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Field 24: Taka-Lassila

The field information contains basic information about the field and events during the growing season, observations, and yield data.

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Field 24
Taka-Lassila

Basic field information

Area: 1.12 hectares
Soil type: very rich sandy clay (erm HtS)

The field is irregularly shaped and borders a large forest on its southern edge. The field was used as a nature conservation field for a long time and was incorporated into the crop rotation in 2018.

Crop rotation


2026 Silage grass
2025 Silage grass
2024 Silage grass

Cultivation practices

Silage grass
18.6.2026 Cleaning cut

Growth observation

taka lassila 2.6.2026
2.6.2026 The crop is thin and it’s height is 30cm. There are also some northern docks and dandelions.
taka lassila 3.6.2026
3.6.2026 Map of the silage field created with vegetation index.
taka lassila 11.6.2026
11.6.2026 Aerial view of the field.
taka lassila 8.7.2026
8.7.2026 Aerial view of the field, there is standing water in a couple of places.
taka lassila 3.8.2026
3.8.2026 The grass is approximately 20 cm tall. There are also dandelions and northern docks.
takalassila 24.8.2026
24.8.2026 Grass has grown a bit already but there is also some northern docks amongst the crop.

Cultivation measures

19.6.2025


7.7.2025


22.7.2025

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
25.9.2023 Fertilization, cattle slurry 27 tn/ha
12.5.2024 Fertilization, cattle slurry 16 tn/ha
6.6.2024 Harvest, yield 400 kg DM/ha
30.7.2024 Harvest, yield 1700 kg DM/ha

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
25.9.2022 Fertilization, caattle slurry 10 tn/ha
14.5.2023 Fertilization, cattle slurry 16 tn/ha
30.6.2023 Harvesting of silage into bales, yield 2200 kg DM/ha
12.8.2023 Harvesting of silage into a silo, yield 1400 kg DM/ha

1.8.2023
1.8.2023

Cultivation measures

Green silage mixture

20.5.2022 Plowing
24.5.2022 Harrowing
25.5.2022 Harrowing
25.5.2022 Sowing, Mixed Crop
29.7.2022 Silage Harvesting, yield 2300 kg DM/ha
25.9.2022 Fertilization, cattle slurry 10tn/ha

31.5.2022
31.5.2022
31.5.2022
31.5.2022

Cultivation measures

Barley, RGT planet
5.5.2021 Fertilization, 20 tons/ha of dry cow manure
6.5.2021 Plowing
7.5.2021 Harrowing, with a penetrating goosefoot blade
17.6.2021 Rototilling
18.6.2021 Sowing: 250 kg/ha of Ohra RGT Planet + 5 kg/ha of red clover
18.9.2021 Harvesting of barley for silage, yield 1700 kg/ha
30.9.2021 Fertilization, 15 tons/ha of liquid cow manure

3.9.2021 Ohra paikoitellen vihreää
3.9.2021 Barley is still green in some places

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
27.5.2020 Fertilization, cattle slurry 25 tn/ha
12.6.2020 Mowing
12.6.2020 Raking
12.6.2020 Silage harvesting
14.9.2020 Silage harvesting, yield 1500 kg DM/ha

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
12.6.2019 Harvest, yield 1100 kg DM/ha
25.7.2019 Harvest, yield 1200 kg DM/ha
4.9.2019 Harvest, yield 600 kg DM/ha

Cultivation measures

Barley and grass seed
17.5.2018 Harrowing
17.5.2018 Sowing: Barley Elmeri 200 kg/ha + grass seed Retu-Apila mixture 25 kg/ha
7.9.2018 Harvesting 3150 kg/ha

Soil fertility analysis result on 19.12.2022:

Viljavuustutkimuksen analyysitulos 19.12.2022:

Sampling line 2022

Näytteenottolinja 2022:

Soil fertility analysis result on May 2nd, 2018.

Viljavuustutkimuksen analyysitulos 2.5.2018:

2026 Silage grass
2025 Silage grass
2024 Silage grass
2023 Silage grass
2022 Mixed crop
2021 Barley, RGT planet
2020 Silage grass
2019 Silage grass
2018 Oat, Matty (cover crop)