Taking advantage of low prices and build up soil reserves
The term P and K ‘holiday’ has been used over the past few years to describe the practice of not applying nutrients to save money, a tactic which potentially runs down indices.
Benefits of Pre-Cut Testing Fresh Grass to Determine Silage Quality
Pre-cut testing of fresh grass With all this dry weather, first cut is fast approaching but is it time yet? Mark Tucker, our Forage Specialist has taken some time…
Supporting Fats at Grass
Sub-clinical and clinical acidosis occurs as rumen pH falls. The greater the fall and the longer low pH conditions remain, the more severe the consequences are on rumen health and…
Is reseeding worthwhile?
Reseeding is not a cheap exercise. If you add up the costs of spraying off the old ley , ploughing, cultivations, seed and drilling and it is easy to reach…
Maximising use of Organic Manures
With fertiliser price once again moving, it is important to remember the value of your organic manures, and balance your fertiliser application accordingly.
Soil health and drainage
Being British and involved in farming means that we are genetically pre-disposed to include the following in the first two sentences of a conversation with anyone that we haven’t spoken to in the last week; How quickly the year has gone and the weather! The start of the tail end of the year and the inevitable run towards Christmas, as I write this it is peeing it down outside, which of course means I have to lament about how dry it has been, and no doubt impart words of wisdom which will be completely irrelevant by the time that this lands on your kitchen table. The thing this does illustrate is the growing need for flexibility.