Herbal ley jungle

GmB

Member
Location
S.Glos
Anyone else got a herbal ley that has romped away?
An absolute nightmare to mow with the moco, may have to drag the 5’6” plain mower out of retirement at this rate.
This is the lightest part of the crop.
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JCB_JCR

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
Got some to do 2nd cut next week was over knee high last week. Dad thinks more there than 1st cut which was about 10t/acre.
 

som farmer

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
somerset
trouble is making hay with RC in , getting the stem dried out fit to bale means a lot of the leaf gets lost,its worse than WC in that respect .
Would it be better to wrap the lot for feed value ?
Unless in the middle of a heatwave, and a light crop, l don't think there is any other solution, you simply lose to much leaf, we have a ryegrass, r clover ley, 3rd cut, nitrates to high to cut, as per norm, (not our fault !), grass has well headed, heavy crop, to dry it for hay, would take to many teddings, = lost leaf. Quality grass, has gone over, just a 2nd quality crop now.
 

beardface

Member
Location
East Yorkshire
Can't believe how fast and thick grass has grown in June. Never know it outpace stock so fast. Just dropped a hay meadow field, which we didn't graze in spring as didn't have enough mouths. Swaths are nearly 6 inch thick never seen it as good. Be some full barns this year I think.
 

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