About 1 inch (25 mm) per week is how much water is needed to grow oats. The most crucial times to water your growing plants are when they are tillering, booting, and starting to fill with grain.During the process of growing oats, it’s important not to overlook the moment when soil ...
The impact of potassium supply on silage maize dry matter yield was studied in a multi-year field trial on a light sandy soil in northernGermany. A potassium supply of 83 kg K ha"' was sufficient for maximising dry matter yield, while K demand was higher for maximum K yield and a zero...
“If you have a crop in a drought that looks like it's failing, there's a temptation to bail it and sell it off as hay, or to harvest it and, because of reduced yield and reduced income, potentially go out and bail the straw. But what we've seen is a lot of regret about...
If the pen is small, the piglets will grow faster because they will not have as much room to exercise and the ground can get really destroyed. Also, in a smaller area, parasites have more of a chance to grow. Finally, a small pen in the Spring when the weather is wet can result ...
However, relatively little is known about the GHG mitigation potential in agriculture, in particular with respect to the combined effects of technological advancements and dietary changes. Here, we estimate the extent to which changes in technology and demand can reduce Swedish food-related GHG ...
RQ 2: Can local land feed the number of currently kept livestock and the number of livestock necessary to achieve a 100% degree of self-sufficiency (SSD)? RQ 3: How much food is grown on local fields, and how much would be necessary to feed the local population in a plant-based, ...
Chances are you will not be able to meet the producer that is selling the cattle--except if it's a dispersal sale--so you are pretty much on your own as to deciding what cattle you can buy. It may help to go in the corrals behind the ring to have a look at the animals ...