- Location
- Northumberland
Used to do that - still untangling from the PH. It also helps positioning in the muck spreader hire queue.
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Northumberland
At least. It's not only the even spread, but also the ability to go little and often. When you see how sodden the muck is, it's a wonder the cattle stay clean. My standards for 'for grass again' cattle are lower.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Bulls would soon roll them out
- Location
- South Molton
Using spring barley in Mill for cubicles, just flies through very nicely!
Plastic pollution
- Location
- somerset
into the feed passage
Unbelievable that you are happy to chuck plastic back on your fields
- Location
- Hereford
Wouldn't normally but its hopeless trying to get net off .....it always ends up under the bale and the bale falling out all over the place ....its only this yrs straw .
- Location
- Ceredigion
Didn't have one with the bulls ,just feed bins
- Location
- Hereford
Wouldn't say I was happy about it but the bales are a nightmare . Thankfully only 60 of them and neatly all gone now
livestock 1
Member
I’ve had a lot of silage bales bales wet it can be very difficult to get all the net off them at times
They collapse after a bit of unwinding and even if you work at top speed it’s difficult to get it all at times
They collapse after a bit of unwinding and even if you work at top speed it’s difficult to get it all at times
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
I don’t have bulls and they’d just heap it up in the corner….or the water trough…
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Don’t worry the muck spreader will soon find it
- Location
- South Molton
Isn't that what contractors are for?
Having said that ours couldn't believe after a days spreading there wasn't a single piece of cord and one bit of net wrap on the beaters.
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
I usually unwind the net like that to make sure I get it all but if the silage is wet I cut the net underneath the bale so none ends up under the silage
Stab the bale a few inches from the bottom with the forks and hardly any of the bale will collapse on the net. Contractors charge for the time removing string/net from muckspreader beaters so worth keeping it out the muck and its pretty slovenly farming to allow string/plastic and net to get in with the stock and manure
It’s not that hard to pull net from under straw , just lazy and environmentally a poor thing to do.
We are supposed to be the guardians of the land,and set a good example not polluters .
livestock 1
Member
I’m pretty particular about getting all the net off every bale as I don’t want any in my cattle or anywhere else
The fact still remains that with wet silage from time you can end up with the silage on top of some of the net
It happens doesn’t matter who you are
The fact still remains that with wet silage from time you can end up with the silage on top of some of the net
It happens doesn’t matter who you are
But then you wait until they have eaten it in the feed passage or ring feeder, and pull it out !
livestock 1
Member
Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published
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From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...