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The most efficient stage for baled silage
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<blockquote data-quote="JMTHORNLEY" data-source="post: 8166407" data-attributes="member: 53424"><p>This is the year to make quality not quantity. If you've a surplus of straw your already winning as that will be helish expensive again this year. I feed best quality silage when bringing in to keep body condition up and keep them milking hard, no corn used here for weanlings and fed best Red Clover silage as soon as they come in with mothers. Weaned at 9 months and usually 400-450kgs at weaning. They then go onto straw and minerals / molasses for the fatter cows and poorer quality second cut hayledge for the thinner beasts. </p><p></p><p>They do very well like that and my thinking is no matter what prices are doing making out the field is a damn sight cheaper than having to supplement shite quality grub with corn or the like.</p><p></p><p>Mow now if you can 1 or 2 seed heads showing is a decent indicator of good D value while still retaining a bit of poke but will spend enough time in the gut and not flying out of them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMTHORNLEY, post: 8166407, member: 53424"] This is the year to make quality not quantity. If you've a surplus of straw your already winning as that will be helish expensive again this year. I feed best quality silage when bringing in to keep body condition up and keep them milking hard, no corn used here for weanlings and fed best Red Clover silage as soon as they come in with mothers. Weaned at 9 months and usually 400-450kgs at weaning. They then go onto straw and minerals / molasses for the fatter cows and poorer quality second cut hayledge for the thinner beasts. They do very well like that and my thinking is no matter what prices are doing making out the field is a damn sight cheaper than having to supplement shite quality grub with corn or the like. Mow now if you can 1 or 2 seed heads showing is a decent indicator of good D value while still retaining a bit of poke but will spend enough time in the gut and not flying out of them (y) [/QUOTE]
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