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Field 30: Kuokkamaa

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

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Field 30 Kuokkamaa

Basic field information

Area: 6.20 hectares
Soil type: very rich sandy clay (ermHtS)

Regularly shaped plot, shaded by forest on a couple of sides. The plot has minor drainage issues.

Crop rotation

2026 Silage grass
2025 Silage grass
2024 Silage grass

Cultivation practices

Silage grass
21.4.2026 Supplementary sowing, grass mix with clover 9 kg/ha
25.4.2026 Fertilization, cattle slurry, injection 18 tn/ha
7.6.2026 Mowing
8.6.2026 Raking
8.6.2026 Harvest, yield 400 kg DM/ha
17.6.2026 Fertilization, cattle slurry, injection 30 tn/ha
21.7.2026 Mowing
22.7.2026 Raking
22.7.2026 Harvest, yield 1700 kg DM/ha
30.9.2026 Plowing

Growth observation

kuokkamaa 2.6.2026
2.6.2026 Crop is thin and in poor growth.
kuokkamaa 3.6.2026
3.6.2026 Map of the silage field created with vegetation index.
kuokkamaa 9.6.2026
9.6.2026 Aerial view of the field.
kuokkamaa 18.6.2026
18.6.2026 Slurry has been spread to the field after first harvest.
kuokkamaa 23.6.2026
23.6.2026 Grass has started new growth after the first harvest.
kuokkamaa 29.6.2026
29.6.2026 Height of the crop is 20cm, although it’s very uneven. There are also some dandelions and northern docks.
kuokkamaa 8.7.2026
8.7.2026 Aerial view of the field.
Kuokkamaa 13 July 2026
13.7.2026 Plant growth has improved considerably following the rains, height approximately 40 cm.
kuokkamaa 3.8.2026
3.8.2026 Grass has started to grow suprisingly well.
kuokkamaa 11.8.2026
11.8.2026 Height of the grass is 20 -30 cm. There is a fair amount of clover in the crop scattered all around the field.
kuokkamaa 17.8.2026
17.8.2026 Height of the grass is 30 cm, there is also some dandelions and northern dock amongst the crop.
kuokkamaa 24.8.2026
24.8.2026 Height of the grass is a bit over 40 cm.
kuokkamaa 2.9.2026
2.9.2026 There is a lot of clover amongst the grass due to the supplementary sowing.
kuokkamaa 17.9.2026
17.9.2026 The field has problems with moisture.
kuokkamaa 1.10.2026
1.10.2026 The field has been plowed.

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
14.6.2025 Silage harvest, yield 1300 kg DM/ha
27.6.2025 Fertilization, cattle slurry 34 tn/ha
24.9.2025 Silage harvest, yield 1300 kg DM/ha

22.7.2025

Cultivation measures

Silage grass

11.5.2026 Fertilization, cattle slurry 36 tn/ha
5.6.2026 Harvest, loose 900 kg DM/ha
23.7.2026 Harvest, loose 2,800 kg DM/ha
31.7.2026 Fertilization, cattle slurry 23 tn/ha

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
24.9.2022 Fertilization, cattle slurry 13 tn/ha
13.5.2023 Fertilization: YaraVita Amazinc, 1,0 l/ha
11.8.2023 Harvest of silage, yield 2400 kg DM/ha

24.7.2023
24.7.2023

Cultivation measures

Oat, Niklas
16.9.2021 Fertilization, cattle slurry 16 tn/ha
23.5.2022 Harrowing
24.5.2022 Fertilization, Cattle manure, 22tn/ha
25.5.2022 Harrowing
25.5.2022 Sowing, oat, Niklas, 200 kg/ha
25.5.2022 Sowing, Hayseed Retu-carbon mixture, 30kg/ha
30.5.2022 Rolling
5.9.2022 Harvesting, Yield 2100 kg/ha
24.9.2022 Fertilization, Cattle manure 12.9tn/ha

16.6.2022

16.6.2022 Even-looking crop. Approximately 450 seedlings per square meter. Moderate weed pressure. The grass seeds have started to germinate. Some clover leaves and grass shoots are already visible.

