Nitrogen requirement for a 1 cut Westerwold then flipped over into Maize

[Dragon]

How much N/ha is a unit/acre?

Multiply units/acre by 1.25 to get kgN /ha

Multiply kgN/ha by 0.8 to get units an acre

 

[Headless chicken]

How much N/ha is a unit/acre?

Curious how much would you put on @Serup and what sort of leys? Assume you’d grow a fair amount of maize?

 

[Serup]

Curious how much would you put on @Serup and what sort of leys? Assume you’d grow a fair amount of maize?

I grow perennial mixes (DLF foragemax), based on 4-5 different ryegrass, fescue and red- and white clover. 5 cuts/year.
It's not the same mixes they have on the international website, but i grow these two at the moment:

ForageMax 40 Robust Rød

ForageMax 40 Robust Rød har en unik kombination af almindelig rajgræs, rød- og hvidkløver samt Strandsvingel PLUS HIPAST. Det er en blanding, der kombinerer holdbarhed og foderkvalitet ved 5 slæt årligt.

www.dlf.dk

ForageMax 41 Robust Hvid

ForageMax 41 Robust Hvid indeholder ud over almindelig rajgræs og hvidkløver også strandsvingel PLUS. Blandingen er primært til slæt, men kan også anvendes til afgræsning.

www.dlf.dk

My forage is divided between 30-40% grass and 60-70% maize. I grow about 0,6 ha/cow with forage.

I usually put 80-90 kg N/ha for new leys - i always seed in august - and 100-120 kg N/ha on older fields, dependant on how much clover is left, before first cut.
In dry years old fields primarely get slurry. All fields only gets slurry after first cut and the rest of the season.

 

[vinnie123]

We have chopped a lot of westerwold over the years & it has all ways been very disappointing in yield , regardless of how much slurry or fert it was had

Probably a little too far north to get the best out of westerwolds tbh

 

[Speedstar]

Probably a little too far north to get the best out of westerwolds tbh

Maybe it was on some of the best land in east lothian

 

[vinnie123]

Maybe it was on some of the best land in east lothian

Few degrees colder and a bit longer winter with slightly shorter days than us doon sooth makes a hell of a difference.
Grasses are still growing like buggery here atm .