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What is the Nitrates Plan?

  • 29-06-2014 12:04pm
    #1
    farmernewbie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I am new to this but recently noticed lads talking about not going over their N quota. I have a small farm 14ha and am lightly stocked.

    How much stock could I keep before I become overstocked? Also how much fert am I allowed to spread per year and how is this monitored? Anything else I need to watch for? I don't winter any cattle. Just weanlings to stores from March to October.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    farmernewbie wrote: »
    Hi,

    I am new to this but recently noticed lads talking about not going over their N quota. I have a small farm 14ha and am lightly stocked.

    How much stock could I keep before I become overstocked? Also how much fert am I allowed to spread per year and how is this monitored? Anything else I need to watch for? I don't winter any cattle. Just weanlings to stores from March to October.

    Thanks.

    Nitrates really only comes into play when you exceed 170Kgof organic N/HA. It is unlikley if you have a low stocking that you would be spreading too much artifical fertlizer to it be an issue unless you were importing a lot of slurry.


  • #3
    farmernewbie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭farmernewbie


    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    Nitrates really only comes into play when you exceed 170Kgof organic N/HA. It is unlikley if you have a low stocking that you would be spreading too much artifical fertlizer to it be an issue unless you were importing a lot of slurry.

    Spreading no slurry at all. Got soil samples done and very low in P and K so was going to spread a few ton of that as was thinking if reseeding some ground.

    Sold some silage so put roughly 4 ton 18.6.12 out. Hopefully still under limits so.


  • #4
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    farmernewbie wrote: »
    Spreading no slurry at all. Got soil samples done and very low in P and K so was going to spread a few ton of that as was thinking if reseeding some ground.

    Sold some silage so put roughly 4 ton 18.6.12 out. Hopefully still under limits so.

    That is equivlent to 2.25bags/acre should be no issue especially as P&K are low


  • #5
    farmernewbie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭farmernewbie


    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    That is equivlent to 2.25bags/acre should be no issue especially as P&K are low

    Thanks will go with some muriate of potash or 0.7.30 in Sept.


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