silage

Written by Hugh Harney from Agriland In Northern Ireland, traditionally, a lot of the herds would be high yielding cows being milked on a total mixed ration (TMR) and fully indoors, but can these high yielding cows be grazed successfully? This year may be a poor year to benchmark off...

Does anyone feed Rye in there cattle finishing rations? I have used oats, wheat and barley, but with the increasing amount growing locally I wondered how it performed.

Oil level correct Cooler rad fins clean Filter not blocked After four hours ploughing the gearbox oil reached 100°, and the oil over temperature warning code popped up. Couldn't say it's definitely not the sensor, but casing was bloody hot to the touch and I'd watched the temp steadily climb...

whats the best way to turn heather hill to grass, is the best way to dig it , or to spread plenty of manure and keep spraying and mulching

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough When converting beef housing to a brand new dairy unit, Robert Patton carried out a lot of research to find the technology and equipment suitable for his needs. The 56-year-old farmer has just commenced milking cows at his new dairy...

What grease would be best for swinging hammers in our shredders. Currently using just an exol ep2 because it's cheap, paying £1.79 a cartridge but seem to be getting more wear on the steel bushes than normal. Weather they've made the bushes softer to reduce wear on the shafts, I don't know. We...

Working on the outskirts of Ballymena JH Kirkpatrick lifting second cut silage with the Krone Big X 780 with a few of the New Hollands carting back to the silo with the Herron Trailers. #arimagery #farming #agriculture #farmlife

My local dealer is pestering me to try the krone belt baler, he did put me off by saying it’s a ‘dry crop only’ currently running Mchale v660. Has anyone bought one and done a few seasons with it? I do see the odd one in the area but wouldn’t mind knowing the good and bad before I try one.

Scottish Water require access over our land to replace a sewage pipe,and will need to use a very large crane.They propose to construct a new road over our fields to gain access as the current access roads are too narrow for the crane to pass. This new road will not be a long term asset to the...

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So now the mad hay baling mission is finally over, I am faced with 1200 4x4's on mostly very steep ground to gather and cart 5 miles to winter storage.. Plenty tractors and 28 foot trailers but no-one apart from me to do it. Thinking about chopping in the oldest low-loader and building or having...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Reducing the age at slaughter of beef cattle is a very efficient and achievable way of reducing methane production and optimising profit. This is according to research scientist at the Agri-Food and Biosciences’ Institute (AFBI), Dr. Francis Lively...

I'm looking for a less labour intensive sheeting up method without breaking the bank and wondered if anyone uses or has used wrapped square bale silage on top of the black sheet? Currently use wagon tyres touching with a single black sheet. Clamp has only one side wall so is a big area to...

Age old problem I’m sure. Hello all, I’m in the position of wanting to increase my arable acerage but I’m not sure how to find the land. ideally after renting it as we can’t afford to buy it. Historically we had 400 acres, now down to 300 and soon to be 200 (largely grass) (due to building all...

Looking for a bale trailer for leading 4/6 string bales 4 high. Are rockers or springs more stable? Will 560/45 R22.5 floatations be much worse than the mini super singles?

According to the Telegraph one of the ideas doing the rounds to plug Labour's £22 billion black hole is a Land tax. We already pay this as a local authority tax in France and mine works out at about 1% of it's value per annum. It's paid by the landowner but tenants pay their landlord a...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland It was in May 2022 that Claas unexpectedly announced the sale of its Cargos range of forage harvester wagons to fellow Bavarian company, Fliegl of Kirchdorf. Claas had decided that the forage wagon market was static, with several major companies all...

Hi all, for the past 30 years we have grown wheat and barley and fed ad lib to all our cattle (mainly Angus x steers) finishing at about 14 months. Has worked well but unfortunately due to our old machinery, mainly the Claas dominator 85! Needing abit too much tlc each year we are thinking of...

Turnavidock Farms second cut silage on a fine Saturday morning. Local Contractor DJ McKay & Sons putting in second cut silage with a fleet of John Deere Tractors and Herron Trailers. With the long cart Caolon brought his very own MC on the Broughan trailer and a long time friend of James in the...

Don’t know about elsewhere but I realised yesterday that we haven’t had a single uncomfortable night sleeping this year. Not one. Those hot muggy nights aren’t nice but there are usually quite a few in a summer. Haven’t even had to get our minimum tog duvet out of (cold) storage. Our two...