- Location
- South Wales UK
Cut Sunday baled rb hay today.
30 plus degrees hot.
30 plus degrees hot.
Hay making 2020
- Thread starter Mark C
- Start date
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
On with a bit of seed hay that was grazed till end of April.
Cut on Sunday
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Cut on Sunday
- Location
- Cornwall.
The vicon is making a very tidy bale.
Monty
Member
- Location
- Nantwich, Cheshire
Baling a bit this afternoon
Warp Land Farmer
Member
- Location
- Hazzard County
How much yield difference is there between hay to hayledge? Less bales to the acre in hay but is there a rule of thumb between the two?
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
All depends on what you call haylage. Some i would call dry silage will be substantially higher yield. Possibly 20% but my haylage is very nearly hay so not a lot of difference.
Danllan
Member
- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
Just baled a couple of fields of fairish hay from a light cut, the bugg*r is, it should have been haylage... 
But we are where we are, and yesterday and today were the only foreseeable weather windows, so we had to cut, and it's been scorching! It's only about a dozen acres, but the difference is huge between that stuff and some from just a few hundred yards away on a slightly different aspect. Well, that's the sheep catered for...
But we are where we are, and yesterday and today were the only foreseeable weather windows, so we had to cut, and it's been scorching! It's only about a dozen acres, but the difference is huge between that stuff and some from just a few hundred yards away on a slightly different aspect. Well, that's the sheep catered for...
Greythundercloudys
Member
No hay cut up here in Scotland, no hay weather forecast here for a month, showers with rain inbetween and cool, great another rubbish hay time.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
yea same here was fit for hay in 24hrs , wrapped it anyway (6 layers )as a few damp patches under the trees , came out fine last year when i wrapped dry stuff no mould , only 50% crop though . Another 7ac light cut to go , should see us ok for the winter .Just baled a couple of fields of fairish hay from a light cut, the bugg*r is, it should have been haylage...
But we are where we are, and yesterday and today were the only foreseeable weather windows, so we had to cut, and it's been scorching! It's only about a dozen acres, but the difference is huge between that stuff and some from just a few hundred yards away on a slightly different aspect. Well, that's the sheep catered for...
Where
Laminated
Member
Essex / Suffolk borderWhere
You're bucking the trend , currently doing 5 bales an acre here , and we grow grass for fun ... normally
Laminated
Member
I was quite pleased with the yield considering the lack of rain and I didn’t fertilise it this year
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
I always think hay made quickly in a heatwave is dangerous stuff. Best wrapped.
Jon 3085
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- Location
- Worcester, UK
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
It makes grand bales and like lead...we bought it after @juke s recommendation
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
You have to buy a kuhn now ?
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Why’s that?