Umm, i should no, but i dont...............imbarrsing to ask

[marshman]

There is a few fields of maize near me, now they look to have been killed off, they are now light brown. What will they do with the maize, its no good as cattle feed is it? What do they havest it with combine or forager when it goes like that. I no what they havest normal maize with etc, just somone said it will be done with a combine?

[robl12]

I think but may be wrong adam that if it is dried off completly they cut it with a combine but for silage you want a certain percentage of moisture, about 15 years since I have seen or had anything to do with maize what with living in the frozen north.

[Rick]

Probably not killed off it is more then likely field corn and not harvested until late fall early winter and the corn is for feeding cows, pigs etc.........

[marshman]

are right, so combine then? thanks

Will get some pics tommrow, to show you all what its like

[nashmach]

Nothing wrong with it all Adam, it is a little riper than you have usually seen I guess. It will probably be cut in the next few days by a forage harvester 

[marshman]

Nothing wrong with it all Adam, it is a little riper than you have usually seen I guess. It will probably be cut in the next few days by a forage harvester 

Arr thanks mate, i thought it would be odd to get the combine out again in the uk, i no the usa they do?? dont they. Cant wait till they do it now :) :)

[Rick]

Ya in the states we use a combine with a corn head for field corn.....

[Massey Boy]

tones of peopel do it round here and then put in the l clamp

[robl12]

They do combine it in the uk as well but not that much is done more for silage.

[nashmach]

They do combine it in the uk as well but not that much is done more for silage.

Yes indeed they do Rob but usually it is not as high as it is Ground Ear Maize

[graham]

is that cliftons adam i think they will combine it mate may be wrong i think goodmans at eastwell park grow some as well and they share the header for the combine

[robl12]

Have never seen it down in person only in photo's so was not sure on the height of it. What moisture content are you looking for in maize for silage?

[farmermarshall]

There is a few fields of maize near me, now they look to have been killed off, they are now light brown. What will they do with the maize, its no good as cattle feed is it? What do they havest it with combine or forager when it goes like that. I no what they havest normal maize with etc, just somone said it will be done with a combine?

hi Adam see quite a few fields of maize this year like that it has ben killed of ........ but i thinks its the amount of rainfall that we've had this year ,the maize did'nt get enough sunshine either thus then the cobs have been fewer than what would normally have been expected. soon you will see a forager in there to harvest and the crop that will be ensiled in a clamp for feeding to livestock this winter ,ground conditions at the minute are probaly too wet to harvest it .

[noel]

hi Adam see quite a few fields of maize this year like that it has ben killed of ........ but i thinks its the amount of rainfall that we've had this year ,the maize did'nt get enough sunshine either thus then the cobs have been fewer than what would normally have been expected. soon you will see a forager in there to harvest and the crop that will be ensiled in a clamp for feeding to livestock this winter ,ground conditions at the minute are probaly too wet to harvest it .

Thats not stopping some contractors FM   

[nashmach]

Thats not stopping some contractors FM   

Yeah but that is pure messing though Noel - some farmers must have no cop on for their land quality

[NIGEL FORD]

we,ve had a frost or two lately, that will turn it brown.Back in the 70s we regularly harvested forage maize in November as the varieties didn't mature so early then, plus autumns were colder (?) and it was nearly always brown by then.

    If it is Cliftons then it's highly likely that it'll be combined though, as I know they were going to start doing combined maize from last year as a cereal break-crop.

After the "Hurricane " in '87 our forage maize was well brown (and flattened) as it had the additional salt scortch that was in the wind only being about 4 miles from the English channel. We had to harvest it one way only to pick it up (pictures,....one day!!) and that was in November I think.

  The other thing is that with a dull year like this the cobs may not have matured enough to be good for silage yet ( and would create excess effluent) so the plant will tend to die-off as the cobs mature later than normal,though the "goodness"/feed value of the plant will shift from the leaf/stem to the cob as it matures.

[marshman]

is that cliftons adam i think they will combine it mate may be wrong i think goodmans at eastwell park grow some as well and they share the header for the combine

yes it is Cliftons mate, arrrr right, Martin was out there the otherday looking at it, just made me wonder what they are going to do with it.  Thanks everyone, will get some pics when its being cut, and tommrow when i go and take some  :) thanks Graham

[Deeredriver]

Yup we grow a few thousand acres of  field maize here a good frost will kill it dead and it will turn brown in just about 3 days

looks just like some has sprayed it with roundup only it works faster

[marshman]

Well found out that it will be cut useing a combine in the next few days, got a claas lexion 600 on trera tracs, The tracs might be handy becuase its very wet out there :o :o

[fendt-man-matty]

its being cut with a combine ??? or a forage harvester

[marshman]

its being cut with a combine ??? or a forage harvester

Combine mate, with a maize head on, going for the attually corn its self, not for Mazie silage :) :)

[marshman]

Well the started havesting yesterday, had about 150 arces i spose, did one field yesterday took a few pics but all came out to dark as it was getting late.

Anyway have been doing more today and i have been up there with them all day. Got some pics, sorry i no they are quite dark but as its been quite a overcast day here today.

In no real order.

Nh

this is really rubbish getting really dark now

[marshman]

More 

The field about 80 acres so a really big one for round here.

another really dark one

[marshman]

All the pics are rubbish arnt they really 

In the store at the farm

JD 6920S 

The Lorrys take it staight from store to the factory for drying.

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[marshman]

And the last ones for now,

Going again tommrow all going well, will get some better pics hopefully, think im going to have to get a better cammra

Any comments welcome