Maize 2023

[Bald Rick]

Started drilling today and seems about right as it’s not been overly warm

 

[frederick]

Started drilling today and seems about right as it’s not been overly warm

Only got 75acres to do. Grass was off 10days ago. Fert went on ploughing today. Power harrow would be going if tomorrow looked better. Hope to get it in Tues Weds.
Soil temp still may not quite be there but it's may and it's only going to go one way.

 

[Bald Rick]

Only got 75acres to do. Grass was off 10days ago. Fert went on ploughing today. Power harrow would be going if tomorrow looked better. Hope to get it in Tues Weds.
Soil temp still may not quite be there but it's may and it's only going to go one way.

Yeah, busiest time of year for us as have about 400ac to put in and we do it ourselves rather than be delayed by contractors

 

[Headless chicken]

Still too cold for our liking here. We’re 70% ploughed up as of today, subsoiler will start tomorrow if weather plays ball 5% ready for plough tomorrow balance will be mowed and ploughed coming week.

 

[Jerry]

Possibly cutting Westerwolds tomorrow evening to clear ground for maize. If not Monday.

Very little maize drilled yet locally. Inch of rain Wednesday has slowed everyone up. Next door has 120 acres ploughed but it’s like a pudding right now.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Possibly cutting Westerwolds tomorrow evening to clear ground for maize. If not Monday.

Very little maize drilled yet locally. Inch of rain Wednesday has slowed everyone up. Next door has 120 acres ploughed but it’s like a pudding right now.

needs to warm up a bit as well, plenty of time yet.

 

[Aircooled]

Put a field in today under plastic.

 

[Lofty1984]

Hoping to make a start next week few customers nearly worked up ready

 

[Jdunn55]

Thankyou, this has made me feel better that mine isn't in yet!

 

[Dead Rabbits]

Planted nearly everything. No rain in April other than a small shower in the sixth. Drought last year, dry winter, concerning.

Trying some no till and it’s not all planted as the ground was so hard and dry. Concerning…..

 

[ollie989898]

Given the weather/conditions we have had recently I don't see any reason to rush. Get land tipped over by all means, I can't see the soil is warm enough yet but I've been wrong in the past.

Forget the calendar and look at the seed bed in front of you instead.

EDIT: a coarse seedbed will hurt your maize crop just as readily as the weather and you have a degree of control of it. Lumpy seed bed= poor seed to soil contact, uneven emergence, uneven weed emergence, retarded early growth and more trigger time for the birds to get on and eat the stuff.

 

[jondear]

Possibly cutting Westerwolds tomorrow evening to clear ground for maize. If not Monday.

Very little maize drilled yet locally. Inch of rain Wednesday has slowed everyone up. Next door has 120 acres ploughed but it’s like a pudding right now.

Don't worry its rained again overnight so two steps backwards again!ffs

 

[Jerry]

Don't worry its rained again overnight so two steps backwards again!ffs

1.7mm

might be more yet but 3 dry days ahead?

 

[sjt01]

Over the last fortnight our soil temperatures have rarely dipped below 10°C, so with plenty of rain in the forecast we have got all our pre-grass silage acreage drilled up and pre-em applied, about 160 acres.
Our first year drilling with the crimper roller and band spray pre-em, 5 operations in one. If we were conventionally drilling, it would have been far too wet most of the time but the root matter from the cover crop gave us a superb soil structure even when quite wet, and the cover crop mulch enabled us to travel.

 

[Sid]

Saw rye being cut yesterday for ad plant. Every tractor pulled out of the field.
Forager was going sideways
Got to get that maize in.

 

[Jdunn55]

Saw rye being cut yesterday for ad plant. Every tractor pulled out of the field.
Forager was going sideways
Got to get that maize in.

Lovely green energy

 

[Boysground]

Over the last fortnight our soil temperatures have rarely dipped below 10°C, so with plenty of rain in the forecast we have got all our pre-grass silage acreage drilled up and pre-em applied, about 160 acres.
Our first year drilling with the crimper roller and band spray pre-em, 5 operations in one. If we were conventionally drilling, it would have been far too wet most of the time but the root matter from the cover crop gave us a superb soil structure even when quite wet, and the cover crop mulch enabled us to travel.View attachment 1108813
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That looks fantastic, would love to see photos of emergence. Has the cover had Glyphosate yet?

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[Boysground]

My soil has been at least 9 degrees for the last week and was 12 yesterday. All the ground has been cultivated once, one field ploughed. Hopefully a second cultivation this week and see the drill soon. 25ac to do after a cut of grass.

Mower starting tomorrow and I haven’t finished the T1 on the wheat yet. It’s slightly busy

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[O'Reilly]

Over the last fortnight our soil temperatures have rarely dipped below 10°C, so with plenty of rain in the forecast we have got all our pre-grass silage acreage drilled up and pre-em applied, about 160 acres.
Our first year drilling with the crimper roller and band spray pre-em, 5 operations in one. If we were conventionally drilling, it would have been far too wet most of the time but the root matter from the cover crop gave us a superb soil structure even when quite wet, and the cover crop mulch enabled us to travel.View attachment 1108813
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That's the way to do it! If I had the resources, I'd be trying to do something like that. I'm disappointed that the maize growers association haven't been pushing this sort of thing a lot more. You are on easier land than some of us though....

 

[Sid]

Lovely green energy

Yeah 40 mile round trip green energy

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