Roughage tour Grass - week 34
It's bad with the lawns this summer
Grass growth has been at a low ebb for quite some time. Especially in the southern regions, growth has almost come to a standstill, unless it is possible to irrigate. The north of the Netherlands seems to be doing the best in terms of growth, but grass cutting is not easy there either. The lawns are taking a lot of effort this summer, as it turns out in the Boerenbusiness Roughage tour.
Recent precipitation, which moved north from the southwest of the Netherlands, has managed to refresh part of the lawns. Most of the south and east have been skipped by Pluvius and the situation has not immediately improved in terms of drought. Dairy farmer Joost van Nostrum from Sint-Oedenrode (North Brabant) is still working overtime with his sprinkler system due to the minimal rainfall. "We've had a small amount of rainfall, but are still very busy irrigating the grass and maize. On the plots that were mowed last week, the grass is now growing".
Fifth cut in Aartswoud
In the north of the Netherlands, the grass is slightly greener than the 'arid' south, where there was hardly any precipitation. In Aartswoud (North Holland) there are certainly dry conditions, but the fields are not turning brown yet, according to dairy farmer Frank Rooker. It can easily be a few degrees cooler in the region than in the south, and according to Rooker, the precipitation that often fell at the right times. He mowed his fifth cut on Tuesday 23 August and silage on Wednesday 24 August. But here too the yield suffers from drought. "The grass-clover plots are still quite successful, but the rest is not easy. The quality is also not good. If we look at how much is finally in, we are not disappointed yet. I don't think we can complain." The regrowth of et green is visible according to Rooker. The fields at Rooker are not irrigated.
The fifth cut is mowed at Frank Rooker in Aartswoud (North Holland).
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The grass was silaged on Wednesday 24 August.
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The lawns in Wapse in Drenthe near Robert Welhuis have been refreshed by the rain, but after the heat of recent days there is little left. Part of the lawns, approximately 15 hectares, is irrigated and the other 50 hectares are not. The grass is showing little growth, Welhuis says. The fodder beets are also suffering from the temperatures of recent days. But according to Welhuis, the fodder beets are in good condition, having already been irrigated three times.
Jesse Torringa
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