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Options for harvesting maize in wet conditions

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly A switch to grain maize could be the answer for farmers with maize crops still standing because harvest has been hampered by wet ground conditions. This is according to Michael Carpenter, technical director of feed preservation specialist Kelvin Cave.

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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. This is allowing growers to replace their forage stocks and build up a carry […] The post Maize harvest begins with yields off to a promising start appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Farmer Focus: I don’t have the nerve to try maize in Scotland

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly I write this article envious of those further south harvesting maize. I’d love to feed maize silage and I’m sure the Jerseys would do well on the extra energy, but it would be a huge gamble in this area.

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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 Farmers Weekly It’s been a fair time for growing grass this summer and autumn.

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Farmer Focus: Milk price is clearly unsustainable

Farmers Weekly

Poor weather at the end of July was holding off harvest and pushing all the field work into a tighter and tighter window. It had also held my wife Anna’s “Maize Maze” […] The post Farmer Focus: Milk price is clearly unsustainable appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Four UK crops you might be eating in 2035

Sustainable Food Trust

On a farm in West Wales, Nathan Richards (pictured) is beginning to harvest his first small commercial crop of peaches and nectarines. Simultaneous harvest failures across major crop-producing regions are increasingly likely , linked to a strongly meandering jet stream which can trigger concurrent extreme weather events.

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