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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Holistic Farming
Plastic free farming - somebody needs to do something.
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<blockquote data-quote="renewablejohn" data-source="post: 6707930" data-attributes="member: 1136"><p>IBC containers are normal plastic bottles with tops cut off in the metal frames. Hay made in normal way with drum mower and hayzip then rowed up with hayzip. Hay collected with modified Russel flail. (rather than pull a trailer behind the IBC sits on a platform on the back of the flail and filled directly). Once full a hydraulic ram and squasher plate compacts it and top up again after compacting twice and topping up its a pretty compact cubic mtr of hay drop off at edge of field and collect another container and repeat. If it looks like rain than throw the IBC lid on straight away otherwise leave to the end of the day and put all lids on at the same time. Once lids are on the IBC's can be collected at leisure as there weather and rodent proof. When we come to use just take the lid off and rotate through 90 degrees with pallet rotator and the animals self feed. Only difference with silage is the lid is sealed with polytunnel mending tape.</p><p>Only have 10 acres but would be really easy to scale up. Far quicker then messing about with small bales and no lifting for my old back. Also very easy to stack 4 IBC's high with forklift.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="renewablejohn, post: 6707930, member: 1136"] IBC containers are normal plastic bottles with tops cut off in the metal frames. Hay made in normal way with drum mower and hayzip then rowed up with hayzip. Hay collected with modified Russel flail. (rather than pull a trailer behind the IBC sits on a platform on the back of the flail and filled directly). Once full a hydraulic ram and squasher plate compacts it and top up again after compacting twice and topping up its a pretty compact cubic mtr of hay drop off at edge of field and collect another container and repeat. If it looks like rain than throw the IBC lid on straight away otherwise leave to the end of the day and put all lids on at the same time. Once lids are on the IBC's can be collected at leisure as there weather and rodent proof. When we come to use just take the lid off and rotate through 90 degrees with pallet rotator and the animals self feed. Only difference with silage is the lid is sealed with polytunnel mending tape. Only have 10 acres but would be really easy to scale up. Far quicker then messing about with small bales and no lifting for my old back. Also very easy to stack 4 IBC's high with forklift. [/QUOTE]
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