As the title says is it too early to spread fertiliser on grazing land. Land is in great condition but just worried it might be to early
I have cattle out at the moment grazing a bit that got slurry in late January, will be back in by the weekend I'd say.
Was going to go with Urea with s the end of the week for grazing ground but is the rain forecast a bit much or chance on?
The met eireann app changes more than a woman.
Forget the app and start looking at the weather models. The app is an interpretation of one of 4 daily runs of the weather models. Look at the trends that are happening in the model runs. Worst case have a look at the weather section on boards. Some excellent posters there
Thanks.
Any websites you can link there Stonewall? Appreciate it.
Metrociel.fr and wxcharts.com.
Watch the main 2 models of the ECM and GFS
We're still in far better shape than this time last year anyway, growth took forever to get going. Milder air due this week too, things should start to pick up.
I got Urea down last week before a good shower washed it in that night. Temperatures have been poor since, but has much nitrogen been wasted over this week or are the 2 units per day preserved for when temps rise?
Wasnt it the spring of 22 that had a similar cool march/April, get little to know response that year from memory to early fert, the east wind has been relentless here, last time it blew for this long was 2018, hopefully their isn't a repeat of that year re drought
Ground is drying nicely, have fields that are drying for the first time since spring 23
Drove through North kerry n limerick County on February the 3rd and there were plenty of fertiliser tracks. On most of my brothers farm it's a waste until around 3rd week of March ...weather depending. Land type/orientation/ground conditions/exposure/altitude/temperature/rain etc. etc. How long is a piece of string?
Going to clear a normal heavy rushy field today, wouldn't ever be able to travel it this time of year. Hopefully the impending grass with get a chance to establish now, that's the hope anyway.
up to now the cold weather would have stopped any growth but with temperatures starting to rise this week and a bit of rain on the way then absolutely there’s no problem in shaking a bit.
Obviously a few variables regarding type of land. If your land is dry land and you have a bit of grass there already, you’d be as well to graze first and then shake afterwards. If it’s wet land, and you mightn’t get out if the weather breaks, then I’d be going this week.
Assuming not too much rain forecast, I’m shaking my silage ground this weekend and any of the grazing that’s bare. I have a lot of reseeded ground that has good grass on it and I’m going to graze that first and then fertilise.
What are you giving the silage ground?
cut sward on silage ground. Mixture of urea, 18’s and pasture sward on grazing depending on the indexes.
some frost again this morning
no frost last night and i did the morning jobs in a golf shirt
beautiful day
WoWould there be much of a %loss by spreading Urea 24 hours before rain?
heavy frost in Dublin this morning leaving work and I work at the coast it never freezes first time I had to taw the car this year before going home at 6am. Also heavy frost the whole way home down to the midlands.
Serious frost down here this morning and they are not giving the temperatures great next week
I see that my fields have nearly burned off in the last few days with the frost
Is everyone still holding off spreading until temps rise or will ye spread away this weekend ?
In the South West here, heavy ground but can travel atm, would u hold off spreading on silage ground or go for it today before the rain? Temps do look like being low next week.
Golf Shirt for farming!!!! You must definitely be a gentleman farmer
I was planning to but more worried about the rain than anything else. Going to hold till Monday now and see how it is.
I've never heard such dithering about spreading fertilizer, is it too cold, too dry, too wet tomorrow! Jaysus will ye spread it while the ground is dry. It's nearly April, get the the stuff out!
ya maybe people are overthinking it a bit. Very hard to get the ideal conditions everywhere across the country, and as you say it’s nearly April. I put out straight urea a week and a half ago. Ground conditions being ideal, and also nice moisture at night time. Unless expectations regarding efficiency with urea have changed I’d still expect to get a good response from it when the warm temperatures arrive.
Silage ground covered last night with cut sward and can, when youre on wet ground you go when you get any chance at all. After such a dry spell now when it breaks it could really break.
How many units did you put out on the silage?
Plenty of dew this morning and with some showers next week I think urea will be ok for next week.
I also did the same on my grazing ground, very little response, hoping it will take off when we get the rain, held off on the silage ground until the weekend
80 units, the full dose it'll get for the first cut.
How many units of N would ye usually go with for the first round of grazing?
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