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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7659849" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>we were very short of fodder, and for the last 2 winters, have fed a lot of hay to the milkers, quite suprised really, they did a lot better than expected, aiming for 7500 litres/cow, not 10,000+ though, and what we had of our own, was pretty good, they were getting 8 kg/day. This yr no shortage, and hoping to make 60acres of hay.</p><p> We used to buck rake grass into an outside clamp, covered it in chalk to seal it. As with many farms, some silage had quite a whiff. Then double chop, and add f, and covered clamps, add f was marvellous, in covering many errors, but was a very good insurance. Then direct cut, in iffy weather, wet grass usually made good silage, probably because you could roll it down tight, effluent, used to pour out, some farmers let it into troughs, for the cows to drink. All that, and look at where we are today, what a change.</p><p> 4 years back, with a dry spring, we had quite a few 'lumps' of dung, spread earlier, not really washed in. As worried. we used formic acid, silage was really good, contractor, not particularly happy, and said he wouldn't use it again, but it was a once only job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7659849, member: 86168"] we were very short of fodder, and for the last 2 winters, have fed a lot of hay to the milkers, quite suprised really, they did a lot better than expected, aiming for 7500 litres/cow, not 10,000+ though, and what we had of our own, was pretty good, they were getting 8 kg/day. This yr no shortage, and hoping to make 60acres of hay. We used to buck rake grass into an outside clamp, covered it in chalk to seal it. As with many farms, some silage had quite a whiff. Then double chop, and add f, and covered clamps, add f was marvellous, in covering many errors, but was a very good insurance. Then direct cut, in iffy weather, wet grass usually made good silage, probably because you could roll it down tight, effluent, used to pour out, some farmers let it into troughs, for the cows to drink. All that, and look at where we are today, what a change. 4 years back, with a dry spring, we had quite a few 'lumps' of dung, spread earlier, not really washed in. As worried. we used formic acid, silage was really good, contractor, not particularly happy, and said he wouldn't use it again, but it was a once only job. [/QUOTE]
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