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Who's growing Miscanthus etc for burning?
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<blockquote data-quote="warksfarmer" data-source="post: 3737300" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>I'll have to check the figures as I don't have them here so am going from memory but iirc looking at terravesta's figures and talking to a few growers the figures were approx 12t/ha average yield once established and its burns at around 4250kwh/tonne but as said I need to check.</p><p></p><p>Grain sales loss ...... bit of a chicken egg thing. We'd put 25ha in on areas that basically doesn't yield grain well due to being close to rivers, woods etc. In all cases I've looked at if you get the muscanthus established then it will thrive in crap soils. We wouldn't be putting it on 10t/ha wheat ground put it that way. So you could throw in a bit of lost grain sales but the miscamthus straw is earning far more being burnt as you and I already know via wheat straw.</p><p></p><p>Iirc miscanthus is 25-30% more efficient than wheat straw which means 25-30% less baling costs, storage space, haulage etc. Obviously you've got the mowing cost to take into account although presently we are thinking forage harvest the miscanthus into a clamp and feed it bulk as long as we can get 200mm < chop length.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="warksfarmer, post: 3737300, member: 192"] I'll have to check the figures as I don't have them here so am going from memory but iirc looking at terravesta's figures and talking to a few growers the figures were approx 12t/ha average yield once established and its burns at around 4250kwh/tonne but as said I need to check. Grain sales loss ...... bit of a chicken egg thing. We'd put 25ha in on areas that basically doesn't yield grain well due to being close to rivers, woods etc. In all cases I've looked at if you get the muscanthus established then it will thrive in crap soils. We wouldn't be putting it on 10t/ha wheat ground put it that way. So you could throw in a bit of lost grain sales but the miscamthus straw is earning far more being burnt as you and I already know via wheat straw. Iirc miscanthus is 25-30% more efficient than wheat straw which means 25-30% less baling costs, storage space, haulage etc. Obviously you've got the mowing cost to take into account although presently we are thinking forage harvest the miscanthus into a clamp and feed it bulk as long as we can get 200mm < chop length. [/QUOTE]
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