Seminar and field day “How to get good corn silage”

On October 10, the association “Farmers' Parliament” invites you to a seminar and field day “How to get good corn silage”.

Venue: Vecauce Castle, Akademijas Street 11a, Vecauce, Vecauce Parish, Dobele Municipality

AGENDA:

09:30 – 10:00 Arrival, check-in

10:00 – 10:10 Seminar opening – Raimonds Jakovickis, livestock expert of the association “Zemnieku Saeima” Indulis Ieviņš SIA MPS “Vecauce”

10:10 – 10:40 Basic principles of corn cultivation and variety selection in Latvia. A different corn variety for each field?! – Anna Prokhorova, crop production and feed preparation expert at SIA “Anagro”

10.40 – 11.00 How corn grew in Vecauce this year, the latest varieties from Rapool – Ērika Freimane and Inese Rafaele, regional managers of RAPOOL's Baltic representation in Latvia

11.00 – 11.30 How to ensure good quality corn silage – Ieva Krakopa, catering specialist at IK “IK konsultācijas”

11:30 – 12:30 Challenges in making corn silage – Pēteris Dambergs, Manager of SIA “A Teams Solutions”

12:30 – 13.00 Discussions with experts

13:00 – 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 – 17:00 Country Day – machinery demonstrations, silage pile quality assessment

The technique under consideration:

• CLAAS JAGUAR 950 (585 hp) forage harvester with CLAAS ORBIS 600 SD (8 row header)
• CLAASS AXION 830 CMATIC (243 hp) tractor with FLIEGL ASW271 TARUS FOX trailer
• Precision seed drill Amazone Precea 4500-2CC
• Silage tunneler Budisss RT 8000
• Seed drill: Vaderstad Tempo V12
• Feed tunneler ROMILL CP1

The event was organized within the framework of the project "Sustainable Silage" CB100103.

Photographs/filming will be taken during the event, and these materials may be used for publicity purposes.

Pre-registration is required by October 6 at 5:00 PM by filling out the form: https://forms.gle/oonrc6NCLUYxg5Ef6

Additional information: Raimonds Jakovickis, tel. +371 25433033