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re: All behind up North

TeslaCoils — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:17:38 GMT

Is the change of moon theory a good one? My father has said the same only last week.

re: Wet thwarts progress in Kent

barr — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:24:57 GMT

Well it was a local soil analysis company called Farm Image. I'm aware of the issues of quick chilling and testing etc. and I do trust they know what they're doing.

I have to say I'm wondering if it is any use or just a "lottery" as you say. Is it really only an exercise for justifying inputs on paper or can it be of real agronomic use if done properly? What do you think?

Also can you explain more to me about how the tissue analysis would compliment the results and which method you favour to calculate soil N?

Thanks

re: N dressing on Dorset OSR finished just in time

peter snell — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:35:17 GMT

220 kg/ha of nitrogen in the form of ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulphate has been applied to our OSR this spring, with the aim of achieving a yield of upto 5 t/ha. Our smn's were average (i.e. 40 kg/ha N) and gai's were (in early March) more like the typical 2's one would hope for at that time of year. No sewage sludge, compost or fym was applied prior to sowing (so as not to delay drilling). The total applied figure of 220 kg of N per ha (in two main splits) were taken from the TAG recommendations and with this advice and also being FACTS qualified I was happy with this figure. Hope this explains, regards Peter

re: N dressing on Dorset OSR finished just in time

TeslaCoils — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:34:42 GMT

"But we have had 4.4t/ha from winter rape and up to 9-10t/ha of wheat."

220kg of N seems a bit much - I dont know your SMN or what GAI you had after winter, but knowing that "Large amounts of sewage sludge, green waste compost and farmyard manure are applied to help maintain soil organic matter levels and the fertility left by the cows", I put some figures into the Kemira calculator, and a GAI tool that my agronomist provided and that does look like a hell of a chunk of N if you have only historically had 4.4t/ha of seed offtake.

I dont want to be rude, but could you tell me how you got to 220kg/ha N?

re: Wet thwarts progress in Kent

tiza — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:54:43 GMT

How many samples where taken over what area.

Where they core samples from surface to 90 cm

How quickly where the samples chilled and kept away from light and air.

How long a time elapsed between sampling and lab analysis.

Which method was used to calculate soil N

Have you any tissue anlysis of crop.

Without the above it is a pure lottery.

re: Wet thwarts progress in Kent

barr — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:23:06 GMT

Well the previous rape had 190 kg N / ha. The soil is not heavy, more medium - chalky clay loam changing to silty clay loam. Its hard to understand why your situation should give under 20kg and mine over 130 - you 've probably got heavier land and after beans as well and similar cultivations. I have heard that the same sample sent to different labs have come back with different results, which is obviously not very helpful! Unless there are any other factors - rainfall some effect but as mentioned above its pretty wet here( usually we average about 710 mm / year).

re: Wet thwarts progress in Kent

TeslaCoils — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:41:19 GMT

Congrats on having so much N in the soil. We tested some land which is wheat after beans and there was under 20kg availiable - thats on heavy land in a completely non-inversion system, straw put back in the lot. Gah. Good saving at todays money.

How much N is your rape getting?

Scottish set-aside ploughing hiccup

Over the Hedge - Arable Barometer farmers' diary — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:40:42 GMT

We close this regular peep at what Farmers Weekly's Barometer farmers have been getting up to this

Eastern sugar beet yields improve

Over the Hedge - Arable Barometer farmers' diary — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:09:47 GMT

Just over half-way through sugar beet harvest at Hill House Farm, Hedenham near Bungay, John Barrett's

re: German machinery show impresses N I Barometer farmer

JohnWhite1 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:54:40 GMT

pot sales 30% left the farm in last too weeks.I here prices are low with you.What types do you grow.JOHN.

re: Berks spray programme under way

sid jimmy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:41:33 GMT

80 litres a hectare on residuals do you get good results at that?

Have used chlotoluron 3l/ha myself as a pre em on the wheat mixed with liberator 0.3l/ha have had very good results.

For post em I dont think there will ever be another chemical like IPU so cheap and effective although no more at 4l/ha even at 3l/ha mixed with liberator 0.3l/ha has excellent results.

What will replace IPU?

re: New sprayers 'a must' after set-aside change

sid jimmy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:24:17 GMT

Like the liquid nitrogen idea gives the crop a boost and melts the slugs just what the cloddy seedbeds ordered!

Slugs merit triple treatment in Scotland

Over the Hedge - Arable Barometer farmers' diary — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:17:03 GMT

J ohn Hutcheson's late nights in the drier have certainly been bearable given the end result from

re: Perfect drilling conditions prompt late surge in winter wheat plantings

Mike Abram - Arable Deputy Editor — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:36:58 GMT

Troy tells me the moisture was 32%. Apparently it is hard to get it much drier than that where he is, although occasionally it has been down to 28-29%.

I'll see if I can get Troy to answer your other questions directly.

Driving around in East Anglia today there was a lot of drilling going on. Conditions as Troy says above are just about perfect at the moment, so I suspect some of the crops going in now, could match, or even better earlier drilled crops that went into pretty dry seed-beds.

So I think it is possible for later drilled crops to yield higher than earlier drilled ones.

Having said that on the whole over here yields drop off the later you drill, but it is still pretty safe to plant winter wheat until end of Jan, depending on variety. Some good late drillers, such as Xi19, do tend to have some spring parentage though.

re: Perfect drilling conditions prompt late surge in winter wheat plantings

kansasfarmer — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:47:57 GMT

I am curious as to what moisture the corn was being brought in at. I am also curious as the the maturity(day length or GDUs) the varieties being harvested are. What about the population, row width and fertilizer applied?

There is still quite a bit of wheat left to be drilled here if the pile of seed wheat in our local elevator is any indication. Ideally I would like to have all mine in by November 1, but it seems that will not be possible this year. I have heard stories from year to year about people having the best wheat crop ever that was planted around Christmas,but I think that is the exception rather than the rule. With our late freeze ruining much of our wheat last year, many of us now are just as wary of planting too early as too late.

re: German machinery show beckons

flutefriend — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:28:44 GMT