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Pastures
Magnesium and sulphur
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Yield, animal growth and health
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| High deficiency risk: |
Sandy soils, during the first flush after winter
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| Deficiency symptoms: |
Mg: |
Occurrence of pale green to yellow patches with reduced vigour of the grass
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S: |
Stunted growth, chlorosis of grass
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| Recommendations: |
Under severe Mg deficiency 250-500 kg Kieserite/ha are needed. For maintenance, 85-170 kg Kieserite/ha are recommended.
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Sulphur deficiency symptoms of grass (left) expressed by stunted growth and chlorosis compared to an adequately supplied grass plot (right).
Mg fertilised grassland improves the nutritive value of the forage as well as the growth rate and fertility of cattle.
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