[Ag-eq] Fw: Reply needed asap: urea

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Jewel:

Thanks, you're always a wealth of knowledge.

How many sheep can you keep on your property?

Local farmers are telling me that they keep up to 5 per acre.

I guess it depends on the type of grass, rain fall and such.

Nella


Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

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> From: Leslie Averill
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:16 AM
> To: jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz
> Subject: Re: Reply needed asap: urea
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> Jewel, here's what my forage specialist said:
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> Urea is generally used as a N fertilizer. So we put it on fields and wait for
> it to get rained on well before we turn goats back on it. In our case the
> urea is used to help grow grass so we don't put animals back on the pastures
> for weeks after the cool season grass is at least 6 inches tall.
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> Leslie
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