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<blockquote data-quote="Boysground" data-source="post: 6598857" data-attributes="member: 610"><p>I cut our earlier variety 3 weeks ago, the cob was fit but the stem was a little too green. The other 2 3rds of the crop was not yet fit. You have to remember that maize is basically a tropical plant, we are not growing it in ideal conditions. It needs heat units to ripen and there can be quite a difference between varieties the weather has a massive impact on this. </p><p></p><p>I grow maize on my own land and also use 3 or 4 neighbours fields, the system works well those that grow it for me like it as it pays well and gives an alternative profitable break crop and opportunity for some black grass control. One of my growers ploughed up hundreds of acres of OSR last year because of flea beetle so I am not surprised that he wants to grow more maize. </p><p></p><p>A wet harvest is the biggest issue although most of the soil is chalk so it drys very quickly. with the farm alongside a very busy road we have to be very careful with mud, there have been prosecutions in the area because of mud. I had a new bucket brush arrive yesterday so that we are able to clean up better during harvest, we always have a loader ready to clean the road if its wet. A few more dry days and we will be back on and hopefully not too muddy. </p><p></p><p>Just so you know all the maize is for a dairy, with a fully housed herd we need over 3000 tons of maize a year.</p><p></p><p>Bg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boysground, post: 6598857, member: 610"] I cut our earlier variety 3 weeks ago, the cob was fit but the stem was a little too green. The other 2 3rds of the crop was not yet fit. You have to remember that maize is basically a tropical plant, we are not growing it in ideal conditions. It needs heat units to ripen and there can be quite a difference between varieties the weather has a massive impact on this. I grow maize on my own land and also use 3 or 4 neighbours fields, the system works well those that grow it for me like it as it pays well and gives an alternative profitable break crop and opportunity for some black grass control. One of my growers ploughed up hundreds of acres of OSR last year because of flea beetle so I am not surprised that he wants to grow more maize. A wet harvest is the biggest issue although most of the soil is chalk so it drys very quickly. with the farm alongside a very busy road we have to be very careful with mud, there have been prosecutions in the area because of mud. I had a new bucket brush arrive yesterday so that we are able to clean up better during harvest, we always have a loader ready to clean the road if its wet. A few more dry days and we will be back on and hopefully not too muddy. Just so you know all the maize is for a dairy, with a fully housed herd we need over 3000 tons of maize a year. Bg [/QUOTE]
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