Maize 2023

[Adam@Rumen]

PDV Salt for clamps flying out the door this week, people must be getting ready.

 

[Martyn]

PDV Salt for clamps flying out the door this week, people must be getting ready.

Anything that flys has a poor carbon footprint you know!

 

[Beef farmer]

How much for 5ton delivered to me please?

PDV Salt for clamps flying out the door this week, people must be getting ready.

 

[sjt01]

Started today, waiting for dm test but should be about 30-32%

 

[Beef farmer]

that was ours on Tuesday.

 

[Jdunn55]

PDV Salt for clamps flying out the door this week, people must be getting ready.

What does this do please?

Is there a discount for our of season purchasing? I won't need any for 6 months

 

[devonboy]

Done 800 tons yday which we had sold, 2 hour round trip, 12 trailers on , my job was manning the weighbridge, 16 ton acre , havent had the samples back yet but the trailers were weighing right, not overly heavy, agrii lab tested it at 34%dm on monday , cobs were really ripe , ours is usually the first to ripen around here, planted about 20th april. lots more to do for us next week. gema and gatsby.

 

[the gCuan]

Anyone ever see small deformed looking cobs up at the top of the odd plant in an otherwise very good crop? Up at the tassel.

 

[devonboy]

The 800t averaged, according to the multiple analysis at 34.94dm and starch content of 41.76

 

[ollie989898]

Anyone ever see small deformed looking cobs up at the top of the odd plant in an otherwise very good crop? Up at the tassel.

Yes. I have seen this before. I have never looked for an explanation. I have only ever found it on a few plants so I just thought it was some genetic or developmental issue. All commercially grown forage maize plants are hybrids so the odd weird and wonderful specimen is to be expected.

 

[Wesley]

The 800t averaged, according to the multiple analysis at 34.94dm and starch content of 41.76

The question is do you believe it yourself?

 

[ollie989898]

The 800t averaged, according to the multiple analysis at 34.94dm and starch content of 41.76

I can believe starch at 41% or above. I suspect the dry matter may not be 100% accurate though, which may affect all the other values you have recorded.

 

[devonboy]

 

[devonboy]

It was planted early , on boys ground it the right area, it was up to my shorts on jun12, see post 371, harvest date is directly related to sowing dates,but still surprised us though how ripe it was though.Fantastic year for maize earlier on,

 

[farmboy]

first time round

 

[ollie989898]

On the chalk maize is a doddle.

 

[the gCuan]

Yes. I have seen this before. I have never looked for an explanation. I have only ever found it on a few plants so I just thought it was some genetic or developmental issue. All commercially grown forage maize plants are hybrids so the odd weird and wonderful specimen is to be expected.

I think a lot of them are on tillers.

 

[devonboy]

There were a few on the trial plots at AGRII maize trials at Bridgwater, nothing unusual to see the odd one.

 

[ollie989898]

There were a few on the trial plots at AGRII maize trials at Bridgwater, nothing unusual to see the odd one.

Totally normal for Bridgewater.

 

[sidjon]

Totally normal for Bridgewater.

There's never normal in Bridgewater