Sorghum Planting.
We have been very busy planting sorghum. Have 600 hectares in. We will pull up for now as the soil is getting too dry. So far all the seed that we have drilled in should come up, as it's been put into wet soil and moisture. However the soil is rapidly drying out and some of it is now going into a dry band.
We have another 300 hectares to go. Hopefully we will get some more rain to wet the soil up. This change coming through now looks like being a fizzer. All wind and no wet stuff. Nothing so far, and I think it's gone. We would only need 15 mills to plant the rest of the crop.
Photo of our new planter and airseeder,....
Some wheat in the background,.....
The new planter is 9 metres wide. The old one was only 6 metres. The planter is Australian made, and was made in Toowoomba.
The airseeder cart is also new. It's twice as big as the old one, and has a 9000 litre capacity. The air cart was made in Dalby.
We are planting sorghum into last years sorghum stubble. All the stubble left on top of the soil helps to keep the soil wetter for longer.
We are burning 45 litres of diesel an hour. Putting out 250 kgs per hectare of urea, 50 kgs per hectare starter NPSZ fertilizer, and 2 kgs per hectare sorghum seed. Hopefully to produce 6000 kilos per hectare of grain.
We have put a TV in the tractor. Good for those late nights.
We have been very busy planting sorghum. Have 600 hectares in. We will pull up for now as the soil is getting too dry. So far all the seed that we have drilled in should come up, as it's been put into wet soil and moisture. However the soil is rapidly drying out and some of it is now going into a dry band.
We have another 300 hectares to go. Hopefully we will get some more rain to wet the soil up. This change coming through now looks like being a fizzer. All wind and no wet stuff. Nothing so far, and I think it's gone. We would only need 15 mills to plant the rest of the crop.
Photo of our new planter and airseeder,....
Some wheat in the background,.....
The new planter is 9 metres wide. The old one was only 6 metres. The planter is Australian made, and was made in Toowoomba.
The airseeder cart is also new. It's twice as big as the old one, and has a 9000 litre capacity. The air cart was made in Dalby.
We are planting sorghum into last years sorghum stubble. All the stubble left on top of the soil helps to keep the soil wetter for longer.
We are burning 45 litres of diesel an hour. Putting out 250 kgs per hectare of urea, 50 kgs per hectare starter NPSZ fertilizer, and 2 kgs per hectare sorghum seed. Hopefully to produce 6000 kilos per hectare of grain.
We have put a TV in the tractor. Good for those late nights.