Objectives
This project, involving four farms, aims to assess the extent to which using a foliar feed that is based on urea and humic acid can reduce the application of conventional N fertiliser to grass. They aim to investigate the effectiveness of using foliar feed, which is more commonly used in horticulture systems, on a grassland system.
Objectives
Nod y prosiect hwn, sy’n cynnwys pedair fferm, yw asesu i ba raddau mae defnyddio bwyd dail sy’n seiliedig ar asid wrea a hwmig yn medru lleihau’r angen am wasgaru gwrtaith N confensiynnol ar y borfa. Anelir at archwilio’r effeithiolrwydd o ddefnyddio bwyd dail ar systemau glasswelltir, sy’n fwy cyffredin mewn systemau garddwriaeth.
Activities
On each of the four farms, one large field will be split into three sections of equal size and the following treatments will be compared:
1) Nitrogen fertiliser, as per current/ standard practice
2) Foliar feed
3) No fertiliser
The performance of each plot will be measured in terms of:
1) Dry matter yield
2) N content of fresh grass tissue
3) Costs of N application per tonne of dry matter
4) Clover content to assess the impact on species composition of the sward
Activities
Ar bob un o’r pedair fferm, bydd un cae yn cael ei rannu’n dair rhan hafal ac yna bydd y triniaethau canlynol yn cael eu cymharu:
1) Gwrtaith nitrogen yn ôl yr arfer bresennol / safonol
2) Bwyd dail
3) Dim gwrtaith
Bydd perfformiad pob llain yn cael ei fesur yn ôl y canlynol:
1) Cynnyrch deunydd sych
2) Cynnwys N ym meinwe porfa ffres
3) Costau gwasgaru N am bob tunnell o ddeunydd sych
4) Cynnwys meillion er mwyn asesu’r effaith ar gyfansoddiad rhywogaethau mewn gwndwn
Project details
- Main funding source
- Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
- Rural Development Programme
- 2014UK06RDRP004 United Kingdom - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Wales
Ort
- Main geographical location
- South West Wales
EUR 44 397.00
Total budget
Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.
Project keyword
1 Practice Abstracts
Contacts
Project coordinator
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Tony Little
Project coordinator
Project partners
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Mike Harrington
Project partner
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Mike Smith
Project partner
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Mr. Steven Jones
Project partner
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Robin Nicolson
Project partner
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Terry James
Project partner