32 Jameson Premium Seed 2025 A soil test can save you £1,000’s on fertiliser TESTYOUR SOIL • SOIL - TEST! TEST! TEST! • Like animals, plants need nutrients to grow. If any are in short supply, development and performance will be compromised.Any shortfalls can be made up by applying manures, slurries or artificial fertilisers.A soil test will help decide how many additional nutrients are required, allowing a more targeted approach to fertiliser use, saving time and money! Phone us to organise your soil test 01765 689666 We can loan you a soil corer and provide pre-paid sample boxes • Push soil corer down to 7-8 cm • Walk the field in a ‘W’.Avoid gateways/feeding areas • Collect at least 25 plugs of soil in a bucket and mix thoroughly • Fill a small sample box that we will provide, for each field test • Post to laboratory and we will email/post the results to you. Sample every five years, well in advance of a reseed and at least 2 months after the last application of manure, fertiliser or lime. Include fields that are underperforming, which receive a lot of muck and slurry or where perennial ryegrass content is declining. Nutrients applied Scenario Sustained stocking rate Lime, Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potash Standard practice 30 ewes/ha Lime, Phosphate, Potash No N 25 ewes/ha Lime No N, P, K 15 ewes/ha Nil No nutrient input 7 ewes/ha AHDB Improving pasture for Better Returns The impact of poor soil management Poor soil nutrient content and condition encourages competition from indigenous and less productive grasses.These are less digestible and contain lower levels of energy and protein, reducing feed quality, animal intake and performance. Compaction Compaction restricts the movement of air, water, nutrients down through the soil profile.This type of damage leads to poor root growth, which stresses the plant and reduces its response to nitrogen.Applying fertiliser to compacted soils is very inefficient as the plant will not be able to fully utilise it.
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