Bales per acre GS4

[Jerry]

What do people expect yield wise for GS4 covers. This a new ley put in last autumn. Its shot up lst couple weeks but can’t cut till second week in June. ( can just see deers ears in picture for scale in this one field)

Just wondered what people see in terms of round bales per acre. Will be baled with a fusion so will be heavy bales.

 

[Boso]

I had 12 big 400-450 kg bales from a 2 acre field last week. Schemes are a bit different over here but I get the GS4 thing I think.
PP, has had a reseed last year (reseeded with some fert but not very much), some deep bedding muck in march and has been harrowed a month after spreading the muck. Sheep have been taken of in january.
Was pretty happy with that, last year the same field only gave me 5 bales.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Just had 10.2 bales acre , bales over 700kg , one days wilt rounds, not in scheme though

 

[Matt77]

Why can’t you cut until second week of June, thought it was just a five week rest at some point between 1st May and 31st July?

 

[Jerry]

Shut it up end first week of may.

 

[Matt77]

Cut mine yesterday, grown like mad, I was concerned it would go flat if I left it

 

[Jerry]

Cut mine yesterday, grown like mad, I was concerned it would go flat if I left it

Wrapping it?

 

[Matt77]

Yes plan is too, another reason for going earlier than later, hopefully stop some of the stiffer stuff going hard and puncturing wrap.

 

[harperfarmer]

I got 7 bales/acre yesterday. Grazed with sheep until February then shut up. No doubt others will get more but I was very happy with that from no fert.

 

[neilo]

Just had 10.2 bales acre , bales over 700kg , one days wilt rounds, not in scheme though

Will it not be very wet if it only has one day to wilt? I wilted a similar mix last year for 48hrs and it was still plenty wet enough. I’ve just cut the Westerwolds/red clover on the same field and wasn’t planning on baling it until Tuesday.

 

[JSmith]

700kg is a big round bale isn’t it??

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

700kg is a big round bale isn’t it??

It is.
née good with a 35 and front loader

 

[Matt]

what sort of quality fodder are people finding they are getting with the gs4 mix?
am looking into going that way. thanks

 

[Jerry]

110 fusion bales of 12 acres yesterday