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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7320598" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>heaviest crop we can grow, is hybrid rye, up to 20 acre, then maize behind. This years crop isn't as milky as the analysis suggests it could be, and in fairness, there is a lot of straw beneath the head, we can justify that, in 2 ways, 1st being a decent crop of maize behind it, and 2nd we can buy relatively small amounts of straights, to balance it. We have 18 acres in, mixed with winter vetch, in the hope of increasing the feed value, time will judge. But the more you can achieve with home grown forage, the better. One of the mistakes i made, when i started out, was trying 'to hard', i put in lucerne, and grew maize, with some arable for home mixing, everything worked well, except for the fact, i had removed to much grass/acs from the farm, which limited the grazing to severely. On the grain, i put 60 ton of winter barley, in a shed, mill and mix, plus say 15 ton of goodies to mix with it, and realised the following spring, i had bagged virtually all of that by hand ! You simply cannot do everything at once, looks, sounds right, but in practice, often a different story, we were all young once, keen as mustard, wanting to try this, or that, but you cant do it all at once.</p><p> Tritecale, spr, we have grown, it yields well, and simple to farm, lupins are on the 'list' to try, they have an advantage they like acidy soils, but admit to hearing both good and bad, about them, but it all comes down to available acres, grass is the cheapest, are your cow numbers up to capacity ? if not, you might be better off just growing grass, and buying a few more cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7320598, member: 86168"] heaviest crop we can grow, is hybrid rye, up to 20 acre, then maize behind. This years crop isn't as milky as the analysis suggests it could be, and in fairness, there is a lot of straw beneath the head, we can justify that, in 2 ways, 1st being a decent crop of maize behind it, and 2nd we can buy relatively small amounts of straights, to balance it. We have 18 acres in, mixed with winter vetch, in the hope of increasing the feed value, time will judge. But the more you can achieve with home grown forage, the better. One of the mistakes i made, when i started out, was trying 'to hard', i put in lucerne, and grew maize, with some arable for home mixing, everything worked well, except for the fact, i had removed to much grass/acs from the farm, which limited the grazing to severely. On the grain, i put 60 ton of winter barley, in a shed, mill and mix, plus say 15 ton of goodies to mix with it, and realised the following spring, i had bagged virtually all of that by hand ! You simply cannot do everything at once, looks, sounds right, but in practice, often a different story, we were all young once, keen as mustard, wanting to try this, or that, but you cant do it all at once. Tritecale, spr, we have grown, it yields well, and simple to farm, lupins are on the 'list' to try, they have an advantage they like acidy soils, but admit to hearing both good and bad, about them, but it all comes down to available acres, grass is the cheapest, are your cow numbers up to capacity ? if not, you might be better off just growing grass, and buying a few more cows. [/QUOTE]
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