Major Elements Needed by Lucerne

Sulfur deficiency

Nitrogen (N)

Nitrogen is essential to the plant for protein synthesis, and is generally supplied by root nodule bacteria (Rhizobium). It is recommended that seed be inoculated at sowing to ensure that the correct, and most active, strain of nodule bacteria (group AL) will be present in the soil.

Nitrogen reserves . . . → Read More: Major Elements Needed by Lucerne

Nutrient Loads In Effluents May Be Minimized For Aquaculture

 Use fertilizers only as needed to maintain phytoplankton blooms;  Select stocking and feeding rates that do not exceed the assimilation capacity of ponds; Feeds should be of high quality, water stable, and contain no more nitrogen and phosphorus than necessary;  Apply feeds conservatively to avoid overfeeding and to assure that as much of . . . → Read More: Nutrient Loads In Effluents May Be Minimized For Aquaculture

What About The Soil?

Mark’s Farm Tips provide useful farming advice to help take your farm to its full potential — from Sota’s Agronomist & Farming Guru, Mark Crakanthorp.

How often has a hobby farm sprung up where there was once a dairy? An old market garden? Or even an orchard – long neglected. The legacy of scattered . . . → Read More: What About The Soil?

Non-protein nitrogen (NPN)

Nitrogen being applied

Introduction

Anhydrous ammonia and urea are used to improve aerobic stability and increase the nitrogen content of silages made from low protein forage. They are more often used with maize silage, but are also used with sorghum and whole crop cereal silages, and high moisture grain.

Thorough mixing is necessary . . . → Read More: Non-protein nitrogen (NPN) in Silage