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Making do with less
Senior adviser, Plant nutrition
Leif Knudsen, DAAS
Dansk LandbrugsrådgivningLandscentret | Planteproduktion
Making do with less:
• Nitrogen statistic for Denmark• Trials with increasing amounts of Nitrogen• Different types of nitrogen fertilzer in cereals, maize and potatoes• Starter fertilizers to maize• Manganese and other micronutrients• Reducing leaching of nitrogen
0100200300400500600700800
1000
tons
of N
Imported
Exported
Surplus
Kyllingsbæk, 2005
Nitrogen account for Denmark
Mineral fertilizer
Animal manure
Input of nitrogen in Danish Agriculture
Input reduced 35 pct from 84/85 to 04/05
Nitrogen in animal manure from cattle
1985 1996 2004
Milk yield, ECM per cow 6300 7600 8745
Excr. kg per cow 123 128 134
Excr. gr. per kg ECM 19,5 16,8 15,4
Dairy cows, 1,000 890 701 569
Kg N from cattle, 1,000 t 170 142 115
Nitrogen excretion from pigs
Excretion of nitrogen per kg produced kg meat
Yield in winter wheat 1980-2006
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Hkg
per
ha
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Netherland
Sweden
UK
Results of trials with increasing amounts of nitrogen
2006Ave. 2001-2005
16984,51619684,765Winterwheat
11057,91713058,754S.Bar-ley
Opti-mal N, kg/ha
Yield,
deci-ton/ha
No. of tri.
Opti-mal N, kg/ha
Yield,
deci-ton/ha
No. of tri.
ENTEC fertilizer to spring barley, 3 tr. 2006
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0 50 100 150 200 250
Kg
N in
gra
in p
er h
a
Reference NS 24-7
ENTEC NS 26-13
Kg N per ha
Sulfammo NS 23-18
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Sulfammo NS 23-18 to winter wheat, 5 tr. 2006K
g N
upt
ake
in g
rain
per
ha
9,5
10,0
10,5
11,0
11,5
12,0
12,5
150 175 200 175 175 175
Per
cent
pro
tein
-------NS 24-7------- --NS 24-7 + N-plus--
4 trials with N-Plus to winter wheat 2006
20 N
i N
-Plu
s st
. 51
20 N
i N
-Plu
s st
. 37
2 x
10 N
i N
-Plu
s
Table 12. Starter fertilizer to maize for silage
N P
Trial no. 1 21. No fertilizer - - 113,5 79,02. 81 kg NS 24-7 19 - 5,6 13,83. 116 kg NP 17-9-0 m. S 19 11 4,4 18,24. 128 kg NP 16-8 20 10 8,6 9,75. 123 kg NP 16-5 m. Humifirst 20 6 9,8 22,86. 95 kg NP 16-5 m. Humifirst 15 5 0,1 17,97. 78 kg ENTEC (NP 25-7) 20 5 8,3 19,18. 160 kg ENTEC (NP 25-7) 40 11 13,9 24,89. 240 kg NP 17-9-0 m. S 40 22 17,2 32,9LSD ns ns
Maize, silage
kg per ha
Nitrogen
Phos-phor.
Yield and responseUnits per ha
Winter barley without spraying with manganese sulphate Winter barley without spraying with manganese sulphate
Winter barley with 2 x autumn spraying with 2,5 kg manganese sulphate
Winter barley with 2 x autumn spraying with 2,5 kg manganese sulphate
30 N in calcium-
nitrate footplaced
30 N in amm.sul-phate footplaced
2 x MnSO4
autumn
sprayedUntreated
2 trials with foot placed fertilizer to prevent manga-nese deficiency in winter barley, 2006
Picture from trial no. 001 April 2006Picture from trial no. 001 April 2006
0+51,6+30,70
-1,6+21,1+ 9,923,6
Yield and yield response tr. 001 og 002
2005 2006 2005 20066 trials, 4 trials 2 trials 3 trials
Untreated 67,4 68,2 62,2 56,5Copper -0,2 -0,4 -0,3 2,0Zinck 0,1 -0,2 -1,7 -2,4Magnesum,sulphur -0,9 -0,9 0,0 1,6Nutrimix (Mix) -0,6 -0,4 -0,7 -1,3Epso Combitop (Mix) -1,4 0,1 0,5 0,2Micro Mix. -0,7 -1,3 -1,7 -0,5Manganese -0,4 0,6 -1,2 2,0Selenium -1,5 - -1,5 -Boron - 0,4 - -1,4
ns ns ns ns
Yield and yield response, dt per ha
Winter wheat Spring barley
Trials with micronutrients 2005-2006
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Le
ach
ing
of n
itro
ge
n, k
g N
/ha
60 kg N/ha120 kg N/ha
Spring barley, with and without catch crops
Ploughed springWithout catch crop
Ploughed spring with catch crop
Effect of reduced N supply: 20 kg N reducedleaching = 30 pct. of N reduction
Catch crops give more than a 50 per-cent reduction in leaching
Mustard as an intercrop between two winter wheat crops or sown togetherwith winter wheat
Mustard as an intercrop between two winter wheat crops or sown togetherwith winter wheat
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0-25
25-50
50-75
75-100
Kg N-min per 25 cm soil per ha
Dep
th c
m
Winter wheatSown at normal timeN-min 98 kg N/ha
Mustard as intercropN-min 70 kg N/ha
Very early sown winter wheat, N-min 63 kg N/ha
Mustard + winter wheatN-min 30 kgN/ha
Reduction of leaching in rotations dominated by winter cereals
Does the Danish regulation of nitrogen work anddoes it have an environmental impact?
Clay soils, >10 pct. clay
Upper ground water
Upper ground water
Root zone
Root zone
Mg
nitr
ate-
N p
er li
ter
90/91 2004/2005
Sandy soils (<10 pct. clay
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