The Grassland and Muck Event takes place on 190acres of Stoneleigh Park.
Preparation started in August 2007 with the help and advice from Yara agronomist Mark Tucker and agrochemicals supplied by Agrovista will aim to provide event exhibitors with an ideal silage sward for demonstrating their machines.
The diary below details the work taking place on site. For more details of each activity please click on the relevant image.
This diary will be regularly updated as we progress towards May 2008.
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22nd April 2008 Treatment of Manure Demonstration Plots Click here for more details. |
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10th April 2008 Fertilizer spreading |
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27th March 2008 Spreader Calibration Click for spreader calibration info   |
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13th February 2008 N Sensor trial on grass commences Scanning the Grassland Event site at Stoneleigh using the Yara N Sensor to measure within field biomass variability Click here for more details. |
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25th October Spraying of volunteers The Event site was established with minimum tillage and therefore experienced some problems with volunteers from the previous wheat and spring barley cropping. Click here for more details. |
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25th September 2007 GPS mapping of Grassland and Muck Event fields Click to view GPS print outs It was necessary to GPS map the Grassland and Muck event site in order to accurately record the available demonstration space for the event. John Deere kindly leant the Society a Gator with a GPS system fitted to enable the mapping to take place. |
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19th September Slug pelleting Due to high slug activity is was necessary to slug pellet the Grassland and Muck event site. Agrovista supplied the Society with pellets which were applied with a quad bike mounted spreader. |
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12th September 2007 Grass drilling Click for seed mixture details. |
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August 2007 Soil and grain sampling Click for soil results and recommendations Click here for more details. |
