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- M6 Hard shoulder
Hitting the grass 23
- Thread starter pappuller
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- Shropshire
looks good , is the ground a bit damp
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- M6 Hard shoulder
Conditions are good, farming next to a sand quarry has its advantages
Has it had time to use up the fert and how do you stop it becoming a very acidic silage?
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- M6 Hard shoulder
40 units n mid Feb + slurry plus these 2
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our grounds just a bit to tender to go just yet. Just had 35 N on 1 piece, slurry + N on the rest. Mix of westerwolds and IRG. The prg will need another few weeks yet, and the pp another 2 weeks after that.
multi cut, is a great idea, if we get enough moisture, we go as soon as possible, to ensure a decent second cut, might be sept before there's enough to cut again !
multi cut, is a great idea, if we get enough moisture, we go as soon as possible, to ensure a decent second cut, might be sept before there's enough to cut again !
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- M6 Hard shoulder
Only 8 acres the rest is 5yr leys, 1st year without sheep for a while and a very kind late autumn early winter has had a big bearing on things, 60 acres away from home will be 3-4 weeks behind so will crop everything in 4-5 weeks
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
What do you think not sheeping the autumn winter residuals will do to quality of 1st cut?
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- M6 Hard shoulder
Everything was cut early October and then shut up slurry and urea mid Feb so no waste in the bottom, its a load of ballcocks that sheep improve spring grass quality. Back in the days when we zg grass samples taken in March off ground with no sheep was the best analysis we have ever had and this was a regular result. So this silage shouldn't be any different.
Plus the sheep man would of taken 50% of what is there and paid me £2k for the privilege, I reckon 180 tons of grass would cost me £9k as silage to buy.so its not necessarily just about the quality.
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
We’ve done the same this year, no sheep for the first time in 20+ years and grass tickling my balls already.
You must be Hobbit sized, my Italians are below my knee!
Enry
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- Shropshire
Consultant was telling me the other week that he worked out how much sheep were likely to be eating on one farm, and the revenue didn't even come near the value of DM removed. With summer grass making £250-300/ac, I struggle to see the logic of having sheep beyond end of Nov/Mid Dec. They can do a job on seeds before Christmas, encouraging tillering etc, but when they are chomping off valuable leaf heading into spring it's a different matter. Some sheep men seem to think it's a dairy farmers duty to provide them with keep - times are changing, they will have more opportunities on arable farms with cover crops etc
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- Pembrokeshire
Tillering of grass happens in spring (for summer / autumn growth) and in autumn (for winter / spring growth) so how do people think sheep in nov ,dec,jan are gonna make grass tiller
Scholsey
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- Herefordshire
Just massive low hanging ballsYou must be Hobbit sized, my Italians are below my knee!
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- South Wales UK
Some on it around here, lawn rakings be too much???
Enry
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- Shropshire
new seeds always thicken out by spring when grazed and trodden by lambs in autumn
ollie989898
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You wouldn't dare put a mower on a tractor around here. Make a fudging good mess and be bringing in dirt in moments. Good to see another advert for the 'dairy farmers must own a tedder' campaign though.
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- M6 Hard shoulder
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- South Wales UK
How much an acre does it all cost these day to do?
Taking machinery fuel, labour ,etc into account?
Taking machinery fuel, labour ,etc into account?