Maize 2020

[Beef farmer]

Thunderbirds are go .........

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... just another 325 acres to go

Going to push it all away with that?

 

[Bald Rick]

Going to push it all away with that?

Nah. Buckrake turned up shortly after. Just using TM to roll

 

[Shebb90]

Know that feeling [emoji22]View attachment 913804

That's down fair that. Be interesting to see how we travel.

 

[Mc115reed]

That's down fair that. Be interesting to see how we travel.

32ton cat digger rescued me [emoji85]

 

[RAF]

Is it still fun

 

[Shebb90]

32ton cat digger rescued me [emoji85]

How did it travel over all

 

[Mc115reed]

How did it travel over all

Heavy ground is travelling well, light ground is like flour and just gives in ... have done 150 acre out of 1200 so far so long way too go yet but tbf the majority has been 2 weeks off ready to chop anyways...

 

[Mc115reed]

 

[Shebb90]

Heavy ground is travelling well, light ground is like flour and just gives in ... have done 150 acre out of 1200 so far so long way too go yet but tbf the majority has been 2 weeks off ready to chop anyways...

So you a contractor I guess?

 

[Mc115reed]

So you a contractor I guess?

Contractor/ comedy sheep farmer [emoji23]

 

[Shebb90]

Contractor/ comedy sheep farmer [emoji23]

What forager is it

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Was it your gang who had the round baler on the maize clamp, bailing up maize and wrapping it?

Couldn’t believe that worked. Surely the bales will just be 2 feet tall in a week?

 

[Devon James]

Do you think it would be possible to block off some coulters and drill maize with the Claydon?

Yes, or just drill as it is? Soil needs to be moved prior to drilling I reckon

 

[Devon James]

Was it your gang who had the round baler on the maize clamp, bailing up maize and wrapping it?

No, would like to see that

 

[som farmer]

Yes, or just drill as it is? Soil needs to be moved prior to drilling I reckon

we combination drilled some, if you went in it, complete disorientated, no rows ! Very good crop, but if we were to repeat, would use a much lower seed rate, for ripening off, rows give more 'room' for sun, a thick 'covering', just seemed to be smaller cobs, and delayed ripening. Drilled into good seed bed, but we didn't blank any coulters off.
While the yield was excellent, starch was 29%, more stalk and leaf's, competing for sun ? For the sake of a few extra £'s to have a proper drill, is it ever worth the money saved ? You only get, what you put in, so, for us, no repeat. Our neighbor, grows 100+ acres, for several years, put in with a vaderstat, last 3/4 years, gone back to a proper drill, sums it up.

 

[ollie989898]

No, would like to see that

Client of mine used to do it, would come to the farm and bale it by loading it from the pit. Not cheap.

 

[Beef farmer]

Couldn’t believe that worked. Surely the bales will just be 2 feet tall in a week?

They do a bit of it in nz, hopper on the front of the baler and load it with a loader. Makes delivering to anyone who just wants to feed 1.ton a day simple and effective

 

[Beef farmer]

Client of mine used to do it, would come to the farm and bale it by loading it from the pit. Not cheap.

Why any different to normal bale costs?

 

[Homesy]

Reduction in fermentation and clamp losses would pay for the baling and wrap. Just the extra handling would be the expense.

 

[Jdunn55]

Reduction in fermentation and clamp losses would pay for the baling and wrap. Just the extra handling would be the expense.

As long as you can keep the rats away from them!
I bale wholecrop and successfully keep the rats out, maize would be like that on crack I would have thought!

I'm all for baling but only out in the field...