Oakley Farms Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 The Maize drilling outfit in the yard last night before first day out. Demo Kuhn Maxima & front tank on the 6210r after a painstacking day of adjustments to fit tractor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Liking that bit of kit buddy , now we can seriously cover some acres !!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 A good model i think, I'm pleased with it, still needs a proper follow through pipe but it was a rush job to get it on and out in the field being a demo, perhaps Orchard would like to try it out against the Monosem? Managed to drill 64 acres today anyway at Speaks and Houses on some bleedy evil ground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Its been a busy day here in Somerset, everything is a bit stretched staff wise with so much on. Chris has subsoiled half the block at Hurcott and then followed with the Topdown ready for Maize, Webby finished power harrowing Osbornes before turning round and rolling Speaks, and Houses Maize as its heavy ground. Philip has bedtilled Pump House keeping Dan going on the destoner and Mark planting, the last field of King Edwards before we start the free buy market stuff. James has been applying Liquid N to the wheats in the Park and up at Atherstone, he has an absolute mountain of spraying to do now with T1 needing to go on the wheats now aswell as the second flowering fungicide on the rape. All this has left me to sit on the maize drill, had to have a software update on the tractor this morning to get auto row shut off working which meant not starting until 10.30am after filling up with fert, just as well as allowed Webby to get ahead on the power harrow, headed over to Osbornes at Broadway and drilled 12 Ac before falling back into Hurcott this afternoon and managed to drill 40 there leaving 60 tomorrow if the rain stays away. I must say the drill is performing well, matched well to the tractor and auto shut off is a treat and im quite enjoying myself not steering up the field plodding away at 7kph. Shame its going on Wednesday! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Great update as always Alex, there's some fair acres of maize going in between you, Julian and Pauls layouts. All interesting stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Great update as always Alex, there's some fair acres of maize going in between you, Julian and Pauls layouts. All interesting stuff Thanks Pat, yes maize area def up now with the growing popularity of AD Plants, great for widening a rotation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hey Alex,see what's brand new on Henry Selten's web site, :) http://www.farmmodels.nl/Webwinkel-Product-115724089/29002-Kennis-Laadkraan-small-%28beperkt-leverbaar%29.html Regards Joe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 What fert are you English men putting on for maize Alex? Will you knife in any N at last leaf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 is that 1/32 joe?? if so whats it off, I found a very nice resin one on ebay de has the legs etc with it, but doesn't fold up, its more a rear of lorry mounted one ,builder merchant type 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hey Alex,see what's brand new on Henry Selten's web site, :) http://www.farmmodels.nl/Webwinkel-Product-115724089/29002-Kennis-Laadkraan-small-(beperkt-leverbaar).html Regards Joe. Excellent research Joe, i commend your perseverance on the subject, have to change your name to "HiAB Joe" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 What fert are you English men putting on for maize Alex? Will you knife in any N at last leaf? MoP going down the spout Ol with building any trace elements up before hand. No N at last leaf but YaraVita MagFlo goes in the tank along with the herbicide spray as a foliar feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 is that 1/32 joe?? if so whats it off, I found a very nice resin one on ebay de has the legs etc with it, but doesn't fold up, its more a rear of lorry mounted one ,builder merchant type Yep,1/32nd it's off what looks like a Transit pick up Sean,here's the link,http://www.farmmodels.nl/Webwinkel-Product-115724089/29002-Kennis-Laadkraan-small-%28beperkt-leverbaar%29.html Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Another lovely steady dose of rain overnight to freshen things up, put a halt to all field work for half a day though and not so keen on this wind either. Over the weekend we finished liquid N and started on the late flowering fungicide on the Rape, the rest of this will be priority when conditions allow, we drilled up some odds and sods of maize including finishing Hurcott and Frogmary. Yeabridge is prepped but now like a pudding, won't be back there for a day or two. The master plan of splitting up the two drilling groups before re joining end of season has worked a treat as apart from Yeabridge and 65 acres at Yarlington we are ready to re group to blitz the 600 acres at Montgomery's. Lunch time today saw us have the nod from Julian to start up there and it was all systems go, a strong wind was blowing over the land pitching it off so we moved in with the two Challengers, one subsoiling and the other on behind with the TopDown, the drill followed an hour later after making a few adjustments this morning, along with the seed & fert in the curtainsider and lowloaded Scorpion number 2 up there to be met with 10 min storm which put pay to all that. Still at least all the kit is up there now along with Orchards making Longmans old grain store base to the time being as we are 22 miles from home! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 MoP going down the spout Ol with building any trace elements up before hand. No N at last leaf but YaraVita MagFlo goes in the tank along with the herbicide spray as a foliar feed. Very interesting Alex. If you don't mind..... What were and when for the N and P ? Reading these English storys/layouts you seem to be big users of MOP are you really short of K? You don't have issues with salt loading putting that down with the drill? Whats the biggest limiting factor to yield for maize there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) DAP spread on ploughing as a starter fertiliser to be incorporated into the seed bed so its there when the plant needs it that covers N:P. We use MOP down the spout because it aids root development and then prevents drought stress. Maize has a very high demand for nutrients during its early growth and normally appears to benefit from phosphate placed close to the seed as a "starter" dose regardless of soil P level. Placing nitrogen is also usually beneficial and there is an added benefit from N and P placed together. The fertiliser should be placed 5 cm to the side of the seed row at a depth of 4 cm. It should not be combine drilled because of the risk of damage to the developing roots from high 'salt' concentrations in the soil solution hence the reason of broadcasting N:P and putting MOP down spout. Soil levels of K are sufficient for Maize here as its the first time we have grown it but it is important to maintain this level which is something we will do in the future Ol. Edited May 10, 2015 by Oakley Farms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Iv been working on the finishing touches of the new grain store 2 of late, roof, weighbridge, tip pits and made a CS90 spear too. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Very impressive sheds Alex, not to mention huge. How big is the layout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Thank you Pat, i really enjoy making the sheds. I reckon the layout is probably about 5 meters square, not the biggest on here but i like big sheds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractortim Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Just slightly off topic but the ad plant is coming on well went passed yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Yes progressing very well, one week behind schedule, 3 tanks up, one more to go, silage pits, beet washing plant and chicken litter holding shed. Crops going in the ground now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 A fitting video for the time of year, my first choice for a self propelled sprayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 Getting in the mood, one for you here Ol http://youtu.be/_XjDDV4ez3s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I thought you would be more onto the Horsch Leeb PT 270 Alex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave the farmer Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Ten 4 on the sprayer.cracking machines and excellent back up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractortim Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Who will run the plant once it's up and running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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