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Finland
Regulation of manure applying
You can’t apply manure usually between October 15th and April 15th in Finland. If the ground is melt and dry, we can apply manure as far as November 15th and we can start applying manure in the 1st of April at the earliest. It is forbidden to spread manure to surface of grass after the 15th of September. You can spread hard manure maximum of 30 t/ha and slurry maximum of 20 t/ha in one time.
Regulation for fertilizing
There is environmental supports in Finland, which determines how much fertilize you can use.
Limits for silage: Limits for hay:
- N 180 kg/ha/year - N 90 kg/ha/year
- P 30 kg/ha/year - P 15 kg
The limits in nitrogen fertilizing in Finland (kg/ha):
| Plant |
Southern Finland |
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Middle Finland |
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Northern Finland |
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Clay and
siltlands |
Coarse Mineral soil |
Organic soil |
Clay and siltlands |
Coarse Mineral soil |
Organic soil |
Clay and siltlands |
Coarse Mineral soil |
Organic soil |
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| Barley (Rolfi) |
100 |
80 |
50 |
90 |
80 |
60 |
90 |
80 |
60 |
| Malt barley (Barke) |
90 |
80 |
60 |
90 |
80 |
50 |
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| Oats (Freja) |
100 |
90 |
50 |
100 |
90 |
60 |
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| Spring wheat (Bastian) |
120 |
110 |
70 |
110 |
100 |
70 |
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| Spring tyrnip rape (SW Rebus) |
120 |
100 |
70 |
110 |
100 |
70 |
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| Spring rape (Sponsor) |
120 |
100 |
80 |
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| Autumn tyrnip rape in the autumn |
30 |
30 |
20 |
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| Autumn tyrnip rape in the spring |
120 |
100 |
70 |
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| Pea (Karita) |
50 |
50 |
40 |
50 |
50 |
40 |
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| Rye in the autumn |
30 |
30 |
20 |
30 |
30 |
20 |
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| Rye in the spring (Picasso) |
120 |
100 |
40 |
110 |
90 |
40 |
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| Spring rye |
100 |
80 |
60 |
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| Autumn wheat in the autumn |
30 |
30 |
20 |
30 |
30 |
20 |
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| Autumn wheat in the spring |
120 |
110 |
50 |
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| Ryewheat in the autumn |
30 |
30 |
20 |
30 |
30 |
20 |
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| Ryewheat in the spring |
120 |
110 |
40 |
120 |
100 |
30 |
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The limits in phosphorous fertilizing in Finland (kg/ha/a):
| Plant |
Classification of fruitfulness |
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Bad |
Baddish |
Passable |
satis-
factory |
Good |
High |
Suppose
high |
| Rye, Wheat, oil plants,legumes |
40 |
30 |
25 |
15 |
10 |
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| Barley, |
43 |
33 |
28 |
18 |
13 |
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| Oats |
35 |
25 |
20 |
10 |
5 |
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| Oats/Barley mashlum |
39 |
29 |
24 |
14 |
9 |
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| Silage |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
15 |
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| Grass made in the summer or spring |
65 |
55 |
45 |
35 |
25 |
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| Grass in the spring |
20 |
15 |
10 |
5 |
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| One year fodder grass |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
15 |
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| Many years grass |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
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| Potatoe |
75 |
75 |
75 |
55 |
35 |
20 |
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| Sugar beet |
80 |
80 |
80 |
60 |
40 |
20 |
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Page updated 11.4.2006 |
