Spreading fertiliser

The crops are looking good and we have had some good rain so it’s time to put some fertiliser on them.
Today we are using our Massey Ferguson 178 tractor and CE10 fertiliser spreader to top dress out some granular sulphate of ammonia.
Usually we would Use urea, but it is in short supply at the moment.
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[@dandingo168]

Thanks for sharing

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi, I am glad you enjoyed it.
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[@peterlincoln6027]

Almost looks like a track to a field bin.

[@insAneTunA]

At some places in the U.S. you can still see the tracks from the oldtimers when they were still traveling with horse and wagons.

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi Peter, it’s the old driveway up to the neighbours house.
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[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi, in Kalamunda western Australian you can still see the old logging tracks from the horse drawn log whims too.
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[@samwest9444]

Radish are much easier to kill when they are small. Two sprays is a better strategy if you have lots of radish

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi Sam, yes it is easer when it is small. In wheat there are new chemicals that will kill much bigger radish that before, so I usually leave the spraying longer in the wheat to kill the later germination
Thanks from Geoffrey

[@insAneTunA]

Have you ever considered spraying wood chip tea? Dr. David Johnson is a micro biologist, and he studied for decades how to make the best possible compost from wood chips, and how you can use that compost to extract the micro organisms from it with water so that you can spray the land with it and improve the crop yields. And Dr. Johnson and his wife Dr. Su, also a micro biologist, perfected their system over the years, and they monitored and measured the micro organisms, and they noticed improved crop yields after spraying with their wood chip compost extract, or tea. Their composting method requires very little maintenance once it is setup, it is called the Johnson and Su Bio Reactor, and it requires a minimal amount of materials to set it up. It does take about a year to get a usable product. But from the compost from a single wood chip bio reactor you would be able to extract enough compost tea to spray your entire land. If you can't find it here on YT I will be happy to send you some links to the videos where you can see how they make their wood chip compost and how they extract the microbes from the compost after a year of maturing, and they do it at a large enough scale so that you can spray the extract with the tractor. 👍

[@brookdalefarm7986]

Hi, we have tried compost tea and cow manure tea as a spray. They work well and I would like to do a lot more of it. I have collected most of the bits to make a Jonson Sue bio reactor, but haven’t had time to put it all together yet. There is a big farmer in the eastern Wheatbelt in Western Australia that uses this method. I have been out to their farm to see how they do it. It dose work very well and I hope to be able to do more of it soon.
Thanks from Geoffrey

[@insAneTunA]

@@brookdalefarm7986 I am looking forward to see that !!!

[@insAneTunA]

@@brookdalefarm7986 I am looking forward to see that. Just make sure that you follow the exact instructions from Dr. David Johnson. Many people do their own version, or they take shortcuts, and then they complain afterwards that they did not get the expected result. Dr. Johnson strongly advises people to follow the exact instructions, otherwise it is a lot of work for a poor result. Because the system from Dr. Jognson is not just to compost bio mass for nutrients, but it is designed to get the most amount and most biodivers aerobic micro organisms. If you do it wrong you get less aerobic micro organisms, or in the worst case bad anaerobic organisms and pathogens that are harmful.
Another good source of information about making compost and how you can test if your compost is ready to be used is a channel that is called, Transform Compost. That man is a soil scientist and waste management expert. And he shows very simple and cheap DIY methods to test your compost or how you can make aerated compost piles. Very useful information.