ollie989898
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Only tractor work we do is fert, tedding and we mow the outside 3 swaths when silaging.
Thinking about dropping wheat as we are not geared up to handle 600+tons of grain its always a rush to get sheds clean etc. We have to tip on the yard then shove it in with the merlo.
Im thinking about going to just maize and grass. The only downside is wheat is a great entry and exit crop. So may grow a few acres for wholecrop just to facilitate rotation.
I'm taking another employee on and we're going to fence the rest of the new land so we don't have to make any bales for 3rd and 4th cut on silage ground. We made 1000+ last year we wasted 7+ working days moving them last year.
Now we gave a shed for every animal things should be easier. We're also carrying too many young stock at the moment. We have 240 and we only need 170. Once we've got rid of johnes and a few of the big cows I hope we can reduce that number.
Ditch the mowing, and caustic treat the wheat?
Wholecrop, maize and grass is a lot simpler, a lot of my customers soon take to wheat when they see how easy it is to reseed behind it and how you can grow a lot off stuff for not a lot of money, plus the ability to kill docks/thistles/buttercup in it, also the workload is spread out at different times of the year to maize/grass.
Bales are just a complete PITA from beginning to end.