Round here green fever has really started early,several farms cut last week,mainly Westerwolds/IRG to be ploughed up for maize,i did a 24 acre field for a customer last week,107 dryish heavy bales of real quality grass.This spring is almost a month earlier than last year.With no rain forecast in the next month,surely its best to wait for normal first cuts to bulk up before cutting?
Silage
- Thread starter holywell farmer
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d williams
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I've a fair bit there but thinking the same as you let it bulk as much until rain forecast because no use planting anything until there's some moisture about
d williams
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It's growing everyday
But only 60 ac of grass to take off before maize to go in
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- South West
But grass is so well ahead of normal that if we have 2 or 3 weeks of rain many crops will be well beyond good quality. But a 2nd cut will be flying again
d williams
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Yes why watching weather off before the rain if it comes
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- South wales
Usual suspects are ready to go this week apparently sure you can guess who
d williams
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I have heard but it's not a problem if I want to cut so the boss says
holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
In north wales in April you might get odd early cut but often it's then maize put in that field or even late wholecrop
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- South wales
As long as I can have a break from spreading muck I'm happy
d williams
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holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
Blood hell you put rocket fuel on that grass
early riser
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- Up North
Out of interest, all this early silage that is being taken - how much N has it had, when did it last have N and do you do pre-cutting samples for N?
d williams
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That's forage rye after spring barley planted late so not been grazed sewerage sludge then70 units 34.5n not tested but just coming into head rain forecast next Tuesday and wouldn't want to try and cut it flat
holywell farmer
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- holywell, north wales
Get good crop then ?
Devon James
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- Devon
Glad I washed her off last night [emoji1]
oldoaktree
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- County Durham
Saw a cut field near Scorton N Yorkshire yesterday on ones travels
P.O.T
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- Dumfries and Galloway
Few starting cutting around here. South west scotland
Debating what to do with 1 small field hre. Had plenty of slurry in 2nd week of February, grass now about 8 inches high. Putting out fertiliser at weekend. No one cuts this early around here so contractor may not be ready. Choice is to ask him to cut etc (probably only 6 to 10 bales in it), or graze it off and fertiliser it in 2 weeks time. 
d williams
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Maize going direct into grass yesterdayView attachment 511446View attachment 511448
farmingmad
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I have quite a lot of questions. If you are able to answer any of these that would be great. I am based in the UK.
1. When mowing grass fields for silage, firstly at what height and growth stage should this be cut?
2. When mowing grass fields with a tractor what is the step by step method to setting up mowers on a tractor and also where to start when mowing a field, do you go round the outside anti-clockwise a couple of times then up and down?
3. When raking up mown grass fields, how do you set this up on a tractor and what pattern do you drive in the field?
4. When deciding to change the crop grown in a field, would you plough, power harrow and press, then drill? Also what is the step by step method to setting up a plough on a tractor and what method do you follow to the pattern you plough in the field? I've been told you plough in a different direction to the way it was previously?
5. Finally what is the step by step method for servicing a tractor?
Thanks
1. When mowing grass fields for silage, firstly at what height and growth stage should this be cut?
2. When mowing grass fields with a tractor what is the step by step method to setting up mowers on a tractor and also where to start when mowing a field, do you go round the outside anti-clockwise a couple of times then up and down?
3. When raking up mown grass fields, how do you set this up on a tractor and what pattern do you drive in the field?
4. When deciding to change the crop grown in a field, would you plough, power harrow and press, then drill? Also what is the step by step method to setting up a plough on a tractor and what method do you follow to the pattern you plough in the field? I've been told you plough in a different direction to the way it was previously?
5. Finally what is the step by step method for servicing a tractor?
Thanks