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Busy weeks ahead for dairy farmers
5 May 2022 - Ruben van der Maas
Dairy farmers are very busy this week on the fields of grassland and silage maize. The maize germinates and has started to grow. The participants are also busy mowing the grasses. The mown grass dries hard because of the summer weather. The dairy farmers who participated in the Boerenbusiness Roughage tour could be found on the tractor in the country.
The fertilization of the second cut has already taken place at Frank Rooker in Aartswoud (NH). With the drag hose system, the slurry has been spread and the fertilizer spreading is also behind us.
Sunday May 1, Silvain Kusters from Guttencove (L) took this photo. The photo clearly shows that the maize has sprouted and is on its way to rise above the ground. Kusters expects to see the first maize above the ground in a few days.
At Joost van Nostrum from Sint-Oedenrode (NB) the area of grassland was mowed on 4 May.
The maize at Sander Vijverberg from Strijen (ZH), which was sown on 15 April, comes up evenly despite the drought. Vijverberg indicates that these are favorable conditions for the maize, but hopes that sufficient moisture will remain in the soil.
In the image you can see a beautiful picture that Silvian Kusters in Guttengove (Li) is busy raking the mown grass. The grass was raked on May 3 and chopped the next morning.
Roel Assies in Zeewolde (FL) is shaking the mown grass on 3 May.
At Silvain Kusters the grass was chopped on 4 May. In the picture a silage wagon that unloads grass and the sheaf that divides and fixes the grass.
Roel Assies in Zeewolde (FL) works with precision in the strips of the fertilization trials. With the rake, the strips are neatly distributed so that the tedder can pass over them.
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Reuben van der Maas
Intern at the Boerenbusiness Roughage tour
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