What fertilizer for grazing

Matty6270

Hi there. I am going spreading fertilizer on 40 acres this week, thinking of spreading 18/6/12. It is good/average land, how many bags per acre will I put out

kay 9

Anything out yet?
Soil samples be your best bet first.
2 bags of 18-6-12 for a start.
Little and often

Matty6270

kay 9 wrote: »

Anything out yet?
Soil samples be your best bet first.
2 bags of 18-6-12 for a start.
Little and often

Don't have samples, so 2 bags to d acre. Is 18/6/12 the best I can use

Eamonn8448

What are you going using it for , grazing, silage ? Whats the bedrock like is it limestone, shale ... ie pH ? 18/6/12 is the norm in most parts but without soil tests it may or may not be the best choice. What are your neighbors using etc

TwoOldBoots

You could also use cut sward on the grazing, it's better value for money than the grazing blends.

wrangler

TwoOldBoots wrote: »

You could also use cut sward on the grazing, it's better value for money than the grazing blends.

There's not enough phosphorous in cut sward, might as well go with urea or CAN

Dunedin

Matty6270 wrote: »

Hi there. I am going spreading fertilizer on 40 acres this week, thinking of spreading 18/6/12. It is good/average land, how many bags per acre will I put out

18-6-12 plus sulphur at 2 bags to the acre

Dickie10

put out one bag of urea to acre three weeks ago on 18 acres i have 40 cattle on it about 32 two year olds and 8 yearlings , what can i put out next need keep grass with them feck all regrowth. or am i just overstocked?

wrangler

Dickie10 wrote: »

put out one bag of urea to acre three weeks ago on 18 acres i have 40 cattle on it about 32 two year olds and 8 yearlings , what can i put out next need keep grass with them feck all regrowth. or am i just overstocked?

At that stocking rate you'd need 1 - 1.5 bags CAN/acre per month. good quality grassland is supposed to be able to carry one ton of cattle to the acre in a ''normal'' May, so you must be at that level........you reduce it as the year goes on as silage aftergrass becomes available.....
For the year that's in it, you probably are overstocked

Dickie10

yeah thought as much so another bag of CAN per acre? and take out 7 or 8 cattle? or will i go bag and half of CAN?

Hard Knocks

wrangler wrote: »

At that stocking rate you'd need 1 - 1.5 bags CAN/acre per month. good quality grassland is supposed to be able to carry one ton of cattle to the acre in a ''normal'' May, so you must be at that level........you reduce it as the year goes on as silage aftergrass becomes available.....
For the year that's in it, you probably are overstocked

Thanks for that
If the indexes were low would you use a compound instead?

charolais0153

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Thanks for that
If the indexes were low would you use a compound instead?

a bag and half of 18 6 12 is same amount of N