XtraBlatt Issue 02-2017
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still to be realized. “This would require a harvesting price<br />
increase of something along the lines of 15 euros/ha<br />
because our progress through the crop would have to<br />
be slower for the desired intensity of corn processing,<br />
which in itself drops area performance by around 10%.<br />
The price increase related would be acceptable as well<br />
as being compensated for many times over by increased<br />
feeding performance, but currently farmers are not willing,”<br />
reckons Christian Vöhringer.<br />
Readily accepted, on the other hand, has been a small<br />
price increase related to plastic sheet wrapping of bales.<br />
This wrapping was offered for the first time in <strong>2017</strong><br />
by the brothers, made possible by the purchase of two<br />
new Comprima bale-wrap combinations. These allow<br />
easy conversion to plastic sheet wrapping. Especially<br />
dramatic hereby: the farmers were at once convinced<br />
by the advantages so that almost 90% of all silage bales<br />
have been wrapped in this way. The experience of this<br />
first season with the new method has been very positive,<br />
say the contractor brothers. ”As far as the resultant<br />
feed quality is concerned, we’ll have to wait and see because<br />
so far hardly any of this year’s bales have been fed.<br />
However, the quality of wrapping was good,” continued<br />
Christian Vöhringer. His bother adds: “With plastic sheet<br />
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1 The proverbial reins of the enterprise are in the<br />
capable hands of Johannes Vöhringer’s wife<br />
Cornelia in the office.<br />
2 Forage harvester out, big balers in: large scale<br />
manoeuvring in the barn after the cereal harvest<br />
and before the forage maize one.<br />
3 Relaxed expressions at the beginning of the<br />
maize harvest <strong>2017</strong> with Ernst, Johannes and<br />
Christian Vöhringer (l. to r.).<br />
4 On the Vöhringer family farm, feeding bulls have<br />
taken the place of dairy cattle.<br />
wrapping, bale form and density is better than net binding<br />
plus sheet wrapping. And later on, less wrapping,<br />
and only one type of wrapping material, must be got rid<br />
of. In other words, enough good reasons for the price per<br />
bale to be increased because, on the bottom line, the result<br />
is more cost effective.”<br />
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