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Chimera
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Any other new toys for silaging?
chopper & buckrake neither of which are new but with 4000ac to harvest gives us more control
Milkcow365
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- Sw Scotland
Sounds familiar
More to life
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- Somerset
yearly event
Milkcow365
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Speedstar
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We put 200+ acres to bed yesterday , a good crop for the time of year , 4 tons per acre at 35% D/M
You bought another chopper?
kiwi pom
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On the New Toy day thread over in Machinery.
Headless chicken
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Did you get a loading shovel too? Can’t see the side boom being a patch on the 320 on the pit otherwise
We sat down in late autumn/ early winter with a piece of paper and brainstormed where we can perform better - from major to minor tweaks - and gradually have been working through the list.
The first major change was to install a water treatment plant to make the borehole more potable by extracting manganese (potable should be <50 micromoles per litre & the borehole was >1000) and to filter solids out. Before and after testing has shown we achieved water of human drinking quality now ... and more importantly, and without any other changes, it put 2500 litres a day on. Adding a Juno pusher later added another 500 litres.
The other KPI was forage quality and after weighing all the pros and cons and with settled and sufficient staff, controlling harvest is the next step after recent experiences with contractors
So yes, we have a chopper
More to life
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Re the pusher Rick what's that per cow ?
About 0.75
Milkcow365
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And that’s all you changed?
Milkcow365
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- Sw Scotland
The above one is his nice yoke
Yes.
Prior to installing, cows would often just lick at the water. Now they drink properly. Plus we are seeing much more lying time. Wasn't cheap but transformative
And on very average silage/maize too
What water system are you using? We've installed 2x pedrolla systems. Transformed our water. Costs, but farm superior water coming out
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