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Sid

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Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
Happy hillbily said:
Anyone have the calculations to work out how much silage I will have in a clamp. Want to order some sunshine in a bottle, but need to know how much. Have tried a few online silage clamp calculators but are getting wildly different numbers.
The clamp is 22m long, 10m wide and 2m high. And go with approx 30% dry matter, if that is ok for a late August 2nd cut ?
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pappuller

pappuller

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Livestock Farmer
Location
M6 Hard shoulder
Happy hillbily said:
Anyone have the calculations to work out how much silage I will have in a clamp. Want to order some sunshine in a bottle, but need to know how much. Have tried a few online silage clamp calculators but are getting wildly different numbers.
The clamp is 22m long, 10m wide and 2m high. And go with approx 30% dry matter, if that is ok for a late August 2nd cut ?
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Approx 250/300 tons at those dimensions
 
Beef farmer

Beef farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
North cornish coast. It's always windy here
My little heifer and blue's big bull.
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som farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
grandson about similar age, nearly 1, had him on my lap, totally happy - watching a cattle auction on u tube,
kids born during lockdown, are a bit more 'clingy', they haven't seen the people, they normally would. Daughter is a reception teacher, not looking forwards to this yrs intake, because of that, and said g/son, hers, is clingy, not happy with 'granny', but great with me, watching cattle auctions !!!!!
 
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som farmer

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
TB read today, 325 cattle, 1 i/r, first for 4 years, and home bred, young, 3rd, and a good milker, due end nov, just hope she doesn't go i/r next time, - would nearly have preferred a fail, 2 x 60 days, if clear, would enable us to get autumn calves gone, a fail, in 60 days, would mean, another 2 x 60 days after that. bugger.
 
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Jdunn55

Member
Location
Helston, cornwall
som farmer said:
TB read today, 325 cattle, 1 i/r, first for 4 years, and home bred, young, 3rd, and a good milker, due end nov, just hope she doesn't go i/r next time, - would nearly have preferred a fail, 2 x 60 days, if clear, would enable us to get autumn calves gone, a fail, in 60 days, would mean, another 2 x 60 days after that. bugger.
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Cant even call her geronimo and get away with it now...
 
jimmer

jimmer

Member
Location
East Devon
Happy hillbily said:
Anyone have the calculations to work out how much silage I will have in a clamp. Want to order some sunshine in a bottle, but need to know how much. Have tried a few online silage clamp calculators but are getting wildly different numbers.
The clamp is 22m long, 10m wide and 2m high. And go with approx 30% dry matter, if that is ok for a late August 2nd cut ?
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It's easy to work out
X acres times by estimated fresh weight per acre
Bit late to order additive if its already in the clamp 😉
 
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lazy farmer

Member
Location
som/dor border
som farmer said:
TB read today, 325 cattle, 1 i/r, first for 4 years, and home bred, young, 3rd, and a good milker, due end nov, just hope she doesn't go i/r next time, - would nearly have preferred a fail, 2 x 60 days, if clear, would enable us to get autumn calves gone, a fail, in 60 days, would mean, another 2 x 60 days after that. bugger.
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Make that 89 days
Or shot her and do 2 x60 day tests. You do have choices.
 
Martyn

Martyn

Member
Location
South west
som farmer said:
how do you get on with the crimp barley, we are doing some, for the first time this year, was meant to combine, and roll for y/s, but, son put N on, when l suggested not to, so buckled over, and would need a drier to get down to 18%.
Maize looks good, should be pleased with that, our late sown maize has done very well, l think if you drill later, into good warm soil, it grows like crazy, and beats weed growth.
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We crimped at 28-30% moisture so quite green, cows love it. Pit sinks a bit, but rocket fuel.
 

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