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Clamp v big bale silage cost
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<blockquote data-quote="Pan mixer" data-source="post: 7872014" data-attributes="member: 5334"><p>I use about 1000 round bales a year.</p><p></p><p>I know that this uses a lot of plastic, 22 per roll if you use 6 layers, everyone can cost this all out easily.</p><p></p><p>Similarly with clamp you can cost out the contract charge, the cost of building a new clamp etc.</p><p></p><p>It is at the other end of things that the costs are so difficult to calculate;</p><p></p><p>As a Suckler herd finishing some stock and selling some as stores I don't want all my silage to be the same, my cows would be huger than they already are on the better silage I feed the finishers.</p><p></p><p>I house some cattle in the summer - our finished animals go through the shop and I need a continuous supply and haven't got time to go over the hills and far away to the other end of the farm to find a finished animal every couple of weeks. Therefore I need silage in small lots, the clamp face would be stale. This also applies when I get different lots in at different times in the autumn due to some fields being better than others at holding stock later.</p><p></p><p>With baling I can make a field or two at a time and have it in with a good forecast (or not) and spread my risk even leaving some to be hay later on if the weather turns out nice.</p><p></p><p>Clamp just isn't in it for me but if I fed a lot of milkers every day for 6 months I would be pretty cheesed about the time taken to unwrap bales and chase the plastic about on windy wet days (yes, I have an auto bale cutter but you still have to tidy up after)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pan mixer, post: 7872014, member: 5334"] I use about 1000 round bales a year. I know that this uses a lot of plastic, 22 per roll if you use 6 layers, everyone can cost this all out easily. Similarly with clamp you can cost out the contract charge, the cost of building a new clamp etc. It is at the other end of things that the costs are so difficult to calculate; As a Suckler herd finishing some stock and selling some as stores I don't want all my silage to be the same, my cows would be huger than they already are on the better silage I feed the finishers. I house some cattle in the summer - our finished animals go through the shop and I need a continuous supply and haven't got time to go over the hills and far away to the other end of the farm to find a finished animal every couple of weeks. Therefore I need silage in small lots, the clamp face would be stale. This also applies when I get different lots in at different times in the autumn due to some fields being better than others at holding stock later. With baling I can make a field or two at a time and have it in with a good forecast (or not) and spread my risk even leaving some to be hay later on if the weather turns out nice. Clamp just isn't in it for me but if I fed a lot of milkers every day for 6 months I would be pretty cheesed about the time taken to unwrap bales and chase the plastic about on windy wet days (yes, I have an auto bale cutter but you still have to tidy up after) [/QUOTE]
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