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you a very happy New Year, and a great 2016 ahead. farms still have reasonable pasture cover. So let’s take advantage of that. We have had probably a third of the days of heat that we are going to have for the summer. And we have had sufficient rain to go with it that we are going to go into the beginning of February with some cover. Let’s try and keep some root length on into the autumn and winter so that you can use less silage, buy in less supplements for March April May. advocate small amounts of liquid fertiliser NPKS etc reasonably frequently, as the pasture requires. is a system to grow more dry matter, more nutrition, more evenly throughout the seasons. often” system are enormous. Stock condition can be held, rather than the expense of having to put weight back on if condition is lost through extra supplement feeding. These extra supplements can be used at other times such as after calving. If weight is kept on a slightly rising plain after calving milk production will benefit you can expect earlier cycling and more cows in calf earlier. The higher the peak the more production on into the second part of the season. Very little of the product ends up in the drains The plant is able to utilise the amount given to it now and in the next two to three months The product is more available to the plant because it is foliar as well as ground, so it raises nutrition (brix) in the pasture with the bigger pick-up and better plant production. The product is there when the plant requires it It helps keep length and density on the pasture by holding and increasing the existing root length and root density This in turn will help promote biology through April / May / June and on into winter pasture need to soil test. We need to monitor calcium, phosphate (pH), magnesium, potassium, boron etc in order to know what to apply. But we can use less solid fertiliser, which in turn will create less wastage through run-off, and avoid the situation where the plant has more at once than it can actually utilise, which activates leaching and wastage. “little and often” system is especially beneficial on lighter soils as the holding capacity (CEC) is less able to maintain nutrients, so a larger percentage are leached, and dollars can be wasted. that less acidic are beneficial due to the fact that biology is nurtured. system works with nature, not against it. rainfall all at once, with nothing for the rest of the year. Rain falls throughout the year. differing foods throughout the year, in smaller amounts when needed. leads into pasture management. reflection of what is below the ground. nutrient it is capable of picking up the more pasture it can produce, and the more nutrition there will be in that pasture. There are certain fertilisers that can create different scenarios when applied in combination. This needs to be recognised and allowed for in deciding what to use when. Little and Often doesn’t have to be expensive. it can be more cost effective, with better utilisation and better results bringing more profit. specific paddocks. Take control of your pasture. used all year round, into autumn, early spring, late spring, pre summer pasture, silage, hay, etc. patterns, but we can plan for them. |
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