spring sown forage crop
- Thread starter spanners
- Start date
- Location
- Hampshire
Westerwolds? IRG? Perhaps barley / oats and cut for wholecrop?
MF4355
New Member
- Location
- North Antrim
- Location
- Limousin, France
westerwolds+barley+oats+peas, plenty of fert.
Dave6170
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- Location
- Watten, caithness
Italian ryegrass. Tried it last year for the 1st time and Will do it again. With red clover as well possibly.?
- Location
- Cornwall.
I year IRG mix, 50/50, diploid, tetraploid mix, 3 cuts at least. There's some cheap stuff around consult the Recommended Grass & Clovers to find listed varieties.
Download from here: http://www.britishgrassland.com/news/recommended-list-grass-and-clover-2012
Download from here: http://www.britishgrassland.com/news/recommended-list-grass-and-clover-2012
Penmoel
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We had a red clover ryegrass mix but sown in early august one year, two good cuts for three years organic giving about 16/17 bales in two cuts no fert
- Location
- Cornwall.
Yes
Penmoel
Member
Correct, some say einbock the grass seed in a couple of weeks after the corn, never done that ourselves though.
- Location
- Cornwall.
I had one guy some years ago, two fields, missed sowing grass in the second by about 10 days due to weather, it was never as good. I'd roll the mix in nice and tight, broadcast the IRG and give it a further roll.
- Location
- Limousin
Be careful if you are round balling a barley mix that the crop isn't too mature as the awn's can cause mouth irritation.
JD-Kid
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- Location
- Akaroa.. New Zealand
seeing it's a sucker cow why looking for dairy milking silage ?? and more so if yer going to buff it out with lower value filler while feeding out
i'd put the grass in to eat standing and mow the older paddocks feed up with fert and then mow keeping qulity in the older stands
seems arse backwards to feed out rocket fuel and feed out filler to balance it when the older grass is there sole diet same as the sheep men i belive sucker cows and sheep will have to look at there cost with riseing inputs
i'd put the grass in to eat standing and mow the older paddocks feed up with fert and then mow keeping qulity in the older stands
seems arse backwards to feed out rocket fuel and feed out filler to balance it when the older grass is there sole diet same as the sheep men i belive sucker cows and sheep will have to look at there cost with riseing inputs
- Location
- South Molton
Look at the costs of spring cereals this year. I'm steering away from Barley and peas due to cost. Will put in a short term gras to get me through this year cheaper.
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- Cornwall.
- Location
- Romsey, Hampshire
It's not but there is a lot to be learnt about profitable farming from NZ and J D Kidd as well.Whatever pal, Its not NZ
- Location
- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
JD-Kid
Member
- Location
- Akaroa.. New Zealand
dose not matter if it's NZ or the UK it's costs here alot of talk on higher value standing feed for grazeing and poorer bulk feed for winter feeding bit point less grazeing poorer feed and adding a huge cost on to finshing feed just to bale and then feed out
intresting i used to deal with a lot of dairy farmers with grazeing and silages also drilling for them the euro /dutch farmers just shook there heads at how the kiwis were following ideas ... rocket fuel for finshing gut fill for others
intresting i used to deal with a lot of dairy farmers with grazeing and silages also drilling for them the euro /dutch farmers just shook there heads at how the kiwis were following ideas ... rocket fuel for finshing gut fill for others