ollie989898
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yes at the right time of year
I would sooner they put the digestate on in the autumn in a bigger dose and a more modest one in the spring.
yes at the right time of year
That would be slurry fed digester I presume with low nyes at the right time of year
I would sooner they put the digestate on in the autumn in a bigger dose and a more modest one in the spring.
We put on approx 450 tonnes at 8 tonnes per acre in the back end of 2018. Was charged £1 per tonne to supply (half the spring/summer price) and another £1 per tonne to the contractor for him to spread with umbilical system. I definitely wouldn't want to be paying the spreading man by the hour as he spent most of the day sitting in a stationary tractor waiting for tankers that were stuck in traffic!
Umbilical best I would say if you have decent sized fields with no obstacles although tanker maybe better for small fields. I wanted several smaller (c. 4 to 5 acre) fields doing but contractor refused as he said it would take him too much time emptying the digestate out of the hose and reeling and unreeling it (he then spent most of the day sitting still ).
Good value nutrients compared to synthetics.
with wide gates and hose humper that is not a problem doing small fields or ones with lots of poles etc in themWe put on approx 450 tonnes at 8 tonnes per acre in the back end of 2018. Was charged £1 per tonne to supply (half the spring/summer price) and another £1 per tonne to the contractor for him to spread with umbilical system. I definitely wouldn't want to be paying the spreading man by the hour as he spent most of the day sitting in a stationary tractor waiting for tankers that were stuck in traffic!
Umbilical best I would say if you have decent sized fields with no obstacles although tanker maybe better for small fields. I wanted several smaller (c. 4 to 5 acre) fields doing but contractor refused as he said it would take him too much time emptying the digestate out of the hose and reeling and unreeling it (he then spent most of the day sitting still ).
Good value nutrients compared to synthetics.
no that is dairy cow slurry or pig slurry, we do not do any digestate on to crops as it does not pay for usThat would be slurry fed digester I presume with low n
That would be 250 kgs n of average digestate
I wouldn't be paying an hourly rate. A lot can go wrong with digestate which can hold the job up. Not enough digestate, lorry's out of action, lorry's too slow, not enough lorries. In my experience you may end up paying for lots of labour sitting around waiting for the next lorry to turn up. Especially if you spreading umbilical as the digestate is usually spread faster than the lorry's can get it unloaded.The guy with dribble bar has told me that the waste disposer pays me £1.50/cube and I pay spreading contractor (£40/hr reeling, £80/hr spreading)
Not sure if thats competitive or not?
Almost certainly apply before ploughing, applying to newly sown seedbeds is a recipe for a mess (fine soils etc) and newly emerged plants don't have enough of a root system to withstand pipe dragging and wheeling.What would be the best way to apply liquid digestate onto spring crops? We generally don’t drill until mid April, would it be best ploughed down/ spread on top of the ploughed ground and worked down/ surface applied directly after sowing or wait until it’s emerged?
What would be the best way to apply liquid digestate onto spring crops? We generally don’t drill until mid April, would it be best ploughed down/ spread on top of the ploughed ground and worked down/ surface applied directly after sowing or wait until it’s emerged?
Contractor just has dribble bar, if the ground was ploughed then digestate applied on top of furrow before being cultivated do you think this would be as effective?Almost certainly apply before ploughing, applying to newly sown seedbeds is a recipe for a mess (fine soils etc) and newly emerged plants don't have enough of a root system to withstand pipe dragging and wheeling.
If you use a cultivator injector you can apply much higher rates which in the case of spring barley means that very little bagged N will be needed.
Are you able to stay on the tramlines? We can’t, It’s off putting tramping over spring crops, the wheeling don’t recover near as well as winter crops for some reasonI drill my crops let it come up and then spread while it’s growing!
Are you able to stay on the tramlines? We can’t, It’s off putting tramping over spring crops, the wheeling don’t recover near as well as winter crops for some reason
Demands what the feedstock is, last analysis I got from separated fibre ( like compost in appearance) food waste only AD was:What has the solid compost Digestste have In it nutrient wise
Maize. Rye. Sugar/ energy beetDemands what the feedstock is, last analysis I got from separated fibre ( like compost in appearance) food waste only AD was:
(Converted to units/ton)
Nitrogen 30 units/ton
Phosphorus 24 units/ton
Potassium 4.5 units/ton
Magnesium 3.5 units/ton
Sulphur 16 units/ton