Producer Eric Dobbe
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Mark Tupman posted an update in the group
4 months agoPlant Nutrition 4 months agoTimely.
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Reply to Red Legged Earth Mite
Hello All
Touch wood I’ve had no red legs (yet!!)
About 3-4 weeks after seeding (30 April) I put out the following mix
Per 500 litre tank load = covers 2-3ha with the Tow and Fert
Fish Hydrolysate 35 litres (brewed on farm)
JS mix 8kg (made on farm and ~8 months old)
Seaweed solid extract 850g (Soil Dynamics)
Fulvic Acid Powder 1.5kg…
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Do Annual Cover Crop Mixes Have a Place in Grazing Programs
We’re at that time of year where many farmers are thinking about seeding pastures.
One of the hot topics lately has been around the use of multi species cover crops in grazing operations.
The issue is that many of the species used in cover crop mixes are not very graze tolerant and they must be allowed to reach the latter stages of maturity if…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted a new post. 8 months ago
Talkin' Plant Diversity & Animal Nutrition with Fred ProvenzaIn this Talkin After Hours Episode Jo & Kate chat to Fred Provenza, Professor Emeritus, Dept. Wildland Resources, Utah State University. For the past 30 years,…
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Good job again Jo and Kate!
I notice Ray Archuleta is in Bridgetown tomorrow. Hopefully you get a chance to interview him one day 😊
Would be awesome if one anyone here on Talkin’ after hours attending tomorrow…
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Lower Blackwood LCDC posted an update in the group
8 months agoPlant Nutrition 8 months agoThose of you that made it to our workshop last week with Joel were treated to a deep dive into how and why foliars are a very effective tool to assist plants with nutrient uptake, and also what the key considerations are to ensure a the best outcome when using foliars. Lots of great information also on how nitrogen ‘works’ in the system and …
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I recently signed up to the stockman grass farmer mailing list.
They put out some great info for livestock farmers.
The article in this edition by Steve Kenyon gets right into some of the subject matter we’ve been discussing in this group. Well worth a read.
https://www.stockmangrassfarmer.digital/profile
