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Spreading nitrogen and sulphur at the same time means more grass

Applying fertilisers containing nitrogen and sulphur means the grass uses nitrogen more effectively, you get more kgs of dry matter per kg of nitrogen that you apply

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Turning stock out to grass

It might seem early but on many farms across the UK, stock will be going to grass in February. It’s worth identifying what paddocks are going to be grazed first and have your reels and pigtails ready to go. Animals should start grazing on grass covers of ideally 2,200 – 2,400 kg DM/ha to ease animals back into grazing. The first animal groups to turn out to grass should be young growing cattle or freshly calved dairy cows.

As animals are turned back out to grass, allocating the correct area can be difficult. For beef animals use 2% of body weight as a good guide for intakes. A 350 kg beef animal being turned to grass, allocate 7 kg DM/Ha per day. A crossbred dairy herd after calving with 20% heifers will start off at about 13 kg DM/Ha intake so factor this in when allocating grass. If feeding 3 kg meal and 3 kg silage, then allocate 7 – 8 kg of grass DM. You can increase this allocation by 20% twice per week. Aim to have the first rotation finished by early April and no sooner.

Prioritise slurry for silage ground or on grazing paddocks which have low soil P & K indices. Try and apply more dilute slurry on grazing (~ 20 m3/ha). If applying N fertiliser, soil conditions need to be good, with minimum soil temperatures of 5 – 6 degrees. Hold off spreading if heavy rain is forecasted. We recommend 80 – 120 kg/ha of YaraBela Nutri Booster (20 – 30 kg N/ha) for this first application on paddocks that haven’t received slurry.

Grassland fertiliser selector

If you are not sure which grassland fertiliser to choose try using this selector to help you in the right direction.

Are you looking for a fertiliser for Grazing or Silage ?
Just nitrogen plus sulphur (NS) or nitrogen, phosphate, potassium and sulphur (NPKS)?
With or without Selenium for animal health?
With or without Phosphorus?
For application in Spring or Summer?

Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraBela Axan.

YaraBela AXAN (27% N + 3.6% S) is a uniform compound granular nitrate based nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser with an N:S ratio of 7.5:1 suitable for use on grassland where nitrogen and sulphur are required but no phosphate or potassium, and where no selenium is required.

YaraBela Axan

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraBela Nutri-Booster.

YaraBela NUTRI BOOSTER (25% N + 2% S, Na and Se) contains nitrogen and sulphur coupled with selenium.suitable for use on grassland where nitrogen and sulphur are required but no phosphate or potassium, together with selenium for increased animal health.

YaraBela Nutri-Booster

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraMila Super Booster

YaraMila SUPER BOOSTER (25-2.2-4.2 + 2% S and Se) is a compound prilled NPKS fertiliser containing sodium selenate for use on grassland to supplement selenium levels where nitrogen, phosphate, potassium and sulphur are all required together with selenium to improve livestock health.

YaraMila Super Booster

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraMila Sulphur Cut

YaraMila SULPHUR CUT (22-1.7-11.6 + 3%S) is a compound NPKS grassland fertiliser ideal for replacing the large amount of potash removed after silage whilst kick starting the regeneration of the grass plants with nitrogen together with sulphur and phosphate, when selenium is not needed.

YaraMila SULPHUR CUT

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraMila Extragrass

YaraMila EXTRAGRASS (27-2.2-4.2 + 2.4% S) is a compound granular NPKS fertiliser ideally suited to little and often application for Spring/Summer application to grassland for index maintenance and high recovery growth rates. With Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potash and Sulphur in every granule this product give the maximum return in investment by supplying the crop with all the nutrients it requires.

YaraMila Extragrass

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraMila New 18's + S.

YaraMila NEW 18’s + S (18-6-11 + 3%S) is a compound NPKS fertiliser recommended for early Spring grazing application or paddocks with lower P&K indexes. By frontloading grazing ground with high P & K levels this will improve soil fertility and ensure that you maximise grass growth over the entire season. 

YaraMila New 18's + S

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraMila Zero P Sward.

YaraMila ZERO P SWARD (26-0-5 + 4% S) is an NK plus S fertiliser used where no phosphate is required and where some potash is required in the grazing system.

YaraMila Zero P Sward

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Based on the information you have given the best choice of fertiliser would be YaraMila Zero P Cut.

YaraMila ZERO P CUT (24-0-10 + 2% S) is a compound fertiliser supplying nitrogen potash and sulphur, often used after first cut silage where no phosphate is required.

YaraMila Zero P Cut

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