In order to attend in the best possible way the volume of work that is generated during the silage campaigns, both of grass and corn, and also in the sowing, AIRA reminds that there is a unique way for these managements. Thus, from the cooperative team can streamline and improve the order management of machinery works.
When placing orders for campaign work with the Cooperative, the following points should be taken into account:
- Work orders will only be made through the telephone number 627 486 625. Neither the harvester and tractor workers nor the machinery manager will manage the orders. It is important to only make requests through the phone, other lines will not take the notices.
- Price requests for services will only be answered by calling 627 486 625.
- Notices are only collected from Monday to Friday during the Cooperative’ s regular business hours: from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm and from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
- Specific and clear information on the work to be performed must be given. Thus, the notices should indicate, as accurately as possible, the following issues:
- The number of hectares of cultivation and also of pits on which the work will be done. Only an approximate variation of 10 % in the estimated surface will be admitted, to avoid harming other partners.
- Services requested (mower, chopper/collector, paver, etc.).
- Reserve the exact silage date and do not modify it in previous days. The orders should be made as far in advance as possible and always with a minimum of 10 days of margin with respect to the date to be ensiled.
The Cooperative indicates that the planned and fixed dates may be altered due to weather conditions. Even so, AIRA will try to minimize changes in the planned dates, incorporating more equipment and personnel as soon as the works can be resumed and thus reduce as much as possible the delays caused by the rains.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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As a general rule, in grassland we should fertilize around 80 units of Nitrogen. In plots with a lot of slurry, where there are normally high levels of phosphorus and potassium, we fertilize only with Nitrogen; in plots with less or no slurry, we fertilize with specific grassland N-P-K formulas.
Slurry handling
The slurry should be buried whenever possible because otherwise its efficiency is greatly reduced, in addition to the fertility of the soil being compromised by excessive trampling. For this, the pit should have a capacity of 7-8 months.
Chemical mineral fertilization
It is always advisable to get advice from the cooperative’s technician to make a fertilizer plan adapted to each farm. We must always take into account the management of the grass, mainly how many cuts are going to be made. It is advisable to make 2 applications for the first cut and another for the second. That is to say, 2 applications if you are going to one cut or 3 applications if you are going to two cuts. For example:
These examples are for lands with slurry where nitrogen products are applied, but if they were lands fertilized with N-P-K it would be the same. When going to two cuts, in the second application the fertilizer units are increased with part of the fertilizer that corresponds to the second one. This helps it to start and allows maintaining a more stable level of nutrients in the soil. In the second application, or in the third if applicable, it is a good moment to communicate to the machinery service of the cooperative the estimated date of cutting, surface, etc.
Silage
To make a good silage it is very important to use good seed and to program the cutting date well, depending on the product sown. The use of fermentative bacteria is very important to make a good silage, as well as a controlled fermentation that allows to stabilize the silage as soon as possible.
Good tamping is essential, that is why the use of tamping rolls, as well as spreaders, are very important. The scrupulous respect for making thin layers and treading little by little is essential. The work in the silo and the work in the grass collection must be very well adjusted, being always the work in the silo the one that marks the times.
Good sealing is also essential. Quality plastics should be used, since an intermediate film greatly reduces losses. The use of netting and well-fitting bags is also essential.
