2019 Silage Season

[Bald Rick]

Why would heifers trash it if you can move a tractor and mower over it, allways taught its fine to ruff a feild up till christmas it will recover, after christmas starts to mess up next years grazing.

Because we are taking advantage of a brief weather window. Ours are delicate pedigrees who prefer to keep warm and dry in this nasty climate

 

[Shebb90]

Very last thrashings of 2019 ..... (hopefully)

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You must of got some dry ground. How much you knocking down? When was it last cut,?

 

[Bald Rick]

You must of got some dry ground. How much you knocking down? When was it last cut,?

50ac
Sept 23rd

 

[Shebb90]

50ac
Sept 23rd

Was it aimed up?

 

[Bald Rick]

Was it aimed up?

Not sure if the question

 

[Shebb90]

Not sure if the question

Was the plan to cut it again? Or has it grown on so just tidy up?

 

[Wee Willy]

Silage must be very expensive and diesel very cheap in Anglesey.

 

[Bald Rick]

Cooking with gas!!

 

[vantage]

Cooking with gas!!

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Not a hope of doing anything similar here, rain every day for the foreseeable future, you truly do live on the Sainted Isle!

 

[Bald Rick]

Was the plan to cut it again? Or has it grown on so just tidy up?

No we weren't thinking of cutting at all but TBH the grass hasn't stopped growing

Silage must be very expensive and diesel very cheap in Anglesey.

Just tidying up. Would be very much worse left to go to feg over winter as we want fresh young grass in early spring as 1st cut is (weather permitting) on or before 20th April.

Problem with sheep grazing is:

A) the farmers are never very quick at removing them
B) we don't have very good fences (& last time someone nicked the grazers electric fencing)
C) sheep have a habit of removing tetraploid ryegrass so the sward becomes open = weeds/less silage
D) Sheep make horrendous mess around gateways and leave tracks where they walk in file

Not really worth the ££s

 

[Shebb90]

No we weren't thinking of cutting at all but TBH the grass hasn't stopped growing



Just tidying up. Would be very much worse left to go to feg over winter as we want fresh young grass in early spring as 1st cut is (weather permitting) on or before 20th April.

Problem with sheep grazing is:

A) the farmers are never very quick at removing them
B) we don't have very good fences (& last time someone nicked the grazers electric fencing)
C) sheep have a habit of removing tetraploid ryegrass so the sward becomes open = weeds/less silage
D) Sheep make horrendous mess around gateways and leave tracks where they walk in file

Not really worth the ££s

Can't believe how dry your ground is. Did you not say that you like sheep in at some point tho?

 

[Spudley]

I can't even get a quad bike on our fields at the moment!!!

 

[Bald Rick]

102 bales we didn’t have yesterday. Twill feed some heifers for a week or two

 

[Bald Rick]

Can't believe how dry your ground is. Did you not say that you like sheep in at some point tho?

Unfortunately we probably will need some as didn’t bother cutting fields accessing on to main roads
Had enough fingering this year

 

[The Agrarian]

They have main roads on Anglesey?

 

[Bald Rick]

They have main roads on Anglesey?

Yes and indoor loos.