2019 Silage Season
- Thread starter Bald Rick
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I thats it
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One farm we used to chop at 4 fields totaling 112 acre and that included one at 7 acre. Less than 4 average is small
4 acre would be a fair size round here, our contractor did 90 acres in 47 fields for one of his customers
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Mouser
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- Location
- near Belfast
4 acre would be a fair size round here, our contractor did 90 acres in 47 fields for one of his customers
It really is mental when you think about it. Ours is 27 for 90 and that's bad enough!
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Big variation round here. Dad and his bro did a lot of ripping out hedges and piping sheughs in the 60's and early 70's, at a time when there weren't track diggers to handle it. The sound of crowbarring out stones sounds fun. 2-3 acres was typical size. Our biggest field is only 14 acres, but dad knocked six into one to make it. Around the yard he let the fields be smaller because of paddock grazing the cows. Typically 6 acre average. Some farms haven't touched the 2-3 acre fields. You can see it in the aerial photos.
. 2-3 acres was typical size. Our biggest field is only 14 acres, but dad knocked six into one to make it. Around the yard he let the fields be smaller because of paddock grazing the cows. Typically 6 acre average. Some farms haven't touched the 2-3 acre fields. You can see it in the aerial photos.
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Field shape is definitely a big problem here. River boundaries, hillsides, roads etc. It's rare to have a field with two parallel sides. Points in a big field sometimes seem worse than a wee one. They go on forever.
Recently applied to council to enlarge fields from 3-4 to 7-8 acres. Chap came out and walked hedges,didn’t seem unduly concerned,but two weeks later letter came and I was refused permission to take 90% out as they appear on the 1841 tythe map of the locality.FFS! Obviously now going to appeal at some cost.Big variation round here. Dad and his bro did a lot of ripping out hedges and piping sheughs in the 60's and early 70's, at a time when there weren't track diggers to handle it. The sound of crowbarring out stones sounds fun
- Location
- Northern Ireland
Would have thought it was a foregone conclusion that most if not all hedges present today were there in 1841. I know I'd expect that.
They might have been fit for purpose then but certainly not now,most are just a few stones now after years of cattle excavation!
Wishful Thinker
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- Location
- Northern Ireland
Time to give the contractor a call. Funny looking shade at this time of night.
- Location
- Northumberland
Some canny 1st cut, chopped on 12th May.
How do folks get this high teens protien? Thats serious forage
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Nitrogen ?
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Reyt gear
I do wonder
If so, how avalible is it?
More to life
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- Location
- Somerset
100%
So we should be cutting our dates a bit fine? Cheap protien