Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 26. 8. 2009

Rape does not have to starve in autumn

Rape needs besides phosphorus and sulphur above all nitrogen in autumn – best in an ammonium form to be able to create leaf surface and roots. Rape needs in autumn according to a development between 50 and more than 100 kg/ha of nitrogen to be able to create leaf mass and roots. The plant deposit a part of nitrogen in root collar for a fast regeneration in spring. From the phase of 8th leaf rape creates flower buds and than it does not have to suffer from a lack of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur). Plants uses nutrients deposited in a root collar in growth phases during winter, unless they are received from the soil in a sufficient amount.

Numbers of poultry increased by 13 percents in Czech Republic

In last four years, numbers of poultry decreased by 12,4 percents in the region Zlín. While farmers kept roughly 1,148 million pieces in half of this year, in the half of 2004 it was over 1,31 million, so almost by 163 000 more. In all the country, vice-versa numbers of raised poultry increased by 13 percents in this period. According to experts, the decrease in numbers of poultry in the region was caused by a low profitability of breedings due to low buy-out prices and on the contrary by increasing costs for raw materials.

Crop of grapes will be by as much as half lower this year

Rain at time of flowering of grape-vine and hails – possibly two the biggest causes blame for that this year´s grape crop will be significantly lower in some places of South Moravia than last year. In spite of a considerable over-crop last year, some vine-growers will harvest by as much as a half less this year. Radomil Baloun from Velké Pavlovice in the region Břeclav has own experience. “Some varieties suffer from getting wet of grapes. It concerns especially Svatovavřinecké wine, Tramín, Ruland grey, and Neuburg wine. Storm came, it rained in flowers, and a pollination was lower”, Baloun described a negative impact of summer rain downpours.

Fat cows suffer more of uteritis

A fitness of dairy cows during standing dry (without a lactation) is a decisive for whether cows after a delivery will sicken of uteritis or a retention of afterbirth. It was presented by Dr. Claire Ponsart from a French union of insemination stations on the occasion of the Cattle Heath Day hich took place in Giessen. The expert demonstrated an existence of direct mutual relation between a fitness (body condition) in the period of standing dry and an occurrence of health problems in around-delivery period, which is for example a fever, a retention of afterbirth and endometritis, on results of research in whose frame 234 Holstein-Friesian cows with second or third calf were examined.