2019 Silage Season

I'm just interested to know what moisture his ground has had this year. We've had a dry week too, but I know how much we've had.

31mm at start of april
142 March
68 February
61 January
100 December
132 November
72 October

Apart from March, not a bad winter.
We had 200mm nov and 200 december, turning 2018 into an above average rain fall year......with a 6 month drought
 
I cant see this is going to be grade A silage by any means. Its had no sun really and temperatures vary from about 4 degrees of not frost to around 14 in the early afternoon. It will be low dry matter unless you manage to catch the weather nice. Be a tad damp in places as well I think.
Some done end of March near here just analysed - loads of sugars, stone cold, ME over 12 - rocket fuel was what the feed advisor said.
 

YELROM

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Location
North Yorkshire
I'm just interested to know what moisture his ground has had this year. We've had a dry week too, but I know how much we've had.

31mm at start of april
142 March
68 February
61 January
100 December
132 November
72 October

Apart from March, not a bad winter.

Do you just record your rain fall manually or can you get something electronic that does it automatically
 

The Agrarian

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
I got a wee weather station September last year. Completely automatic recording, which then presents on an app on your phone. Think it cost about £150-160.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-We...77&hvtargid=pla-420251235342&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-Ra...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BPZADFKQTTR7ZXRX3YYF

Very happy with it. It's tiny. Seems easy on batteries. Modern display app, which allows you to access live data when you are away from home. WiFi connection between the three modules is pretty good, though I have positioned the rain gauge and the outdoor module within about 10m of the indoor base module. It is also WiFi to the router, so you can plug it in anywhere in your house. It has only lost connection to the rain gauge once so far. There's also a fuller display page of your data available in the browser window. You can also see data from most other netatmo systems across the world on their map.

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Bald Rick

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Anglesey
I thought it was a photo folding the rake up as they finished:eek:

Grass been down 2 weeks. Still looks green. Or you on again rickster?

Mowed yesterday tedded it twice but TBF I took the pics right by the gateway as it arrived as I had been told to go away and ted more fields
Rake does a smashing job of slowing down the chopper. 14m bites are going to be interesting on the couple of 4ac fields we cut :ROFLMAO:
 

The Agrarian

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
Mowed yesterday tedded it twice but TBF I took the pics right by the gateway as it arrived as I had been told to go away and ted more fields
Rake does a smashing job of slowing down the chopper. 14m bites are going to be interesting on the couple of 4ac fields we cut :ROFLMAO:

Tons of 3,4,5... acre fields over here in pasture country being rowed these days by four rotors.
 

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