NZ Fieldays Mystery Creek 2013

[FonterraFarmer]

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Some more pictures, but the excavator needs a decent paint job ....

 

[Yale]

Nice pics,like the drills.

 

[multi power]

i like the masseys, are they refurb tractors for sale?

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Multi power, the Fergies are cleaned up, repainted and mechanically rebuilt as required, about 35km south of here just north of Hamilton. They prefer to do Fergies but they do some some 1000 series and 600 series Fords too. A neighbour has a 35 petrol and a 165 from them.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

More pictures...

 

[benferg]

ha ha ha, saw someone I know in the photos!

Thanks for the pics

 

[JD-Kid]

fella who sells seed's by any chance Ben ??

 

[multi power]

Multi power, the Fergies are cleaned up, repainted and mechanically rebuilt as required, about 35km south of here just north of Hamilton. They prefer to do Fergies but they do some some 1000 series and 600 series Fords too. A neighbour has a 35 petrol and a 165 from them.

i wonder how much that 200 series one would cost? got to be an econimacial way of getting a very usefull tractor

 

[FonterraFarmer]

i wonder how much that 200 series one would cost? got to be an econimacial way of getting a very usefull tractor

You better be quick Multi power, if there not sold locally, they will end up on a boat to the Islands....

 

[tealdog038]

ha ha ha, saw someone I know in the photos!

Thanks for the pics

haha yea i was looking too! shame i couldnt get there, definately going next year F*&% work!

 

[Muck Spreader]

Is it normal in NZ to do two passes with something like an Aitchison drill ? Noticed the diamond pattern in the grass in the first two photos.

 

[tealdog038]

No way! Not sure why theyve done that

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Over here all new perminent pastures are crossdrilled, at about 30 degrees, on the second run.Since the drill spacings are 150mm, single drilling is too far apart and gives an open pasture. As our local contractor says "Always crossdrill" new pasture, admittedly the cost is twice as much as drilling once only.....

 

[combineguy]

Hi

But why though. Grass will tiller out and fill in the gaps. Looks perfectly fine after a year.

Just had a look around the naki and manawatu at some dd crops of grass and plantain and they look good.

 

[tealdog038]

First iv heard of that! Cant see cockys forking out twice the cash for half the area.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Hi

But why though. Grass will tiller out and fill in the gaps. Looks perfectly fine after a year.

Just had a look around the naki and manawatu at some dd crops of grass and plantain and they look good.

I'm not going to disagree with you, but I personally want a thick, dense pasture as quick as possible, hence all the regrassing of paddocks for perminant pasture are crossdrilled. In saying that the local contractor said when asked, answered "Allways crossdrill", and I know he's not just saying that so he can charge twice as much to get the job done, but because thats what works best around here, so it could be a regional variation too. There are some pastures that have been regrassed by drilling once only around here but they look more open and/or weedy than whats crossdrilled.Crossdrilling also hides any errors in miscalculations in drilling due to Waikato poisoning from the previous night too!

 

[JD-Kid]

a few of the drills run 6 inch or greater rows think GP maybe 7 inch

alot of the newer drills more suited to grass land 4-5 inch rows so less need to crossdrill even seen crossslots running grass down both openers to almost get a band sowing

teage have a spreader system guys spread there clover on top then roll seed in know a few guys with renavater drills doing the same thing opening the seed flaps up to spread clovers

 

[combineguy]

Hi

But i still ask why. If a grass crop is drilled with a good dose of fert down the spout, then after a year you will not be able to see the so called 'Drill rows'. Below is a crop of plantain under sown with rape.

 

[combineguy]

a few of the drills run 6 inch or greater rows think GP maybe 7 inch

alot of the newer drills more suited to grass land 4-5 inch rows so less need to crossdrill even seen crossslots running grass down both openers to almost get a band sowing

teage have a spreader system guys spread there clover on top then roll seed in know a few guys with renavater drills doing the same thing opening the seed flaps up to spread clovers

Hi

Another way if your clover is still ok, you can just drill in a new pasture into it.

On another subject, has anyone had any trouble with plantain moth??