Field 32: Peräkäs
The field information contains basic information about the field and events during the growing season, observations, and yield data.
Field 32
Peräkäs
Basic field information
Area: 3.3 hectares
Soil type: Carex peat (Ct)
Fairly well-defined field. Due to the soil type, it allows for flexibility in handling the timing of cultivation activities in the field.
Crop rotation
2026 Silage grass
2025 Silage grass
2024 Silage grass
Research ad experiments
Control of couch grass (BT-agro)
Cultivation practices
Silage grass
22.4.2026 Fertilization, cattle slurry + NK boost 2026, injection 20 tn/ha
7.6.2026 Mowing
8.6.2026 Raking
8.6.2026 Harvest, yield 1200 kg DM/ha
21.7.2026 Mowing
22.7.2026 Raking
22.7.2026 Harvest, yield 1800 kg DM/ha
Growth observation
Cultivation measures
Silage grass
8.10.2024 Fertilization, cattle slurry 26 tn/ha
14.6.2025 Harvest, yield 2300 kg DM/ha
24.9.2025 Harvest, yield 1000 kg DM/ha
2.7.2025
22.7.2025
Silage grassland
12.6. Cleaning cut
Cultivation measures
Broad bean-oat mixture crop
15.05.2023 Fertilization: cattle manure, 7.6 tons/ha
16.05.2023 Plowing
21.05.2023 Discing
22.05.2023 Sowing: broad bean Louhi 260 kg/ha and oat Harmony 40 kg/ha
27.05.2023 Sowing: grass mixture 30 kg/ha
06.092023 Whole crop silage harvest: yield 3100 kg DM/ha
Cultivation measures
Rye, Reetta
15.5.2022 Weed harrowing
15.5.2022 Rolling
17.5.2022 Fertilization, Cattle slurry, 21tn/ha
22.8.2022 Harvesting, yield 2100 kg/ha
8.9.2022 Discing
Cultivation measures
Silage grass
19.4.2021: Harrowing of the grass
6.6.2021: Harvesting and baling of silage, yield 2400 kg DM/ha
9.6.2021: Fertilization, 40 tons/ha of cattle slurry
23.7.2021: Silage harvest, yield 2900 kg DM/ha
30.8.2021: Plowing
31.8.-2.9.2021: Harrowing; Sowing of rye variety Reetta at 200 kg/ha; Fertilization with Yara Bio (10-4-1) at 200 kg/ha.
Cultivation measures
Silage grass
4.5.2020 Fertilization, cattle slurry 25 tn/ha
10.6.2020 Mowing
10.6.2020 Raking
11.6.2020 Baling, yield 1400 kg DM/ha
15.6.2020 Fertilization, cattle slurry 15 tn/ha
27.7.2020 Silage harvesting, yield 3700 kg DM/ha
14.9.2020 Silage harvesting, yield 1300 kg DM/ha
Cultivation measures
Silage grass, 1st year
3.6.2019 Harvest of silage, yield 2200 kg DM/ha
6.6.2019 Fertilization, cattle slurry 25 tn/ha
20.7.2019 Harvest of silage, yield 2100 kg DM/ha
27.9.2019 Harvest of silage, yield 2200 kg DM/ha
Cultivation measures
Oat Matty and grass-clover mixture
18.5.2018 Disc harrowing twice
21.5.2018 Spreading of manure 15 tn/ha
23.5.2018 Plowing
24.5.2018 Flexible tine harrowing
24.5.2018 Sowing: Oat Matty 210 kg/ha and Naturcom Retu-Apila mixture (5% white clover Jögeva4/Sw hebe/Sonja, 5% alsike clover Frida, 10% red clover Ilte/SW Yngve/Saija, 5% tall fescue Retu/SW Swaj, 15% meadow fescue Kasper/Arni, 60% timothy Tenho/Iki/Nuutti) 25 kg/ha
8.9.2018 Harvesting 1180 kg/ha
Cultivation measures
Oat Matty
26.04.2017 Plowing
15.05.2017 Slurry Spreading: Cattle slurry 2016 25 m³/ha (67.5-14.5-75 kg/ha)
22.05.2017 Sowingfertilization: Oat Matty 250 kg/ha, YaraBela Suomen salpietari 60 kg/ha (16-0-1 kg/ha)
23.05.2017 Rolling
22.06.2017 Herbicide Ariane S 2 l/ha
25.10.2017 Harvesting of Standing Crop, 358 kg/ha (13.5% moisture)
Cultivation measures
Silage grass
Soil fertility analysis result on 19.12.2022:
Sampling line 2022
Soil fertility analysis result on May 2nd, 2018.
Soil fertility analysis result 2014:
2026 Silage grass
2025 Silage grass
2024 Silage grass
2023 Broad bean Louhi + oat Harmony
2022 Rye, Reetta
2021 Silage grass
2020 Silage grass
2019 Silage grass
2018 Oat, Matty (cover crop)
2017 Silage grass
2016 Oat, Matty
2015 Silage grass
2014 Silage grass
2013 Silage grass
2012 Barley, Tiril + grass seeds (timothy Tuure and tall fescue Karoliina)
2011 Oat, Aslak
2010 Oat, Aslak