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Getting the balance right...
Calcium and sulphur are essential nutrients for crops and grassland. Soil lacking in either of these minerals can result in poor crop performance and wasted fertiliser application.
Calcium deficiency normally occurs on acidic soils where native calcium has leached.
Sulphur deficiency occurs most often with high nitrogen fertiliser rates. If the supply of nitrogen is not balanced with adequate sulphur, the nitrogen available for crop use may be excessive in relation to sulphur and therefore underutilised.
Why choose Calcifert Sulphur?
Calcifert Sulphur is a quick and easy way to supply both calcium and sulphur to your soil.
With a typical analysis of calcium as Ca: 33% and sulphur expressed as SO3: 55%, Calcifert Sulphur is one of the purest calcium sulphate products available on the market. Calcifert Sulphur has a neutralising value of zero, meaning it won't affect the pH of your soil.
Calcifert Sulphur is available in 600kg bags and can be self spread, making it ideal to target specific fields and perfect for precision farming.
Sulphur is key to efficient nitrogen utilisation, and with rising prices, ensuring you are getting the most from the fertiliser you spread is essential.
Trials of calcium and sulphur application have shown:
- Strengthening of the plant's physical structure, helping to protect against disease and use sunlight and nutrients more efficiently.
- Improvements to wheat yield where there was a sulphur deficiency
- Increase in grass protein levels in three consecutive silage cuts on grassland
- Improved digestibility of grass forage
- Improved soil structure and workability by reducing compaction caused by equipment and livestock
Application..
Application of Calcifert Sulphur to fields which have high magnesium levels (due to over-use of mag lime) helps to redress the calcium magnesium ratio, and open up the structure of the soil, which has tightened due to the high magnesium levels.
