Brown Podzol wrote: » Pitted sugar beet mixed with a pit of maize silage,ton for ton and 100kg soya hulls a couple of weeks ago. Beet was €45/ton, washed,chopped and delivered.
Blackgrass wrote: » If june goes to plan will be a big harvest again this year nice bright 19 degree days with decent rain would be welcome. Crops are clean and first time since mid 00's going by records haven't lost area to Bg at a cost, but compared to the neighbours who skimped on early cover now spending much more on rouging teams to run fire brigade after a big spring flush in April feel pretty vindicated. At 40/40/20 split for W/S/forage-grass just winter millingwheat and wosr so a help as reduce risk in back end. Alot more proteins in spring with malt barley and a few 'trials'. Big boss is happy so alls well in the world, El Nino due to hit so should see some price increase. *wishful thinking
Dawggone wrote: » Potential Barnbuster? I reckon that cloudy days with 19/20degree Heat are the best for grain fill. Are the heavy rains that are falling in the southern plains in the U.S. a result of El Niño? Well done on the BG!
Dawggone wrote: » Decent pit of fodder there Brown! The sbeet was damn good value at that price. Did you buy the maize or repit your own? You will be needing a good bit of soya to balance that!
frazzledhome wrote: » Beautiful soil there Dawg, envy Do you not grow sbeet where you are now? Is it grown in your area? Best beet I ever saw was in Holland and Denmark. I used to love growing it, do every thing right in good ground and you could look forward to a good harvest. One crop that doesn't like shortcuts
Brown Podzol wrote: » Distressed price. Had been contracted and buyer failed to complete. My own maize, it might never happen again, to have maize leftover and beet available this time of year. Spring calvers and tightly stocked, so will be fed from August/sept , the grass will supply a lot of the protein. As they get housed I will still restrict the pro as they will be milked to within 45 days of calving so will want them to dry off in the condition I want them to calve in.
Blackgrass wrote: » Out east in east anglia they grow alot near the few remaining factories they were starting to hit Dutch yeilds but not they reckon alot of land is knackered from growing too close together in rotation, we're ha a little tough for it about here.
Dawggone wrote: » Tucking into wheat here last few days. The potential barnbuster has not materialized due to high temperatures and drought. So far results have been variable. Light shallow soils yielding 6ton/ha. Deeper land yielding 7.6ton/ha. Specs. Moisture sub 14% Spec weight 78 to 80 kg/hl. Protein 12.4% and over. Hagbergs all over 340. Price rising fast, so good news.
Blackgrass wrote: » All good bar last line considering. Keep it in a shed for 6 months just remember them euro's buying less in return. Knocked 15-16£/ton on uk wheat to match :mad:.
Blackgrass wrote: » This makes me smile, another example of the mysterious phantom glitch that's only every been seen on our sprayer according to deere where it's decide to shut of a section or whole boom on occasion for about 50-60m. Atleast pre-ems work just about to flail it as Bg just flowering on top few sites. This is Bg and if guys back home don't go 'balls to the wall' to prevent seed return even if it means wholecrop for free their land will become uncropable as some who laughed at us for 5 years are now finding vs after making serious changes. It's only a fraction of where we've come from. Good seed beds(good pre-emergence action), not planting risk fields with history of high no's and rotation change.
Greengrass1 wrote: » Lads have learned the hard way already. One lad o know in Louth had a small bit in a field last yr and carried on. field destroyed with it this yr all had to be wholecropped
Dawggone wrote: » Feck yes! Forgot about that. Must be hitting hard with ye guys...
Blackgrass wrote: » Don't worry bout us personally so long as big boss is happy, i'm happy. It's the guys growing on smaller acres with feed wheat/ bad bg losing money last few tears on tenanted land i'd worry for. Landlords here included haven't realised rents of 150£+ just leaves them with vacant tenancies for local quadtrac crew or ad plant. Out east the only ones farming in 20 years will be the stupidly rich like Mr Dyson/mega farming companies-contract farmers with own land doing more work the way things are going. My boss is taking land back in hand as tenants-kids can't see future in it, the dad is being given a just 7 figure sum to walk away from a very long term lease in 12 months leaving one farming graduate daughter and school leaver son with pretty much no chance to farm (in uk atleast) as manager jobs are less and less.
Dawggone wrote: » That's a fairly sad picture that you paint Blackgrass. I don't know which is the better system...capitalist UK or socialist France. Either way it doesn't bode well for the next generation. Dyson still hoovering up every available acre?
Dawggone wrote: » That's a fairly sad picture that you paint Blackgrass. I don't know which is the better system...capitalist UK or socialist France. Either way it doesn't bode well for the next generation. Dyson still buying up every available acre?
Greengrass1 wrote: » Is this that so called black grass your always on about?
bogman_bass wrote: » That's a bad run of luck. You know what they say about bad luck coming in 3's...... hopefully thats the last of it for you. Educate a simple beef man, What is the Hapsberg test (something to do with milling quality is it?) what score are you aiming for?
