.14 or 20.10.10 giving 60N per acre, and whatever units of P and K. I still think and work in units per acre or bags per acre; I always will, and I have to consciously work out mentally what is meant by kg per hectare. I have no doubt that kg per hectare is far easier to comprehend for younger farmers, but it will always need to be converted back to units per acre or bags per acre in my case, because that is how we were always taught to think about and apply fertilizer. PS I think that both kg per hectare and units per acre are quite close. If I am not mistaken 120kg per hectare is roughly 100 units per acre? [/QUOTE]
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