With prices doubling this year I’m hoping it urges more farmers to consider the alternatives. I’m going to be pulling back on our granular use and use foliar this year along with adding microbes to my slurry to retain nitrogen (20% more) and lower methane and ammonia emissions making it of a much higher nutrient value to my soil. Those microbes will out compete the bad ones and continue their good work in my soil. And I can counteract the effect of ‘mectins’ by adding a second ingredient, better news for the earthworms!
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@Edward ADAMSON you were asking whether people are considering using liquid seaweed to help reduce NPK fertiliser inputs this year? Just sticking the question here in case others have views... my understanding was that a bit like correct pH optimises nutrient efficiency, liquid seaweed does the same by allowing nutrients perviously locked up in the soil to become available. Not an expert though! I'm interested in it because we have low sodium here and issues with palatability and this would help. 3litres/ha on grassland apparently and not a huge cost.