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Ian Robertson: [email protected]

07970286420


A soil analysis and consultancy business

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• Founded in 2014

• European Cation system

• Unique practical soil tests and nutritional advice

• Working through 3rd parties (Agronomist)

• Breaks the mould.

SSM:


It's hard to believe that Cereals is 40 years old –

looking back at the 1987 show guide brought a

wry smile to my face to see how some of the

adverts and machinery had dated - and yet,

there's so much that hasn't changed.

Cereals is 40 years old: Jon Day Cereals Director


Physical

Chemical

Biological


PHYSICAL – CHEMICAL -BIOLOGICAL

Touch and feel it! Smell it!

Look at it!Poke at it!


All these soils have the same pH, P,

K, Mag index, will they perform the

same?


Air25%

Water25%

Mineral45%

OGM5%

Ideal Soil

Air Water Mineral OGM

Not Soil50%Mineral

45%

OGM5%

Ideal Soil

Not Soil Mineral OGM

Empty


Close by fields : which one had more organic matter ?









High Calcium Seedbed

High Magnesium Seedbed



• An acre of ‘healthy’ soil contains over 500 kgs of

Earthworms...

• 5 times as rich in available Nitrate nitrogen

• 7 times as rich in available Phosphorus

• 11 times as rich in exchangeable Potassium

• Twice as rich in exchangeable Magnesium

…and its all free! Well its not actually

Earthworms


Does microbial activity change during the season?


Air is free!



How much does this crop need …..


6 cuts from each treatment and then averaged.


Mineral Control 53.4T Fresh weight

Treatment 60.1T fresh weight

Index 2 RB209 4T peas

Yield wt/T 3.35 4.5 4

P 117 P205 152 P205 40 P205

K 308 K20 359 K20 40 k20

Ca 222 Cao 313 Cao ?

mag 34 Mgo 49 Mgo ?

S 15.5 So3 22 So3 ?

Mn 0.24 0.38 ?

Cu 0.08 0.1 ?

Zn 0.23 0.34 ?

Fe 0.92 1.38 ?

B 0.36 0.48 ?

Dm 13.35T 15.9

Crop yield and peak demand

PEAK DEMAND3599

1529

229

0.489


138Kg K2032 Kg P20510 Kg Mgo23 Kg Cao

All in the green crop that was culitvated and then ploughed down.

Cover Crops?


Meeting Peak demand: readily available products: but match them to soil test

Product P K MgO CaO So3 B Zn

MOP 0 60 0 0 0 0 0

TSP 48 0 0 0 0 0 0

Kieserite 0 0 25 0 50 0 0

Blends ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Poly Sulphate 0 14 6 17 48 0 0

Calcifert S BzN 0 0 0 39 56 0.5 0.5

Calcifert Lime BzN 0 0 0 54.6 0 0.36 0.36

4.5T Peas had 313 Cao, 49 Mgo,152 P205, 350K20, 22 S03, 0.5B & 0.42Zn


Field Area T/ac T/Ha

Control 15Ha(37ac) 4.14 10.35

SSM 15.4Ha(37.9ac) 5.31 13.28

1.17 2.93

Harvest Data:

Winter wheat : 2016 East Lothian


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Root length at Anthesis Km/M3

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ROOT LENGTH AND YIELD IN CEREALS

Welbec etal. 1970


Soil analysis

1.Key to nutritional programs2.Lead to yield3.Please do them4.BUT think about how to read them in a holistic

manner.


In Summary

1) Soils are living: Love them again!

2) We can influence this for Good or Bad

3) As a rule less is more

4) Spend time looking at the soil and thinking through soil strategies.

5) Biological farming

6) Take action and we’re here to help


Any Questions:Ian Robertson: 07970 286420

[email protected]

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