article thumbnail

Maize harvest begins with yields off to a promising start

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly As foragers start chopping maize crops across the South and East, reports are that yields are very good, ranging between 43 and 48t/ha. Excellent growth throughout the summer was due to July and August rainfall, according to Grainseed manager Neil Groom.

Maize 246
article thumbnail

Farmer Focus: Plenty of forage, but costs are still biting

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly The maize is in the clamps. The yield monitor counted 730t freshweight off 12.14ha (30 acres), which is about 60t/ha. The best bits yielded more than 100t/ha at 34-36% dry matter. After 19 weeks in the ground, it is a massive yield for only 100kg/ha of purchased fertiliser.

Forage 246
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Maize crops perform well in this year’s challenging weather

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Maize has done well in this year’s challenging weather conditions, utilising summer rain for excellent plant growth, reports Neil Groom, manager of forage specialists Grainseed. Spring was wet and maize drilling delayed in many areas well into May since field conditions were too wet to cultivate.

Maize 172
article thumbnail

Farmer Focus: Wheat break is insurance for grass and maize

Farmers Weekly

Our challenge has been harvesting it, whether finding a weather window to forage it, or deciding if it’s too wet to graze. They managed a few […] The post Farmer Focus: Wheat break is insurance for grass and maize appeared first on Farmers Weekly We kept the cows in a few times in late September, but it just didn’t stop growing.

Maize 192
article thumbnail

Shorter chop for Krone RX and ZX OptiGrass forage wagons

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Updates for the 33-40cu m RX and 43-56cu m ZX forage wagons from Krone include hydraulic variable-speed drive to the pick-up, plus further refinements to the intake rotor and crop-slicing assemblies. The switch […] The post Shorter chop for Krone RX and ZX OptiGrass forage wagons appeared first on Farmers Weekly

Forage 246
article thumbnail

Agritechnica 2023: Ex-Claas forage wagons reborn under Fliegl banner

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Fliegl has revived the Cargos forage wagon range deemed surplus to requirements by Claas. There was little time for major design changes, with just six months separating the completion of the deal (September 2022) and the reopening of the production line (March 2023).

Forage 151
article thumbnail

Ultimate guide to buying a round baler 2024

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly New balers and baler-wrappers – mostly promising increased output and denser forage packing for fewer bales per field and storage stack – feature in this year’s Ultimate Guide to round balers.

Forage 246