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less maize

  • 15-03-2012 1:23pm
    #1
    countygorey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭


    Do ye think there will be less maize sown this year


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  • #2
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    yes


  • #3
    49801
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭49801


    yes+1


  • #4
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    what will happen is people will go back to planting maize in fields it should be grown in and not just firing it in anywhere. Acreage in the open will be down. My own acreage will be similar


  • #5
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,752 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    +3 will be less here too. If I don't get decent maize cobs this year it will be the last yr and I've been at it over 20 yrs. It's gone too expensive to gamble with.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #6
    GERMAN ROCKS
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭GERMAN ROCKS


    yes it will be definatly down. people got a good burning with it last year. i firmly believe this country with its climate is not suitable for maize. we dont get that sun and heat which is needed


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  • #7
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Surely wholecrop makes more sense in Ireland where we can get some of the best cereal yields in the world??


  • #8
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    Surely wholecrop makes more sense in Ireland where we can get some of the best cereal yields in the world??


  • #9
    bob charles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,343 ✭✭✭bob charles


    The darkest hour is always before the dawn :D


  • #10
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,672 ✭✭✭stanflt


    21 acres this year compared to 48

    cut maize in the diet(with a huge row from the auld lad)last winter for the milkes and stopped feeding it to all other stock. spent less money on meal as a result and cows produced more milk and higher solids

    maize is over rated however it does increase dm intakes-a 20% maize diet is far more effecient than a 40%


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