Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

[Davy]

2 men round here cut grass yesterday evenin so cant be too bad a forecast

A neighbour rolled the dice on Wednesday and mowed. Its seen a lot of rain and hail both nights since.

 

[daveydiesel1]

A neighbour rolled the dice on Wednesday and mowed. Its seen a lot of rain and hail both nights since.

Yeah but its well worth it cause once he gets it in he can look down his nose at all the other neighbours that hasnt it cut thinkin hes smarter as he has his grass in theres nothin makes a man want to cut grass more than seein his neighbour cuttin his

 

[it's not over]

Is rather farm in the cold as farm in the muck, I've tried them both

 

[Wee Willy]

Southern man's nightmare..14 springers in the house in May. My opinion,at least they're in calf and they can finish up the dung in the back of the silo.

 

[yin ewe]

Yeah but its well worth it cause once he gets it in he can look down his nose at all the other neighbours that hasnt it cut thinkin hes smarter as he has his grass in theres nothin makes a man want to cut grass more than seein his neighbour cuttin his

The boys that have cut haven't gained much, the ones haven't cut yet haven't lost much. Brown frosted grass won't make great silage in my opinion. Any cut ground I see isn't greening up again, some of it is whiter than the day it was mowed.

 

[yohan115]

The boys that have cut haven't gained much, the ones haven't cut yet haven't lost much. Brown frosted grass won't make great silage in my opinion. Any cut ground I see isn't greening up again, some of it is whiter than the day it was mowed.

Do you reckon the brown grass will grow out prior to cutting in 2-3 weeks? If not maybe better cutting at a smaller bulk now and focusing on a good second cut. Hard to know roll the dice and see.

 

[Mouser]

Do you reckon the brown grass will grow out prior to cutting in 2-3 weeks? If not maybe better cutting at a smaller bulk now and focusing on a good second cut. Hard to know roll the dice and see.

Just go when the weather is right here. Its light but would put in any time now also not worried if have to wait 3 weeks. Needs heat soon or wont grow much either way.

 

[Aircooled]

Southern man's nightmare..14 springers in the house in May. My opinion,at least they're in calf and they can finish up the dung in the back of the silo.View attachment 959472

They'll still be giving plenty of milk when the winter bonus is on.

 

[Wee Willy]

Everyone says don't worry about bulk at 1st cut, cut early and get more bulk at 2nd. That's fine but I have never seen 2nd cut feed as well as 1st no matter how late it's cut( within reason). Analysis can say super 2nd cut but it never feeds well. Just my experience.

 

[yin ewe]

Do you reckon the brown grass will grow out prior to cutting in 2-3 weeks? If not maybe better cutting at a smaller bulk now and focusing on a good second cut. Hard to know roll the dice and see.

It may not grow out of it but it's the 7th of May, no need to panic yet. Wee willy hit the nail on the head 2nd cut never seems to feed as well no matter how well it analyses. A showery week would help the grass and calm the nerves.

 

[Wee Willy]

Where's the 15 degrees Angie talked about? If you have cows in at night, you're wise. Cows shivering in parlour this morning.

 

[AndooMooMoo]

Our cows were out last night, but they're in today, without even a peep of argument

 

[Aircooled]

Cows out today here but I had to look around for shelter from a south east gale. They have yet to be out at night but have lost interest in the silage.

 

[Alan88]

Forecast giving me 15°c today and wet. They got the wet part right. Rain forecast for the next 6 days

 

[The Agrarian]

Dunno what you softies are on about. That's a grand afternoon!

 

[Conrod96]

Yeah it’s up to 14.5 degrees now here and sun out nice day

 

[Wee Willy]

Agreed. It's turned out nice. Can see grass growing.

 

[jay]

Agreed. It's turned out nice. Can see grass growing.

About time.

 

[Bogeyman]

Won’t be many getting evening ice cream at The Port.

 

[The Agrarian]

That was a fair shower alright. Time to catch up on that dry April.