round bales

  1. john432

    How skint are Welsh livestock farmers?

    Two more years of single farm payments and it's going to be curtains for many! Talking to several good friends who work for or supply farmers and getting paid is near on impossible... it's dragging them down because they can't keep being the source of free credit.. But next week, a lot of these...
    • john432
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    • analysis barley beef caravan cattle dairy death diesel family fertiliser fire fodder horticulture milk new holland organic pollution round bales sheep
    • Replies: 88
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  2. Farm Classifieds

    4M011542 2022 Mchale R5 Bale Wrapper

    4M011542 2022 Mchale R5 Bale Wrapper Advert added by: Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd Machinery Details Category: Balers Wrapper Price: £1400 Condition: Used Description Mchale MCHALE R5 Forklift accs,To fit Manitou. 50 bales wrapped,For round bales,Year: 2022...
  3. casemx 270

    Fed up with this weather yet

    As above?
    • casemx 270
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    • Replies: 413
    • Forum: Weather
  4. O

    Stocking density

    Hi folks, we have a sixteen acre croft in the Inner Hebrides of generally good permanent pasture where we keep four acres to make haylage, the remaining twelve is for thirteen mule ewes and one tup along with three beef cows and annually born calves. The three cows leave the croft to be bulled...
    • Old crofter
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    • beef calves cattle cows drought ewes feed blocks fertilizer grass grazing health lambing lambs market mart mastitis round baler round bales sheep silage stress transport tup weather
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  5. P

    Supplier refuses to supply red diesel due to horses.

    There are horses on this farm ( not mine) that fit around all the sheep I own and the local fuel supplier refused to supply Red Diesel for fear of HMRC etc etc due to the horses. Is there a sensible way around this get a load of red delivered please ?
    • Part timer farmer
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    • boots calves carbon cattle diesel family fendt grass grazing hedge hse kerosene lambs market needle oats osr plough pollution round bales sheep spraying telehandler trading
    • Replies: 112
    • Forum: Machinery
  6. Handy Andy

    Buyer has paid for goods but refuses to collect

    Last autumn I sold some hay to a farmer about 10 miles from here. To cut a long story short he hasn't collected it yet despite my calls to him asking him to do so. It's getting in my way now (has been since January tbh) but I'm an easy going type and have not been that bothered about it until...
  7. Jerry

    What bale grab

    What do people prefer. Over the top Soft grab Dual purpose bars/spikes
    • Jerry
    • Thread
    • clamp dual purpose flotation tyres loader mchale merlo operator quicke round bales sheep silage thistles
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  8. Grass And Grain

    SFI: Winter bird food on improved grassland

    £474/ha. Leave to go to seed and leave over winter. Only on improved grassland. Slippers on, feet up, move to south of France. As per the poll,would you use this option? I worry DEFRA don't realise how their subsidy schemes will affect some people and their businesses. I suspect the days of...
    • Grass And Grain
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    • Replies: 159
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  9. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...
    • Janet Hughes Defra
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    • Replies: 3,112
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  10. APJ

    Harvest 2023

    Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
    • APJ
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    • Replies: 3,442
    • Forum: Cropping
  11. paul&mandy

    Bale wrapping price.

    Doing our own this year but but picked up some work for it. What's the going rate for rounds and 80x90 squares both 6layers?
  12. Chae1

    Replacing Mchale v660 belts

    Has anyone on here done this? Belts are about goosed on our v660. So looking at replacing them. Anyone else done this? Or do they just buy a new one
  13. spin cycle

    haymaking amongst sheep?

    SOooo I've a 'friend' whom ,in a moment of stress, turned a dozen escaping ewes+lambs into a secure 7 ac paddock...except it had been closed for a 'light hay crop"...Friday he decide to sell some culls at mart and this free'd up another secure place...today he tried to catch aforementioned sheep...
    • spin cycle
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    • baling caravan drainage ewes gate grass hedge lambs mart paddock round baler round bales sheep stress stubble
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  14. bobk

    Settings for combining beans

    I know drum open and slow , drive as fast as possible , Anything else ? change bottom sieve ? tia
    • bobk
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    • beans diquat fire lexion osr round bales seed
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Cropping
  15. G

    labour party compulsory purchase of agricultural land for building ,at agricultural value

    Keir Starmer ,if in power,plans to force farmers to sell building land at its agricultural value,regardless of its real building site value.Will builders be lobbying local authorities to grab your land at a massive discount.Robert Mugabe was quite successfull in such tactics with his...
    • gloria1
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    • Replies: 273
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. Little Karoo

    ADVICE ABOUT OLD BALERS PLEASE

    Hello All. Have decided to make hay ourselves after a few years using Contractors. We're on a tight budget though. Bought a new Mower but can't stretch to a Baler. My late Father always had New Holland Balers so I know a bit, but memory fuzzy! Budget is 2k . Want to make small square bales...
    • Little Karoo
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    • baling fire grass health holstein market mower needle new holland parts pickup pto repair round baler round bales sheep silage storage stress vicon warranty weather
    • Replies: 84
    • Forum: Machinery
  17. Agriland RSS

    Video: Combi round baler making no-net silage in Cavan

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Main-season first-cut silage has kicked off over the past week on farms across Ireland with the arrival of more settled weather conditions. Round-bale silage is a popular means of securing fodder on many farms and as farmers using round bales will know...
  18. IOW91

    Haymaking 2023

    I know it's very early still, but looks like my neighbour is making a bit of hay on a small field that he lets people camp on. Couple of others seem to be underway with haylage. I've just been and mowed 8 acres that is going to be haylage for a chap this evening. It will be at least 10...
    • IOW91
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    • Replies: 2,013
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. F

    Risks of Relying on Contractors as Farms Disappear

    We are very reliant on contractors for all of our silage and until recently there has been a choice of operators with round balers with choppers on. Now we are down to just one with a combined baler/wrapper with a chopper, which we find is by far the best for feeding sheep. Yesterday not long...
    • Frank-the-Wool
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    • baling bateman beef beet calf cattle clamp dairy drought ewes finance fodder fodder beet forage forecast fungicides gas grass handling harvest harvesting inventory lambing lambs market mower operator paddock parts pig rainfall round bales roundup seed self propelled sheep silage slurry sprayer spraying stress swine t0 t1 tedder transport variety weather wheat
    • Replies: 141
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  20. jerseycowsman

    Drought 2023!

    None of the apps are showing any rain for the next fortnight, I’m already worried!
    • jerseycowsman
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    • Replies: 770
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
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