We are developing a plantation / farm spanning 70 acres in Southern Tamil Nadu. We are planning for a mix of vegetable crops, pulses, millets.
We are commencing trial cultivation of Sorghum [Cholam] & Green Gram in 10 acres next week. As part of the land / soil preparation work ahead of cultivation, we are not in a position to source Farmyard Manure & Organic Composts for field preparation for such a large acreage. We do not want to buy organic composts / farmyard manure from outside as the costs are very prohibitive and it will make the cultivation economics unviable. Costs apart, there isn t sufficient quantity of FYM / composts available to meet our requirement
Going forward we do not see the possibility of running a dairy / cattle operation to provide us the manure as we do not want to be distracted from the core focus on cultivation.
What are the other cost effective alternatives beyond farmyard manures & organic composts for land preparation. Are bio organic composts [liquid form] a good alternative to farmyard manure
I shall appreciate feedback & advice from experts & users in this forum
regards
KRISHNAN P S
We are commencing trial cultivation of Sorghum [Cholam] & Green Gram in 10 acres next week. As part of the land / soil preparation work ahead of cultivation, we are not in a position to source Farmyard Manure & Organic Composts for field preparation for such a large acreage. We do not want to buy organic composts / farmyard manure from outside as the costs are very prohibitive and it will make the cultivation economics unviable. Costs apart, there isn t sufficient quantity of FYM / composts available to meet our requirement
Going forward we do not see the possibility of running a dairy / cattle operation to provide us the manure as we do not want to be distracted from the core focus on cultivation.
What are the other cost effective alternatives beyond farmyard manures & organic composts for land preparation. Are bio organic composts [liquid form] a good alternative to farmyard manure
I shall appreciate feedback & advice from experts & users in this forum
regards
KRISHNAN P S