I remember hearing a neighbour saying, that say you skip the nitrogen this round, based on your expecting a burst of growth and you think that there's enough in the ground already.PRG needs to be fed to keep it in the sward and the feed needs to be there waiting for it rather than the PRG having to wait or go looking for it, I'd say.
Growth of 93 today, up from 71 5 days ago. I was taking out one scraggy paddock today but it looks like I'll have another 5 acres joining it now. Trying to cut off of paddocks with high P&Ks or rushes on it. I'll follow the cows with 2 bags of 8:8:15+S and do the same on the cut paddocks with 3,000gals of slurry/acre
Unreal how every year is different. Instead of making bales farmers are feeding balesHeading back to ground that should be going for silage for the second time tomorrow,
Growth of 60 last week and looking like it’ll be lower for this week.
Finding it almost impossible to put grass in front of cows this year.
Grass quality gone to shite as well.
Unreal how every year is different. Instead of making bales farmers are feeding bales
We had a good bit of heat the last few days, first few days this year, which helped get the growth up a bit. I'm pulling back a bit on N this year but thinking I should be waiting a bit longer before doing it, maybe into the next round.74 growth here .
Would you be brave and pull a few extra paddocks out and “back” the growth? Seriously good forecast for next week. You’ll have your baler man driven mad!!!I was at the discussion group meeting today and we had a chat about my grass wedge. 2 more paddocks out this evening, another one going in with the main silage cut and another one I'll think about when I walk next Tuesday. Taking the first 3 out will bring my cover per cow down to 178 so it looks likely another one to come out with the growth rates so far above demand.
And I'm only following the cows with 16 units but the rain after a drought always releases a burst of N into the grass, so a small wait for silage as well.
We'd normally do about 10 or so acres at a time so there would be around 40 bales being done each week so he's not idle when he comes. He can normally work me in with one or two others around the same time and generally gets paid going out the yard so I wouldn't say I'm being too hard on himWould you be brave and pull a few extra paddocks out and “back” the growth? Seriously good forecast for next week. You’ll have your baler man driven mad!!!
That's what I was thinking.I'd cut today and wilt. You don't want that stuff going to seed if the weather got tricky.
As well as growing faster than PRG it will also use more N quicker, so after the week we had you will be golden.I've a field of Westerwolds fast growing ryegrass that had 48 units of N 20 days ago.
It has flown at a serious pace. Up over my knees half way to my hips today (im 6ft) and sprouting heads.
At 2 units a day it shouldn't have much N left.
And in the ideal growing conditions it's had, am I fairly safe to cut today I wonder?
Fert was washed in that evening and it's been wet and warm since.
Will be well wilted before going into the bale.
I know I should test in doubt. But today is the only good window I have in the schedule untill next week really.
I'd have no worries if it's well wilted, that'll bring up the sugars a good bit to counteract any nitrates that might still be there.I've a field of Westerwolds fast growing ryegrass that had 48 units of N 20 days ago.
It has flown at a serious pace. Up over my knees half way to my hips today (im 6ft) and sprouting heads.
At 2 units a day it shouldn't have much N left.
And in the ideal growing conditions it's had, am I fairly safe to cut today I wonder?
Fert was washed in that evening and it's been wet and warm since.
Will be well wilted before going into the bale.
I know I should test in doubt. But today is the only good window I have in the schedule untill next week really.
Small square bales I presume, any contractor that can afford a round baler is making too much money and way over-mechanisedWas all hip last wednesday and baled 6 paddocks, first time in years making surplus bales. Since then growth has dropped off a cliff
Well most of the balers around here you would have to wonder, majority only doing a few thousand balesSmall square bales I presume, any contractor that can afford a round baler is making too much money and way over-mechanised