16.6.2022
16.6.2022
Satokartta 2022
Harvest map 2022

Cultivation measures

Oat, Niklas
7.9.2020 Fertilization, cattle slurry 14,8 tn/ha + Ecolan agra NS 200 kg/ha
3.6.2021 Disc harrowing
5.6.2021 Harrowing twice, cross-cutting goose foot blade
6.6.2021 Sowing: Oat, Niklas 240 kg/ha
7.9.2021 Harvesting, yield 2290 kg/ha
18.9.2021 Fertilization, cattle manure 15 tn/ha
26.10.2021 Plowing

3.9.2021 Kasvustokuva
3.9.2021 Growth picture
Kauran satokartta
Harvest map

Cultivation measures

Barley Elmeri
Fertilization, cattle manure + Ecolan Agra 3-0-0 vinasse slurry 25 tn/ha
22.5.2020 Two passes with a penetrating goosefoot blade
22.5.2020 Sowing, Barley, Elmeri 246 kg/ha
4.6.2020 Weed harrowing, sowing Clover mix 2 kg/ha + some tansy-leaf phacelia
15.6.2020 Fertilization, cattle manure 15 tn/ha
28.8.2020 Harvest, Yield 2136 kg/ha
8.10.2020 Plowing

29.5.2020 Oraita näkyy jo siellä täällä
29.5.2020 We’ve already started to see it here and there.
29.5.2020 Ohra tasan viikon kuluttua kylvöstä
29.5.2020 Barley exactly one week after sowing.

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
30.4.2019 Fertilization, cattle slurry 25 tn/ha
3.6.2019 Harvesting silage 1700 kg ka/ha
6.6.2019 Fertilization, cattle slurry 25 tn/ha
20.7.2019 Harvesting silage, 2700 kg ka/ha
27.9.2019 Harvesting silage, 1000 kg ka/ha
19.9.2019 Plowing

Cultivation measures

Grass silage
20.5.2018 Spreading of cattle slurry 12 tn/ha
7.6.2018 Mowing
7.6.2018 Raking
7.6.2018 Harvest 45 300 kg, 3 000 kg DM/ha
9.6.2018 Slurry 15 tn/ha
30.7.2018 Harvest 1700 kg DM/ha
20.9.2018 Harvest 100 kg DM/ha

2.8.2018 Ilmakuva lohkosta
2.8.2018 Aerial photo of the block.

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
3.5.2017 Fertilizer YaraMila Y1 315 kg/ha (83.8-4.1-14 kg/ha)
4.5.2017 Supplementary sowing Red clover SW Yngve 5.7 kg/ha
30.5.2017 Weed control MCPA 1l/ha
19.6.2017 Harvest 2867 kg DM/ha
21.6.2017 Fertilizer suomensalpietari 200 kg/ha (53.6-0-2 kg/ha)
1.7.2017 Liquid manure from cattle separation 30 m³/ha (42-7.5-72 kg/ha)
3.8.2017 Harvest 4140 kg DM/ha
Total yield 7008 kg DM/ha

10.6 Rikkakasviruiskutuksen urat näkyvät. Oikean laidan metsänvieri on märkyydestä kärsinyt. Lohkolta on myös talven aikana ajettu risuja pellon poikki joka on aiheuttanut jälkiä.
10.6 The tracks from the weed spraying are visible. The edge of the forest on the right side has suffered from wetness. Brush has also been driven across the field from the plot during the winter, which has caused marks.

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
In 2016, a perennial clover-rich silage grass was established, primarily intended for feeding cattle.

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:

Soil fertility analysis result 2014:

Viljavuustutkimuksen analyysitulos 2014:

2026 Silage grass
2025 Silage grass
2024 Silage grass
2023 Silage grass
2022 Oat + grass seed
2021 Oat, Niklas
2020 Barley, Elmeri
2019 Silage grass
2018 Silage grass
2017 Silage grass
2016 Silage grass
2015 Fallow
2014 Barley, Tiril
2013 Barley, Tiril
2012 Caraway Niederdeutscher
2011 Caraway Niederdeutscher
2010 Caraway Niederdeutscher