matttargett4
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I was going to post an update and this thread popped up today.
direct drilled balansa from farm marketplace into undisturbed spring wheat stubble, on poor ground, around the 20/8/20, completely untouched until it was cut on the 5/6/21, yes it was late but we were busy and it wasn’t a priority, it had been flowering for over a month by then and probably 50% of the flowers were gone, cut, left a couple of days, raked, left a day and baked and wrapped, 70 odd 120*90*1500 bales from 10 acs, 82% dm, 9me and 18% cp according to the tests, we’ve just finished feeding it to dairy replacements for about a month since housing, it wasn’t buffered at all, fed ad-lib, they were keen for it which helped, I was worried about low energy but was expected to only be a stop gap so just kept an eye on them.
animals look excellent without exception and if I had more of it I would have left them on it all winter without any worries.
i havent really thought about the cost per tonne but it must be pretty cheap, best suited to arable ground where your struggling for a break crop in that respect.
overall pleased, might do it again if the situation arises
direct drilled balansa from farm marketplace into undisturbed spring wheat stubble, on poor ground, around the 20/8/20, completely untouched until it was cut on the 5/6/21, yes it was late but we were busy and it wasn’t a priority, it had been flowering for over a month by then and probably 50% of the flowers were gone, cut, left a couple of days, raked, left a day and baked and wrapped, 70 odd 120*90*1500 bales from 10 acs, 82% dm, 9me and 18% cp according to the tests, we’ve just finished feeding it to dairy replacements for about a month since housing, it wasn’t buffered at all, fed ad-lib, they were keen for it which helped, I was worried about low energy but was expected to only be a stop gap so just kept an eye on them.
animals look excellent without exception and if I had more of it I would have left them on it all winter without any worries.
i havent really thought about the cost per tonne but it must be pretty cheap, best suited to arable ground where your struggling for a break crop in that respect.
overall pleased, might do it again if the situation arises