2019 Silage Season

aidan

Member
Location
Ireland
Had it 9-10 years. Likes power and a clean even swath, hence asking about mergers. Some pre-emptive tlc goes along way to reducing down time.

how many tonne roughly in a day, no point in asking about acres, when I talk about acres I mean 10-12ton crops taken at the start of june, yours are usually a good bit lighter in the UK due to the preference for multicut systems
 

Bald Rick

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Anglesey
There be ladies in not a lot of clothing in them there dunes in the background. God bless the sunshine and skimpy tops ..............

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kiwi pom

Member
Location
canterbury NZ

dowcow

Member
Location
Lancashire
I suppose he's going to blow over one trailer into another in the third photo?:banghead:

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees people doing that in videos and thinks 'prat.' Like those few seconds for one trailer to be waved... or radio'd away and the other trailer to take his place are so bloody precious they can't be allowed, Every time there's a good bit of grass or maize on the ground.
 
Just open gate and let cows in for a day, they soon tidy up any missed bits
Would you feel the same if there was half a tonne of grain spilt over the side of a grain trailer? Sorry if that sounds aggressive but it makes my blood boil to see grass chopped then blown back onto the ground! Got to be one of the best reasons to have a wagon - to see all the whole leaves of red clover in a clamp that you know 50% of would have blown away if it had gone up a forager spout instead
 

Chae1

Member
Location
Aberdeenshire
Would you feel the same if there was half a tonne of grain spilt over the side of a grain trailer? Sorry if that sounds aggressive but it makes my blood boil to see grass chopped then blown back onto the ground! Got to be one of the best reasons to have a wagon - to see all the whole leaves of red clover in a clamp that you know 50% of would have blown away if it had gone up a forager spout instead
No. It would be a big pile of grass for half a ton to be put over the side?

Don't mind the odd small bit of grain spilt, its something for birds and other wildlife to eat.
Cattle won't tidy up spilt grain though.
@Kiwi Pete had some silage left on ground where chopper man missed and regrowth much better.

So no i won't get my knickers in a twist over some silage missing the trailer.
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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  • 50-75%

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  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.6%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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