Nutrient Management Workshop (St Boswells)

Optimising the management and application of livestock manures from cattle
  • This interactive workshop will look at best practice for managing mucks and slurries and how to get the best value outcomes for your grass, crops and soil health.
  • Bring along a sample of your soil and build your understanding on soil texture, structure, organic matter and how this affects nutrient retention, plant uptake and loss.
  • This meeting is open to all but targeted at dairy and beef businesses managing significant volumes of mucks and slurries.

External Materials:

https://map.environment.gov.scot/Soil_maps/?layer=1

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones: guidance for farmers – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Related FAS Material:

Technical note (TN736): Optimising the application of livestock farmyard manures and slurries

Technical note (TN726): Fertiliser recommendations for Grassland