Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

[holwellcourtfarm]

Something like 125mm in 24 hours.....

Heavy shower then

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I'm going for the helicopter smooth trowel finish, without the helicopter trowelshould I be making woka woka noises too

2 or multi blade? The correct noise is different

 

[Yale]

Right. Pondered your posts for a few minutes - how long does this stuff take to flower, obviously flowers are but brittle pods and dropped seed is
I am looking at around 90 days from sowing to putting the mower on... what are your thoughts?
Try some anyway?
Only be a dribble, I have made kale silage for a client once

I have a feeling @Chae1 did some kaleage years ago.

 

[hendrebc]

Looking at the remains of yesterdays rain, wondering if one can get the tractor out of the paddock and if any cattle swam into the next paddock.....

Id quite like to see pictures of your winter paddocks if you would be so obliging never seen anyone here do it and id like to have a go at cows out in winter not in a bloody shed

Hmmm my least favorite job of alland it must be every other baßtards least favorite as well cos not one single prìck came to give me a hand


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Ive just read the rest of the thread after quoting this and and was just going to say im suprissd you havent buried yourself in the concrete of lost a body part in the mixer

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Id quite like to see pictures of your winter paddocks if you would be so obliging never seen anyone here do it and id like to have a go at cows out in winter not in a bloody shed

Careful where you put them and for how long....

 

[hendrebc]

Talking of rapeseed oil this place isnt far from me. Started off as a biofuel plant but it didnt sell very well so they started selling the oil for cooking and seem to be doing very well
https://www.madryn.co.uk/pages/blodyn-aur

 

[hendrebc]

Careful where you put them and for how long....

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What time of year was that? Ive left cows out till january on barley stubble getting round bale hay but they ran out of dry lying areas and had to bring them in. Still well worth doing it was a hell of a saving. Have a few ideas for keeping bulled heifers out this winter but could do with some rain to be able to put a forage crop in about now.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Heavy shower then

All fecking day

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

2 or multi blade? The correct noise is different

Multi of course

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Id quite like to see pictures of your winter paddocks if you would be so obliging never seen anyone here do it and id like to have a go at cows out in winter not in a bloody shed


Ive just read the rest of the thread after quoting this and and was just going to say im suprissd you havent buried yourself in the concrete of lost a body part in the mixer

Concrete came in a truck

 

[FonterraFarmer]

Careful where you put them and for how long....

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I never realised your part of the UK looked so much like here.....

 

[Farmer Roy]

fire hoses froze today at Uralla ( a couple of hours north of here )

 

[Agrispeed]

Strip tillage has a bit of a following here, but tend to gets sneered a bit and a lot of people progress to DD. Quite like the idea of the Claydon type system though, as it has the ability to plant nearly anything - I've seen trials done with maize and it didn't look too appalling.

Never heard of it being ensiled but I suppose anything is possible. My concern would be that you wouldn’t get it dry enough and it’d make wet, shitty silage. I don’t know if you’re baling it? If so, I’d also worry that the thick stalks would be a nightmare to wrap. You’d need a spring variety and time it right for flowing in 3 months. No harm in trying it!

I had a lucerne field with a real charlock problem and I cut and baled it at flowering. It made ok silage but had a very strange smell and made me sneeze like f**k all winter. Cows ate it but not that enthusiastically.

My 'Quad' is currently a mf35 or shanks pony. I really want a AG100 but you can't get them here and my mate with one won't sell it... Ive seen some electric farm bikes that look quite good though, but probably too expensive for what they are.

 

[unlacedgecko]

Strip tillage has a bit of a following here, but tend to gets sneered a bit and a lot of people progress to DD. Quite like the idea of the Claydon type system though, as it has the ability to plant nearly anything - I've seen trials done with maize and it didn't look too appalling.



I had a lucerne field with a real charlock problem and I cut and baled it at flowering. It made ok silage but had a very strange smell and made me sneeze like fudge all winter. Cows ate it but not that enthusiastically.

My 'Quad' is currently a mf35 or shanks pony. I really want a AG100 but you can't get them here and my mate with one won't sell it... Ive seen some electric farm bikes that look quite good though, but probably too expensive for what they are.

Under current model quad fuel is a major expense for me. I looked at electric quad as a cost saving. When you take into account cost of replacing battery pack and mean time to failure, the running costs are very similar. I'll stay with hydrocarbons a wee while longer.

 

[unlacedgecko]

What's everyone up to today?

Nothing to read on here of any relevance, so I feel bound to ask this question

I am in the throes of fencing my paddocks into breaks for the hoggets coming tomorrow nice and still, can hear the sea thumping but a bit dirty to go for a dive

Come out the doctors with a prescription for fungicide for this weird rash I've picked up - sitting in hot cabs getting sweaty is as bad for my physical health as my mental health it seems.

Also got some specific exercises to try and mitigate the uneven miniscus wear in my right knee, in the hopes of delaying a knee replacement as long as possible. Oh the joys of a misspent youth...

 

[unlacedgecko]

How childish!

In fairness, I’ve never even heard the whole “rape or canola” thing being raised as an issue in the UK. Surprising given the PC/terminally offended times we live in! Only a matter of time I’m sure as those who make a living out of finding offence where there is none work their way towards it. Offence is subjective, so perhaps the British just aren’t as easily offended?!?!?! It’s all marketed as vegetable oil anyway so rape is really just an industry term. “Rape Oil” May be a tricky sell?!

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www....-from-sexual-assault-victim-a6953876.html?amp

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

fire hoses froze today at Uralla ( a couple of hours north of here )

Saturday was insanely cold here. Fog didn't lift till 1pm.

 

[CornishTone]

Strip tillage has a bit of a following here, but tend to gets sneered a bit and a lot of people progress to DD. Quite like the idea of the Claydon type system though, as it has the ability to plant nearly anything - I've seen trials done with maize and it didn't look too appalling.
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Our contractor started with a Claydon... that lasted 2 years and now he’s got a Sumo. Seems to do a much nicer job. I like the look of the Mizuri personally.

 

[Yale]

fire hoses froze today at Uralla ( a couple of hours north of here )

Saturday was insanely cold here. Fog didn't lift till 1pm.

So are you looking at -5 to -10c?

 

[Farmer Roy]

at night, yeah