- Location
- South Molton
Grass is looking blue rounds these parts now. Need the wind to drop and frost to go.
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- Devon
- Location
- South Molton
Most definitely not an organic farmers friend in any way shape or form!!
livestock 1
Member
Haha beat me to it?
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
FFS, silage in March! The variation within this small country is unreal!
livestock 1
Member
We are often feeding silage in the second part of May. Feeding silage in June sometimes too
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
I've fed ewes early May before in a really bad year but feeding silage in June you must have been caught out with being overstocked?
I have more grass this year in march than i have most years in late april but im a long way from silaging. Stock in early and mild winter has pushed the grass on but frosts lately and cold winds forcast will steady it fairish. I cant believe how quick its dried up, roll wouldnt press some jigged ground down today and local arable fields have dried almost white in colour
sherg
Member
- Location
- shropshire
Nothing grew for a long time in 2013
We had a foot of snow then. I remember because it was my daughters 18th and they couldn’t go out at all.
Two years ago, the beast from the east was here, with no grass in the hills, so ended up with welsh sheep lambing here as we still had turnips
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Aye couldn't remember the year, didn't keep a farm diary at that point as thought I would remember it all!
livestock 1
Member
Just too high up cold east wind kisened grass off turns it blue and refuses to grow. We can get snow in June although it tends not to last for long
- Location
- somerset
our grass is going 'blue' on the tlps, and going back, that's the main reason to cut, too much for cows to graze, only option, is to cut, 20 acres at that stage
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Reminds me of a story of a farmer up the dale I once heard...he was driving down the dale in the middle of June with a trailer load of hay on...local farmer said to him, you’re early with hay making this year
He said no I’ve just bought it to feed my cows
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
It might be happening this June yet if it carrys on cold and dry. I have literally never seen it dry up as quick. We will get onto our wettest land with Muck spreader next week normally no chance till May.
peterfarmer!
Member
- Location
- hazelgrove,stockport
Round bale barley straw wanted,about 30 bales delivered to sk7.
DeeGee
Member
- Location
- North East Wales
No grass growth here, too cold and too dry, and we are warmer than most areas, though admittedly also much drier. Most pastures have that horrible blue hue and any bare land looks white after a couple of weeks of cold drying winds.
Not bothering to put fertiliser on this week as it is just not growing weather, so it might as well stay in the shed until it warms up with maybe some April showers?
Not bothering to put fertiliser on this week as it is just not growing weather, so it might as well stay in the shed until it warms up with maybe some April showers?
- Location
- somerset
b-all growing behind ours, bloody stuff grew all winter, now it wants a rest ! Have mowed the most forward bits, just as well have it in bales, as let the wind burn it off. Caught the baler man, and tedder man out, they hadn't done their winter maintainance checks yet.!
Wbarker96
Member
- Location
- Scorton, North Yorkshire
What’s round bale oat straw stored outside worth in North Yorkshire
- Location
- North Yorkshire
4’or 5’ bales?