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Broiler litter on tillage land

  • 21-01-2014 12:30PM
    #1
    Stevec394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭


    Has anyone any experience of applying broiler litter on tillage land. I sow spring barley and hear that this could be a very good nutrient source at low cost. The disease issue such as botulism is a bit of a worry tho.


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  • #2
    GRASSorMUCK
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    Pretty much rocket fuel and very good soil conditioner.
    It is actual broiler muck and not off hens as the latter is much lower in nutrient?
    I've neighbours that spread litter out on Osr in september and works for him as he' a good source near by.


  • #3
    sheebadog
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    Stevec394 wrote: »
    Has anyone any experience of applying broiler litter on tillage land. I sow spring barley and hear that this could be a very good nutrient source at low cost. The disease issue such as botulism is a bit of a worry tho.

    I use chicken and turkey litter. Powerfull stuff. Turkey is better than chicken. I would only use it for maize. Anytime I used it for cereals I lodged them.
    For maize I spread 40 ton per ha.
    Also once you are ploughing it down botulism is not a problem.


  • #4
    Greengrass1
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    Neighbour sows 2000ac of tillage a year. Mostly OSR and wheat. Spreads this on ground that had wheat in it and is going into OSR gets on fairly well with it


  • #5
    Stevec394
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭Stevec394


    Yes incorporating it into d soil straight away after ploughing seems to be a good job reduces risk of botulism and also volatilisation of N. The lodging on a cereal crop could be a problem if not matchd properly with chemical fert application


  • #6
    bob charles
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    sheebadog wrote: »
    For maize I spread 40 ton per ha.

    :eek::eek: is there not a nitrates directive in france? Max allowed to spread for maize in Ireland is 12t/ha of broiler/layer


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  • #7
    sheebadog
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    bob charles wrote: »
    :eek::eek: is there not a nitrates directive in france? Max allowed to spread for maize in Ireland is 12t/ha of broiler/layer

    40ton/ha Poultry
    65ton/ha Cattle.
    Thats all the fertiliser that I give maize.
    Yes we have nitrate directives, I must check what the consultant writes up on the retuŕns.


  • #8
    freedominacup
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    sheebadog wrote: »
    40ton/ha Poultry
    65ton/ha Cattle.
    Thats all the fertiliser that I give maize.
    Yes we have nitrate directives, I must check what the consultant writes up on the retuŕns.

    :D:D:D. That's up there with the french version of BSE which they used to call JCB disease for obvious reasons:rolleyes:.


  • #9
    sheebadog
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    :D:D:D. That's up there with the french version of BSE which they used to call JCB disease for obvious reasons:rolleyes:.

    Hee heee!!!


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