DD on livestock farm

[hally]

Reseed done last year with the old Moore. View attachment 663804View attachment 663802

Reseed done last year with the old Moore. View attachment 663804View attachment 663802

Cross drilled?

 

[hally]

Bared off hard with sheep and cows I drilled it the 1st week of September with my Duncan renovator I’m more than pleased as is the customer.
Looking well considering the winter it’s had!!

Top job Kev, keep banging the drum

 

[Lewis]

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DD into existing grass last September
Shows the benefits of a dedicated renovation mixture.
Some Balansa clover in as well

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@Kevtherev is the left corner of the 2nd pic where you didn't overseed to show the comparison?

 

[Kevtherev]

@Kevtherev is the left corner of the 2nd pic where you didn't overseed to show the comparison?

Yes it is and illustrates what can be achieved

 

[scholland]

Cross drilled?

Ye at a slight angle

 

[Irish NZ]

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Swedes going in on some of our more rolling country. The drill is low disturbance in a straight line not so much creeping across banks.

Me thinks it's wet again.
Will the paddock be sprayed in a few days or has it already been done in that pic?

Pretty happy how it turned out.

 

[Yale]

Not happy finding these little buggers using my dd slot as a take away.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Not happy finding these little buggers using my dd slot as a take away.

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Little buggers!!

Never a large flock of corvids when you want them around - wrap some bales next to it

 

[Kevtherev]

Not happy finding these little buggers using my dd slot as a take away.

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The leather menace [emoji35]

 

[scholland]

Moore sown grass, very very sandy field. Should be silage in a few weeks. View attachment 669628

 

[scholland]

Moore sown grass, very very sandy field. Should be silage in a few weeks. View attachment 669628View attachment 669630

Cut yesterday

 

[scholland]

Bit of an experiment

 

[hendrebc]

Bit of an experiment View attachment 679288View attachment 679290

Experiment with what? I like experiments

 

[scholland]

Experiment with what? I like experiments

Fodder beet.

 

[hendrebc]

Fodder beet.

Drilled with the moore? Keep us posted how it goes please ive alway been told its hard to grow and has to be treated like an arable crop

 

[scholland]

Drilled with the moore? Keep us posted how it goes please ive alway been told its hard to grow and has to be treated like an arable crop

Ye thrown in with the moore [emoji23]
Lot of inputs but it seems to be growing. Very dry here and lots of drying easterly wind which is slowing it up.

 

[hendrebc]

Ye thrown in with the moore [emoji23]
Lot of inputs but it seems to be growing. Very dry here and lots of drying easterly wind which is slowing it up.

Livestock farmer style i like it

 

[neilo]

Drilled with the moore? Keep us posted how it goes please ive alway been told its hard to grow and has to be treated like an arable crop

It does, to get a high yield. It REALLY doesn't like competition, or disease, or.... Massive output of DM and energy per hectare if you do get it right though.

 

[neilo]

Bit of an experiment View attachment 679288View attachment 679290

That's looking well. I'm not sure that the placement is that much worse than my imprecision drilled stuff, which still has the odd miss and the odd 'double seed'.

Watching closely to see whether I dare put my own grazing beet in next year......

 

[scholland]

That's looking well. I'm not sure that the placement is that much worse than my imprecision drilled stuff, which still has the odd miss and the odd 'double seed'.

Watching closely to see whether I dare put my own grazing beet in next year......

I presume there is a reason it isn't dd more commonly, maybe input cost?
I don't have access to a precision drill so this is the only way into beet for me.
It is really dry now, fert spread 2 weeks ago is still on the surface [emoji31].
Ill keep updates on here as it grows on.