Baling pea haulm
- Thread starter Drillman
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion
If you can bale it dry without dirt I would have some . We used to shift a lot but can't get it now
- Location
- East Sussex
Needs to be dry and crispy or it will go mouldy.
You won't get many bales to the acre though.
You won't get many bales to the acre though.
- Location
- N.Lincs
As above, got to be dry. Cattle go crazy for it.
Sadly today's podders mean there's far less to bale than the old cutters and viners.
Sadly today's podders mean there's far less to bale than the old cutters and viners.
- Location
- Huntingdon
a friend in norfolk bales and wraps behind the viners.
ill be baling it behind the combine this year , its good stuff
ill be baling it behind the combine this year , its good stuff
- Location
- Ceredigion
The stuff being combines is different though . The viner is a good as nice hay and full of protein
j6891
Member
- Location
- Perth & Kinross
What about just putting cattle in the field once the Viners are out? Save baling it at all
- Location
- Ceredigion
No best bale it [emoji3]
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
We used a Vicon Acrobat to row it up when the ground is dry, leave it a day, then round bale it. You could nearly see milk running out of the bales, if you feed it to dairy cows.
The cattle will knock you over to get to it.
The only thing is that you have to travel a long way with a round baler to get a bale and it will be very dense and heavy by the time you have got a bale. Make sure the tyres on the baler, loader and trailers are well up to pressure!
The cattle will knock you over to get to it.
The only thing is that you have to travel a long way with a round baler to get a bale and it will be very dense and heavy by the time you have got a bale. Make sure the tyres on the baler, loader and trailers are well up to pressure!
Twin rotor rake and go like hell with the baler?
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
We found an Acrobat got far more haulm/acre than a rake.
But it does need to be dry to avoid soil contamination.
Think all the acrobats round here have been turned into the finest chinesium so it’s twin rake or nothing.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
We never wrapped it. It needs to be dry. I’d be worried that it isn’t dry enough if you need to wrap it.
You can find them in farm sales occasionally.
- Location
- Ceredigion
It will have dirt in whatever you do, haylage and dirt is like oil and water
- Location
- N.Lincs
If it's that damp that you have to wrap it, there'll be a lot more soil stuck to it from rowing it up.
The drier it is, the more soil will drop out as you bale it.
- Location
- YO42
We have done it a few times and its a fantastic feed but it needs to be crispy dry . We rowed it up with a twin rota rake then baled it in 120x90 bales . Its supprising how much soil there is left behind when the cows have eaten it
I would think if you bale it wet and wrap it there would be to much soil for it to ferment and be safe to feed
I would think if you bale it wet and wrap it there would be to much soil for it to ferment and be safe to feed
JD-Kid
Member
- Location
- Akaroa.. New Zealand
I would agree about the dirt. seen stuff baled after viners. better as hay in my eyes
just a bit risky to do as balage with amount of dirt in there
just a bit risky to do as balage with amount of dirt in there
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- baling dairy round baler