Newby
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Does anyone have a rough ballpark type figure for growing and ag bagging maize using contractors? I know there's a lot of variables
I suppose other costs that can be added to the above is ploughing, cultivation & lime (if needed). Rent may also need to be considered.
The MGA costed maize out to grow at £500-£550/acre (no ag bag) in 2015, probably on the high side.
What would you go with instead?We reckoned 700 an acre ...... good crop but too expensive imo
What would you go with instead?
What would you go with instead?
I feed a lot of bought in beet but haven't costed growing it, lots of it grown locally to me so it's as easy to buy it.Didn't you do some costings on fodder beet a while ago @Newby? Or was that just bought in? Always think beet is a good option in our area because the chance of hard weather seems to get less every year and you could feed it in the ground. Having said that never see much about.