Have just done first cut silage and with what we had left over from last year we've got enough without doing a second cut. Neighbour would like to take the second cut off it. So what's it worth per ac? They put fert on, probably get 6 weeks growth. Good rye grass/ red clover leys.
Explain please the pros and cons of crimping grain and how its done. Am in the situation where I am growing some spring wheat for the first time (grassland suckler and sheep farm). Had originally planted the wheat with the intention of wholecropping it but different people have told me I'd be...
Has anyone got any tips for crimping wheat for dairy cows. I am thinking of crimping 28 acres of winter wheat instead of making it into whole crop silage. I have another 53 acres to go in the pit and a bigger than usual heap of first cut.
I have storage in a purpose built indoor pit on a farm...
THE SOUTH WEST JUNE ONLINE TIMED COLLECTIVE SALE OF 60 TRACTORS, EXCAVATORS, TELEHANDLERS & VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, LIVESTOCK & GENERAL EQUIPMENT (1000+ LOTS!)
To Include A Special Sale Of Surplus Game Birds Including: 75,00 Day Old Chicks, 42,500 Poults & 3,000 Ex-Birds (Partridge &...
Mostly for spring calving sucklers
We normally cut late June when Timothy is at full seed head (central Scotland)
All ground is grazed pretty hard with sheep into April, and PRG is currently just starting to show some heads.
We ted and dry down to almost hay to get max DM per bale.
With the...
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THE SOUTH WEST JUNE ONLINE TIMED COLLECTIVE SALE OF 60 TRACTORS, EXCAVATORS, TELEHANDLERS & VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, LIVESTOCK & GENERAL EQUIPMENT
***TO INCLUDE: A SPECIAL DISPERSAL SALE OF THATCHING REED EQUIPMENT NR TAUNTON AND 1250 POTATO BOXES***
RUNNING FROM: THURSDAY 26TH MAY...
Has anyone else purchased an 8280 and had problems? We have four under a year old and had so many problems I couldn’t list them all on here. 2 having gearboxes 1 about to let go. Exhausts falling off, brakes failing, doors smashing, just to name a few. I’d be interested to hear how others are...
Just look at the massive number of major retailers and products implicated in this one factory salmonella contamination. Just imagine how much worse a centralised artificial meat production facility, contaminated by something worse, like Botulism, could injure or kill thousands of people in a...
I was thinking strong of buying a new jd, maybe a 6155m or around that horsepower..wondering can you get 50k on a m or do you have to buy an r??? Will not be sheling out for an overpriced R if so??
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Wilsons will be auctioning over 70 tractors amongst 200 lots of surplus equipment to be disposed of at Bord na Mona's Derrygreenagh site.
The range of machines included in the sale on Saturday, May 14th will cover the three major manufacturers New...
hi
looking for the pros cons of either ag bagging , baling or clamping
current info would have to be field clamp i do no have purpose built clamp
have increased land area will be cutting 140 acres between grass and whole crop
i wanted to multi cut the grass i,e 30 day...
Written by John Swire from Farm Business
Latest updates to the BvL V-Mix Drive range of self-propelled mixer wagons includes the addition of a user-friendly creep speed and automatic mixing functions as standard. These new standard features on the V-MIX Drive self-propelled mixer wagon from...
Currently milking danish jerseys , pure
Considering going dow the crossbred route,
Wondering what size of an animal I’d end up with crossing the jersey with a Holstein ??
housed intense ish system
Had a set of Alliance put on a tractor last summer and in the new year noticed cracking in the back set. Contacted the guys we bought them off and they came straight out took photos, date stamps serial numbers etc. Late feb Alliance sent a rep to have a look and was fairly open that there was an...
Attention to detail delivers high quality maize silage
Peter Clayton has two herds of 320 all-year-round calving cows, situated 30 miles apart, with one at Larkton Hall, near Malpas, Cheshire. The business is run in partnership with his father Richard, mother Jane and wife Anne. The emphasis...
CAD n Cut Testimonial
I had the idea of making some Hardox wear plates for my mixer wagon augers I asked James Hudson to help. James took my rough sketches and transformed them into dimensionally accurate CAD drawings. I made the modifications and emailed them back. This made the design...
Attention to detail delivers high quality maize silage
Peter Clayton has two herds of 320 all-year-round calving cows, situated 30 miles apart, with one at Larkton Hall, near Malpas, Cheshire. The business is run in partnership with his father Richard, mother Jane and wife Anne. The emphasis...
CAD n Cut Testimonial
I had the idea of making some Hardox wear plates for my mixer wagon augers I asked James Hudson to help. James took my rough sketches and transformed them into dimensionally accurate CAD drawings. I made the modifications and emailed them back. This made the design...
CAD n Cut Testimonial
I had the idea of making some Hardox wear plates for my mixer wagon augers I asked James Hudson to help. James took my rough sketches and transformed them into dimensionally accurate CAD drawings. I made the modifications and emailed them back. This made the design...