Durry cows
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- Location
- Derbyshire
What crop you putting in?
Maize harvest 2018
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Kingofgrass
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Grass,swapping a few fields round it’ll mean iv got some virgin maize fields next year
- Location
- Breconshire
I had a very enjoyable day on Friday judging maize crops for Usk Show around parts of Monmouthshire and Forest of Dean part of Gloucestershire. Didn't see a poor crop which made for some head scratching at the end of the day. Also, just had enough time for a look around Hunt Seeds at Plusterwine which was a real treat. Well done to the maize growers in that area and a big thank you to the show secretary for the invite.
Farmer_1994
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- Location
- Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada
We have been slowly been getting our silage crop up this year between the rains. Get a 2 or three day stretch and cover the pile up again before more rain. This year we are chopping 400 acres and has been averaging about 15-16 ton an acre wet.
Had a few loads waiting already to push after pulling plastic back again.
Got off the pack tractor for a change in scenery.
Kit- 315 magnum on a case fhx300 pull chopper with 4 row corn head.
Jd 7810 on loewen 22 foot forage box
Western star with 20 foot grain/silage box
Case mx125 on silage pit
Had a few loads waiting already to push after pulling plastic back again.
Got off the pack tractor for a change in scenery.
Kit- 315 magnum on a case fhx300 pull chopper with 4 row corn head.
Jd 7810 on loewen 22 foot forage box
Western star with 20 foot grain/silage box
Case mx125 on silage pit
Sparkymark
Member
All go today. The earliest maize ive ever cut in 17 years of growing it.
Undersown with mushrooms? The crop is full of them!
Slippery Slope
Member
How many acres/hectares would you hope to cut a day with the drag forager @Farmer_1994 ? Don't think I've ever seen one working over here!
Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
DID it all make it to the pit safely? Lol
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Like the machinery. Holy cow - 400acres of maize through a trailed harvester!
dowcow
Member
- Location
- Lancashire
Ours has been the same this year... Never seen so many mushrooms! Had an awful lot of mushroom soup over the summer
Farmer_1994
Member
- Location
- Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada
This year on a good day we do 45-50 acres depending on the tonnage, but usually have to cover the pile up again because of rain and then we do 30 acres on those days.
Farmer_1994
Member
- Location
- Oakbank, Manitoba, Canada
Its quite a job. Down the road would like to upgrade to a second hand self propelled forager but this machine should still have a few more years left in it.
stablegirl
Member
- Location
- North
Ive got an analysis back already, not sure its worth much after 4 days in the clamp but the rep was here.
34%DM, 33% Starch, 12.0ME, 7.1% Protein.
Pleased with that but will re test in a couple of weeks.
34%DM, 33% Starch, 12.0ME, 7.1% Protein.
Pleased with that but will re test in a couple of weeks.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Last field 20tn acre crop
Your there taking pictures and the chopper is waiting for a trailer.... bloody farmers
- Location
- North Devon
Not sure if this is a record but....
Had 6 12t trailer loads off of 7 acres [emoji15]
Would guess about 6t an acre.
Luckily rest of fields weren’t as bad as that.
Had 6 12t trailer loads off of 7 acres [emoji15]
Would guess about 6t an acre.
Luckily rest of fields weren’t as bad as that.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
No I was full up and waiting for a trailer to come back to the field.
stablegirl
Member
- Location
- North
I wouldnt be as down as that, we weighed our trailers and there were incredibly heavy.
Our 12 ton westerns full had 13 ton in them.
Yours on that basis could have done 11 ton.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Surely that’s 10tons ?
- Location
- North Devon
Would have to be very heavy maize to get 12t in a 12t trailer.