multi power
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- pembrokeshire
how much kit to get the ground covered that quick?
hay making
- Thread starter IH 684
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Some do, some dont very few actually know what the feck they do want and even less what good hay is.
Use front/ rear mowers, a lely four rotor stabilo to turn, a 6mtr double rake, that saves me hours of work compared to the single rake, got a NH570 baler which goes like a train, much better than the previous 570 that I sold before last season, not sure why tho, then stack in 48 to haul back, have sold nearly1500 straight into people rest is in my barn, do it virtually all myself, at least now it only takes three turnings to dry it unlike beginning of june when it takes many more, to be honest was glad the weather got dodgy as I was knackered by last wk, must be getting old
Also done 60 big squares for my livery and 230 odd ist and 2nd cut haylage that @Vernon and his dad bale and wrap for me.
Should get some more second cut of the early hay ground and some third cut from the westerwolds for cow feed
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
Some do, some dont very few actually know what the feck they do want and even less what good hay is.
Use front/ rear mowers, a lely four rotor stabilo to turn, a 6mtr double rake, that saves me hours of work compared to the single rake, got a NH570 baler which goes like a train, much better than the previous 570 that I sold before last season, not sure why tho, then stack in 48 to haul back, have sold nearly1500 straight into people rest is in my barn, do it virtually all myself, at least now it only takes three turnings to dry it unlike beginning of june when it takes many more, to be honest was glad the weather got dodgy as I was knackered by last wk, must be getting old
Also done 60 big squares for my livery and 230 odd ist and 2nd cut haylage that @Vernon and his dad bale and wrap for me.
Should get some more second cut of the early hay ground and some third cut from the westerwolds for cow feed
that baler wouldnt be long in a 5 acre field ! i do maybe 1500 bales to sell for extra pocket money to horse folk et, really need to get flat eight set up going, carting them is the killer, or rather loading but grab will sort that, going to be having a deacent size tedder very soon, last year i done it all in the evenings after milking but sod that im having a week off this time
Yes it is the hauling that takes the time and then stacking in the barn
- Location
- Ceredigion
KMA
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
the green hay thing is like shiny red apples in the supermarket, it's about visual appeal rather than anything else. I suppose the thinking is that once hay has been rained on it starts to lose it's colour. With most hosey people it's usually what the owner likes not the horse.
On the other hand we've moved away from the native breeds that could make a decent fist of converting less rich fodder into decent milk and meat. Galloways, Angus and Herefords have been replaced by Charolais and Limousin whilst Holsteins have replaced Ayrshires
On the other hand we've moved away from the native breeds that could make a decent fist of converting less rich fodder into decent milk and meat. Galloways, Angus and Herefords have been replaced by Charolais and Limousin whilst Holsteins have replaced Ayrshires
KMA
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
Very nice looking load FT.
Going by the comments it must be patchy around the country. Round here some fields have turned into salvage jobs, won't take much longer before its a case of getting the stuff off to save the sward, thankfully we haven't got anything cut at the moment.
Going by the comments it must be patchy around the country. Round here some fields have turned into salvage jobs, won't take much longer before its a case of getting the stuff off to save the sward, thankfully we haven't got anything cut at the moment.
- Location
- Ceredigion
It's been dreadful around here ceredigion for making hay although large crops of good silage and haylage have been harvested and grass is bulking up well for 2cd cuts, can't see anything being short
And if they get good hay they soak it anyway . one of my liverys said hope it's not rocket fuel this year I just walked away for some quite time !Some do, some dont very few actually know what the feck they do want and even less what good hay is.
Use front/ rear mowers, a lely four rotor stabilo to turn, a 6mtr double rake, that saves me hours of work compared to the single rake, got a NH570 baler which goes like a train, much better than the previous 570 that I sold before last season, not sure why tho, then stack in 48 to haul back, have sold nearly1500 straight into people rest is in my barn, do it virtually all myself, at least now it only takes three turnings to dry it unlike beginning of june when it takes many more, to be honest was glad the weather got dodgy as I was knackered by last wk, must be getting old
Also done 60 big squares for my livery and 230 odd ist and 2nd cut haylage that @Vernon and his dad bale and wrap for me.
Should get some more second cut of the early hay ground and some third cut from the westerwolds for cow feed
- Location
- Lincolnshire
KMA
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- Location
- Dumfriesshire
Wouldn't mind if there was some kind of logic or consistency in their requirements.
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
Done about 75 acres so far, about 45 to go, approx 4500 small bales, and 200 80x50 bales, which equals another 1000 smalls. All in good condition, not used a drop of additive so far. Lovely green stuff, far better than last when I was still cutting at the end of July and the grass was getting pretty ropey. Just knocked down another 15 acres which I hope to get by the weekend. Need about another 1500 smalls and 200 80x50s to cover all my regular customers, anything beyond that will be a bonus.
Wrong bales though , work of the devil 90's
- Location
- Ceredigion
If your selling your better off doing all haylage, it's like stock breeding, breed a donkey your stuck with it, buying donkey it's your own fault, buy your hay you get choice of the cropIt's another world south of birmingham
You're probably right , but it's not asking much to string 4 decent days together in JULY
- Location
- South West
Just place on the floor of a bullocks shed and cut string's on you 24 wet bale's rather than dump?
Turns out the ewes like them so have fed them half and they will get the rest (they were weaned last week so have kept them very tight - they were very happy to have them) Better than wasting them.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Horse people only want the best, I drove up to 600 miles a day last year looking for it visiting sometimes 20 farms a day, you risk your trade on the fact that you may get a weeks warm weather in July, haveing said that there are some that have magical fingers when making hay and always get it right,