Maize 2023

[jimmer]

I do like the look of that. Is the cultivator a Kuhn as well?

Dunno
Deep leg followed by rotavator, spikey roller type thing then standard maize seed dropper jobby

 

[jimmer]

Day 5

 

[Wesley]

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Day 5

Good job you planted them the right way up. It’d take a few more days for them to come up otherwise

 

[DRC]

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Day 5

Good luck with that as it looks the worst maize seed bed I’ve ever seen .

 

[Beef farmer]

Good luck with that as it looks the worst maize seed bed I’ve ever seen .

May aswell broadcast it

 

[pappuller]

May aswell broadcast it

dont give him ideas

 

[Wesley]

May aswell broadcast it

I’ve got an old seed fiddle hung up in a shed he could try. Ultimate low cost establishment.

 

[Beef farmer]

I’ve got an old seed fiddle hung up in a shed he could try. Ultimate low cost establishment.

Jim's gonna feed it to the cows in the parlour, let them spread it.

 

[More to life]

Jim's gonna feed it to the cows in the parlour, let them spread it.

Harvest it with a scythe,I think there's a youtube vid of him practicing.

 

[jimmer]

Good job you planted them the right way up. It’d take a few more days for them to come up otherwise

Makes a change, me doing something normal

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Makes a change, me doing something normal

Have you tried cutting the seeds in half yet?

 

[jimmer]

Good luck with that as it looks the worst maize seed bed I’ve ever seen .

I milk other people's rejects, drive budget brand vehicles and take all the out of date and damaged products from the ag store
There are more cows on robots than conventional parlours locally and only two of us grazing intensively

I'm prepared to challenge the apparent normal and take calculated risks after researching them

 

[Beef farmer]

I milk other people's rejects, drive budget brand vehicles and take all the out of date and damaged products from the ag store
There are more cows on robots than conventional parlours locally and only two of us grazing intensively

I'm prepared to challenge the apparent normal and take calculated risks after researching them

You researched this?

 

[jimmer]

You researched this?

The equivalent of talking to a bloke up the pub

 

[jackrussell101]

As John Cherrington used to say, the farms that made the money and stayed in business ran on 'the smell of an oily rag'. Not saying its true of everything but it can cost alot of money to 'farm well'.

 

[More to life]

As John Cherrington used to say, the farms that made the money and stayed in business ran on 'the smell of an oily rag'. Not saying its true of everything but it can cost alot of money to 'farm well'.

Jim certainly doesn't waste money on oil .

 

[Wesley]

I milk other people's rejects, drive budget brand vehicles and take all the out of date and damaged products from the ag store
There are more cows on robots than conventional parlours locally and only two of us grazing intensively

I'm prepared to challenge the apparent normal and take calculated risks after researching them

You’ll have to keep us updated. I’m intrigued by it. Not suitable for everywhere but can’t see why with the right ground conditions & right type of soil it wouldn't work.
We reckon it would’ve worked well on our stubble fields we planted. Just want to see a bit of of it done around here before we cast judgement.

 

[DRC]

As John Cherrington used to say, the farms that made the money and stayed in business ran on 'the smell of an oily rag'. Not saying its true of everything but it can cost alot of money to 'farm well'.

Penny wise, pound foolish, is also a well know saying. If you’re going to do something and rely on the outcome, it’s worth doing it right. And I’m not being mean, just going from experience

 

[frederick]

Penny wise, pound foolish, is also a well know saying. If you’re going to do something and rely on the outcome, it’s worth doing it right. And I’m not being mean, just going from experience

David Richardson last article ever for farmers weekly was a good one. It wasn't the good farmers that survived the ag depression, because they spent too much money doing things properly. It was the dog and stick farmers that survived because they didn't spend anything but when things improved they still had their farms.

 

[som farmer]

As John Cherrington used to say, the farms that made the money and stayed in business ran on 'the smell of an oily rag'. Not saying its true of everything but it can cost alot of money to 'farm well'.

the oily rag, has turned into an extremely costly experience today

and we don't seem to manage without it.