Correct stage to cut silage .(pics)

[JET]

is this the correct stage to cut silage

Its on its 6th week of fert

We tend to go for bulk rather than quality but im fed up of buying concentrates!
This year im determined to make better stuff.

Seed head is there and looks fresh

I usually avrage 10 chopped bales per acre i recon its about 7-8 now

 

[JET]

 

[JET]

 

[jondear]

Crack on !Rain on sat or sun though!

 

[Brisel]

The D value is highest as the ear starts to emerge. Delaying reduces the value but your bulk yield goes up.

 

[Mr Charisma]

Have you applied N and if so has the crop used it ?

Okay I now see it's on it's 6th week since fert ,,,,, do you think it has used it ?

 

[JET]

i do think the n is gone as I only put 125kg down

 

[milkloss]

I would say not yet. Do you want it to grow for another cut?

 

[JET]

Yes hoping for another similar and a smaller third cut

 

[milkloss]

Yes hoping for another similar and a smaller third cut

Probably crack on then. Could you clarify the nitrogen application, total product? Ha/acre?

 

[C.J]

i do think the n is gone as I only put 125kg down

per acre or hectare and 125kg of what

 

[JET]

Per Ha

 

[Adam@Rumen]

Quality over quantity in my opinion, doesn't suit every system though of course.

 

[TelesnaAg]

Is this possible...??..old mate reckons he got 183 x 500kg bales of a hectare of knight italian ryegrass? Silage bales...thats 90 tonne wet...

Hope link works?

Ant...

https://www.ausweststephenseeds.com...4e7dfd364&utm_source=Email&utm_term=Read More

 

[neilo]

Is this possible...??..old mate reckons he got 183 x 500kg bales of a hectare of knight italian ryegrass? Silage bales...thats 90 tonne wet...

Hope link works?

Ant...

https://www.ausweststephenseeds.com.au/Pages/Newsletter/Fert-and-Grazing-Mgmt_May-17?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May Newsletter&utm_content=May Newsletter+CID_76764a935103540d42936ab4e7dfd364&utm_source=Email&utm_term=Read More

I suspect someone had been on some funny tobacco......

Either that, or he'd spent a few days carting bales onto the hectare before he counted them.

 

[C.J]

Per Ha

125kg/Ha of Nitrogen is 100units/acre.

They say allow 2 units/day so that's 50 days after your application.

If you want 3 cuts you need to get your fertiliser on earlier

 

[TelesnaAg]

Yeah i thought 90 tonnes in corn would be a challenge...but sometimes thick grass can be decieving...

Its a seed company...so loose truth is the norm...

I hope to do my first silage bales next year...

Ant..

 

[Andy12345]

125kg/Ha of Nitrogen is 100units/acre.

They say allow 2 units/day so that's 50 days after your application.

If you want 3 cuts you need to get your fertiliser on earlier

125 Kg/Ha would be roughly 50 Kg/Ac ? So in my book that would 34.5 units or am I missing something.

 

[Zippy768]

125 Kg/Ha would be roughly 50 Kg/Ac ? So in my book that would 34.5 units or am I missing something.

125 x 0.8 = 100. 100 units per acre

 

[C.J]

125 Kg/Ha would be roughly 50 Kg/Ac ? So in my book that would 34.5 units or am I missing something.

Both Milkloss and myself asked the question what product.

Now if it was 125kg of Nitram / Hectare then you would be right 34.5 units / acre.

But if you want 3 good cuts your going to need to use more fertiliser than that.