Effectiveness of summer slurry spreading

grazeaway

Was chatting to lad next door yesterday as he was getting ready for his slurry. He was spreading on silage ground. It's been about 10-15 years since he did it. Due to long winter his tanks tanks are almost 75% full even though he emptied them in feb. as he said he got caught out last summer when he had to re house so wasn't taking any chances this year.

Very dry and warm here at the moment so wondering if it will actually do any benifit. He reckons he won't get much this year as there is no rain due to wash it in but wants it out.

Dampintheattic

grazeaway wrote: »

Was chatting to lad next door yesterday as he was getting ready for his slurry. He was spreading on silage ground. It's been about 10-15 years since he did it. Due to long winter his tanks tanks are almost 75% full even though he emptied them in feb. as he said he got caught out last summer when he had to re house so wasn't taking any chances this year.

Very dry and warm here at the moment so wondering if it will actually do any benifit. He reckons he won't get much this year as there is no rain due to wash it in but wants it out.

Nitrogen will be mostly lost. It will probably cake in top of the ground limiting the P&K, value.
But same here. I'm taking no chances. Has to go out. If it cakes, I will pull a chain harrow, to break it up.
Needs must!

pakalasa

....IT ALWAYS RAINS IN IRELAND!!

mahoney_j

Just get someone with a trailling shoe tank,Im waiting on a guy to come and will apply it at 3 k gallons to the acre.Losses will be minimal.no way id go at it with conventional tank,Slurry is now too valueable to be letting it evaporate into thin air or cake on the ground

Dampintheattic

mahoney_j wrote: »

Just get someone with a trailling shoe tank,Im waiting on a guy to come and will apply it at 3 k gallons to the acre.Losses will be minimal.no way id go at it with conventional tank,Slurry is now too valueable to be letting it evaporate into thin air or cake on the ground

Trailing shoes haven't arrived in this district yet! Small farms. Small fields. Narrow lane ways to get in!
The west!!

grazeaway

mahoney_j wrote: »

Just get someone with a trailling shoe tank,Im waiting on a guy to come and will apply it at 3 k gallons to the acre.Losses will be minimal.no way id go at it with conventional tank,Slurry is now too valueable to be letting it evaporate into thin air or cake on the ground

How much do they cost?

mahoney_j

Havnt a clue but 65 bucks an hour for contractor with 2500 gln tanker

Cavanjack

I remember 1995 when the second cut was done, the slurry was caked on the ground from after the first cut. Dont think we had that problem since.

freedominacup

Tell him to wait until next Monday he'll be grand then

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Connacht/Galway/long.html

delaval

freedominacup wrote: »

Tell him to wait until next Monday he'll be grand then

http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Connacht/Galway/long.html

I didn't look picking silage Mon

freedominacup

delaval wrote: »

I didn't look picking silage Mon

Looking at the forecast there once you have it done Mon youll be ok.

Muckit

delaval wrote: »

I didn't look picking silage Mon

Are you Co.Galway?

grazeaway

freedominacup wrote: »

Looking at the forecast there once you have it done Mon youll be ok.

not round here, a small bit of rain is due at the end of the week but plenty more due in a weeks time. I'd say it'll be well caked in by then.

I still have a half full slurry tank myself. anyone actually use a trailing shoe and how doe sit perform? might throw out a few loads on a bared down paddock later in the summer. Does it still need damp overcast weather or can it go out in weatehr like now?

Dampintheattic

grazeaway wrote: »

not round here, a small bit of rain is due at the end of the week but plenty more due in a weeks time. I'd say it'll be well caked in by then.

I still have a half full slurry tank myself. anyone actually use a trailing shoe and how doe sit perform? might throw out a few loads on a bared down paddock later in the summer. Does it still need damp overcast weather or can it go out in weatehr like now?

Saw it being spread on two farms this morning. Conventional splash plate job. Going on heavy enough as well.
It's not easy to pass up the opportunity to spread on dry bare ground, if your tanks happen to be full or even partially full.
Nothing worse than being under pressure to pelt it out on green grass as you approach the end of year deadline. Land might be wet then into the bargain.

yellow50HX

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Saw it being spread on two farms this morning. Conventional splash plate job. Going on heavy enough as well.
It's not easy to pass up the opportunity to spread on dry bare ground, if your tanks happen to be full or even partially full.
Nothing worse than being under pressure to pelt it out on green grass as you approach the end of year deadline. Land might be wet then into the bargain.

tank here is about half full too. but i usually empty it in sept/oct anyway on to closed ground. might make mosre sense to throw it out in summer but no point spreading it for the sake of spreading it. would be intrested to see how soon a field can be grazed after the shoe, and what kinda waether conditions get the best out of it.

Does it need a lot of water through the slurry to get it thorugh the small pipes? we have chopped bale silage so there is always a bit of grass in it how big and issue would that be for blockages when spreading?