Silage 2020

[Fendt516profi]

230 acres. All one field

?. My biggest field is 14.??‍

I was gonna say I know a chap who can beat that, he has 1500acre in one lot.
But.....
















It's a Heather moor

 

[betweenthelines]

230 acres. All one field

Must be a bugger when one heifer manages to get in there!

 

[Ballygreenan]

Must be a bugger when one heifer manages to get in there!

I have a cow could go in there, take a crap, head off grazing and still manage to lie with her udder in the dung!

 

[Tsa115]

Grabbing some second cut while we could last night, 6 weeks since first cut, 9/acre.

 

[som farmer]

99 heavy chopped bales off 15 acres, today, that's definitely helping the fodder stocks, mixture of rye grass, red clover, spring barley, and fat hen. Baler man, reckons about 1100kg a bale, I hope he's right ! Next lot 2 weeks away !

 

[Shebb90]

99 heavy chopped bales off 15 acres, today, that's definitely helping the fodder stocks, mixture of rye grass, red clover, spring barley, and fat hen. Baler man, reckons about 1100kg a bale, I hope he's right ! Next lot 2 weeks away !

1100kgs?? What sort of bale?

 

[d williams]

1100kgs?? What sort of bale?

A wet one

 

[som farmer]

1100kgs?? What sort of bale?

tightly chopped McHale, all knives in, grass pretty dry, heaviest we have had is 1250 kg, makes big bale silaging a lot more economic. When using, the weight, is on the keenan display. Always think seems heavy, but that equates to seven and a quarter ton grass/acre, which is pretty well spot on, what we would expect of a new ley, first cut.

 

[Shebb90]

tightly chopped McHale, all knives in, grass pretty dry, heaviest we have had is 1250 kg, makes big bale silaging a lot more economic. When using, the weight, is on the keenan display. Always think seems heavy, but that equates to seven and a quarter ton grass/acre, which is pretty well spot on, what we would expect of a new ley, first cut.

Round bales? Belt baler?

 

[ColinV6]

We held off as the weather was meant to be patchy, turns out it’s fine and very small chances of a shower. Oh well, will get 2nd cut started Monday morning. Probably a week to 10 days late

 

[Fendt516profi]

Be round if its a McHale bale

 

[Cows 'n grass]

We held off as the weather was meant to be patchy, turns out it’s fine and very small chances of a shower. Oh well, will get 2nd cut started Monday morning. Probably a week to 10 days late

Better that way round. We cut 85ac Monday, baled up 50ac yesterday and now it's pi$$ing it down.

 

[Ducati899]

Bit of contract bale wrapping today,been a few years since had to drive it myself,cushy little number

 

[ColinV6]

Better that way round. We cut 85ac Monday, baled up 50ac yesterday and now it's pi$$ing it down.

Your very true. It’s very frustrating when it feels like everyone else is at it though

 

[wooly619]

Your lucky my biggest is 7 across about 40 feilds

?. My biggest field is 14.??‍

 

[Headless chicken]

3rd cut being dropped. Going to bloody wet unless the sun sorts itself out. Sadly it was a non optional cut. Needed to be off a week ago but weather not playing ball and now contractor has got more to cut than really decent weather window available.

 

[Wilber32]

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3rd cut being dropped. Going to bloody wet unless the sun sorts itself out. Sadly it was a non optional cut. Needed to be off a week ago but weather not playing ball and now contractor has got more to cut than really decent weather window available.

Nice weather down west wales over next 3 days

 

[Headless chicken]

Nice weather down west wales over next 3 days

Hoping it will dry a little atleast. More rain Monday is the problem. He bought another forage to keep up with work load but could almost do with a third at times.

 

[teslacoils]

Rain delays butve find cut starting tomorrow.

 

[Wilber32]

Hoping it will dry a little atleast. More rain Monday is the problem. He bought another forage to keep up with work load but could almost do with a third at times.

Mowing down tomorrow here. Who do you use as contractors?