£70 a Bale!

[Northeastfarmer]

I think if the grass is there and they can travel some dairy farms will be cutting in Dec.

Store lamb buyers were complaining last Sat that they are losing their winter keep from dairy farms as the farms want it to either run stock out on for as long as possible and/or take a late cut of silage as possible.

I wouldn’t want to cut grass in December it’ll make the cows p!ss out of their arses

 

[neilo]

Good clean FB has been over £30/t for years. 1/5th the price of wheat is what it should be priced at although feed value it’s 1/3rd.

Yes the BS boys must be in a pickle!

It’s not been that round here, unless it’s delivered. There’s usually a couple of hero’s that can’t use a calculator selling it at £15/t.

 

[gone up the hill]

I wouldn’t want to cut grass in December it’ll make the cows p!ss out of their arses

Aye I agree but if you are mixing it in a feeder wagon with other stuff you can do something about that and also this year a lot of silage is as dry as hay as it was either dead before it was cut or dried within an hour of cutting it due to the heat so if there was ever a year to get away with cutting wet grass very late this might be it.

 

[kill]

I wouldnt be surprised if it doesn't get to £50+ a bale down here post xmas unless we get a lot of rain and a decent late cute of grass.

I don't think I have ever seen so much grass around this time of year and my farm looking so grassy and dry for hedge trimming as all being well I will cut at least another 100+ acres home in the next month .
But loads here looking as good.

Not surprised to hear North Wales has low fodder reserves as drove up to Shrewsbury on Monday to look and purchase a machine and the farmer shocked me with prices he said fodder waw trading at.

 

[hendrebc]

There was a standing crop of barley wholecrop for sale by tender a month ago not far from me. It made £500 an acre. It yeilded 2 bales an acre! they were some expensive bales
someone didn't walk the crop before putting the tender in apparently

 

[gone up the hill]

I don't think I have ever seen so much grass around this time of year and my farm looking so grassy and dry for hedge trimming as all being well I will cut at least another 100+ acres home in the next month .
But loads here looking as good.

Not surprised to hear North Wales has low fodder reserves as drove up to Shrewsbury on Monday to look and purchase a machine and the farmer shocked me with prices he said fodder waw trading at.

Some areas have had a lot more rain than others, take Jerry, from what he has posted on here it sounds like he has had a lot less rain than I have had the last few weeks.

Point 1 could have a days rain yet point 2 say only a couple of miles away only got a short light drizzle shower on that day.

Ground is very very dry that is for sure, grass had started to grow really well until the last week or so but has really started to go back again the last few days, what we really need is a couple of days really steady rain and then it would start growing really well again but not sure we are going to get it anytime soon.

 

[kill]

Some areas have had a lot more rain than others, take Jerry, from what he has posted on here it sounds like he has had a lot less rain than I have had the last few weeks.

Point 1 could have a days rain yet point 2 say only a couple of miles away only got a short light drizzle shower on that day.

Ground is very very dry that is for sure, grass had started to grow really well until the last week or so but has really started to go back again the last few days, what we really need is a couple of days really steady rain and then it would start growing really well again but not sure we are going to get it anytime soon.

I have some rented ground that lies south facing on red soil and that is taking more to get going as overseeded it in April with a Guttler and left a crop of standing hay to protect the young seedling's (mown around 6 weeks ago) which saved the new seeds which are now up 8 inchs and are looking proper .

 

[Hilly]

I wouldn’t want to cut grass in December it’ll make the cows p!ss out of their arses

Better than nothing to feed, know a bollke who spent boxing day baleing silage once, desperate times require desperate measures at times, trick is to limit how desperate you get or can get.

 

[Hilly]

My pit is rammed full after yesterday, foggage growing alot , might bale a third cut mid october !

 

[gone up the hill]

I have some rented ground that lies south facing on red soil and that is taking more to get going as overseeded it in April with a Guttler and left a crop of standing hay to protect the young seedling's (mown around 6 weeks ago) which saved the new seeds which are now up 8 inchs and are looking proper .

Daft question but what is a Guttler

 

[yin ewe]

can't feed stock just straw (unfortunately).....it'd be little use in a dairy ration......even for beef/sheep you're going to need concs to supplement just to maintain

At some of the prices quoted on here it would be cheaper to feed straw and concentrate!

 

[Kidds]

I drove past a field the other day and noticed it had been topped. I wondered why they had done that rather than put the cows in to eat it back a bit.
Then the next field was the same, seemed odd behaviour.
The next field was still being done, he wasn't topping he was mowing for silage!

Honestly, there was nowt in there. Big fields and the grass would comfortably rake into a single row for chopping. Desperate times I reckon.
Next door chopped theres yesterday, bugger all in there either but a bit more realistic. I can only think these folk are doing it so they can bang some N on and get another cut.

 

[gone up the hill]

Better than nothing to feed, know a bollke who spent boxing day baleing silage once, desperate times require desperate measures at times, trick is to limit how desperate you get or can get.

I saw someone in South Devon ( actually the most Southern arable field in the UK ) cutting SB yesterday, using the oldest combine I have ever seen working and the crop was ankle high at best, cut 5 acres and had about two tank loads of grain out of the whole lot, they still have another 50+ acres of SB the same to cut + a couple of fields of SO where if they get a 25 kilo bag out of each field and a dozen small bales of straw out of the two fields they will be doing well !!

Only plus point I can think of is that it is in one of the most stunning locations possible to be farming.

 

[Hilly]

I saw someone in South Devon ( actually the most Southern arable field in the UK ) cutting SB yesterday, using the oldest combine I have ever seen working and the crop was ankle high at best, cut 5 acres and had about two tank loads of grain out of the whole lot, they still have another 50+ acres of SB the same to cut + a couple of fields of SO where if they get a 25 kilo bag out of each field and a dozen small bales of straw out of the two fields they will be doing well !!

Only plus point I can think of is that it is in one of the most stunning locations possible to be farming.

Not good, cant be that bad all over tho, up here crops have been ok id say fields humping in straw bales.

 

[gone up the hill]

I drove past a field the other day and noticed it had been topped. I wondered why they had done that rather than put the cows in to eat it back a bit.
Then the next field was the same, seemed odd behaviour.
The next field was still being done, he wasn't topping he was mowing for silage!

Honestly, there was nowt in there. Big fields and the grass would comfortably rake into a single row for chopping. Desperate times I reckon.
Next door chopped theres yesterday, bugger all in there either but a bit more realistic. I can only think these folk are doing it so they can bang some N on and get another cut.

A few around here did their second cut back end of July, they were putting 80/100ft+ into one row for the forager and even then the forager would be going flat out across the field with the trailers trying to keep up beside it.

 

[Hilly]

At some of the prices quoted on here it would be cheaper to feed straw and concentrate!

It would be cheaper to sell up and develop a cocain habit.

 

[gone up the hill]

Not good, cant be that bad all over tho, up here crops have been ok id say fields humping in straw bales.

Yep every field the same, best sample of grain I have seen all season mind.

 

[glasshouse]

There was a standing crop of barley wholecrop for sale by tender a month ago not far from me. It made £500 an acre. It yeilded 2 bales an acre! they were some expensive bales
someone didn't walk the crop before putting the tender in apparently

 

[kill]

Daft question but what is a Guttler

A decent over seeder thats more aggressive than a tined weeder with metered seed and tapered serrated rollers to place and roll grass seeds in.
Have a look on Halse of Honitons website or book for pictures

 

[Hilly]

Yep every field the same, best sample of grain I have seen all season mind.

I mean all over the parish surely just that bad one farm.