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Balanced nutrition is the key to high quality silage

Nutrition

Nitrogen

Balanced nutrition is key to high yielding nutritious grass and silage

Nitrogen can't grow quality grass and silage on its own

Sodium

Potassium

Sulphur

Nitrogen

Sodium

Potassium

Sulphur

Nitrogen

The effect of sodium fertiliser on grazing behaviour

The benefits of sodium in silage fertiliser were demonstrated in an independent trial by National University of Ireland, Galway in 2019. The trial compared a Sweet Silage blend against a ‘standard’ silage CCF compound in relation to yield and forage quality.

Benefit of sulphur on grass quality and production

The benefits of sulphur on grass and silage quantity and quality arising from the synergies between N and S are long established and well understood, as demonstrated by the trial data above, yet S fertilisers are only applied to 11%1 of grazed grass area and 21%1 of silage (1 Source BSFP crop year 2022).

What is the effect on grass DM yield of reducing N rate and balancing with nutrition?

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