Fodder Crisis

Never wrestle with pigs

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

If, by any chance, there’s a fodder crisis for a few minutes, I decided to make a few of these things...drop a pm, as usual.

Lol, there will be. You should organise a big shed over here to sell them out of in the Midlands.

whelan2

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Lol, there will be. You should organise a big shed over here to sell them out of in the Midlands.

Could be handy during drought season

White Clover

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

If, by any chance, there’s a fodder crisis for a few minutes, I decided to make a few of these things...drop a pm, as usual.

Dawg, if that was my field, should I be getting rid of the mower or the driver?

Reggie.

White Clover wrote: »

Dawg, if that was my field, should I be getting rid of the mower or the driver?

Bet it was the claas mowers he used. Hes not impressed with them

Say my name

Reggie. wrote: »

Bet it was the claas mowers he used. Hes not impressed with them

It's not grass though.

Lucerne more like. You have to leave a bit of height.

Gawddawggonnit

White Clover wrote: »

Dawg, if that was my field, should I be getting rid of the mower or the driver?

Nothing too wrong with either man or mower.
It’s a mix of peas and Italian ryegrass that got badly lodged. The ryegrass is for seed and should be combined in July. Thus it had to be mown at 10cm.

Reggie.

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Nothing too wrong with either man or mower.
It’s a mix of peas and Italian ryegrass that got badly lodged. The ryegrass is for seed and should be combined in July. Thus it had to be mown at 10cm.

Bet you mowed it so.

White Clover

Gawddawggonnit wrote: »

Nothing too wrong with either man or mower.
It’s a mix of peas and Italian ryegrass that got badly lodged. The ryegrass is for seed and should be combined in July. Thus it had to be mown at 10cm.

Interesting, I presume you had skids under the mower to keep it up that much?

Gawddawggonnit

Reggie. wrote: »

Bet you mowed it so.

Nope.
Nice try though.

Gawddawggonnit

White Clover wrote: »

Interesting, I presume you had skids under the mower to keep it up that much?

Mounted mowers so just lengthening the toplink does the trick.

I’m very pleased with that crop. It was direct drilled into wheat stubble at 100kg/ha of home saved pea seed, and 15kg/ha of ryegrass seed costing €45/ha. No fertilizer or weed spray.
Yielded 29 bales per hectare weighing 670kg at about 33%dm.
Offers? .

K.G.

Well what a difference a year makes.most people have heaps of stuff in loads of silage hay straw available at cost or below prices .so with second cut in whats the strategy for the autumn as regards grass/fert/silage.is it worth planting forage crops this year

freedominacup

K.G. wrote: »

Well what a difference a year makes.most people have heaps of stuff in loads of silage hay straw available at cost or below prices .so with second cut in whats the strategy for the autumn as regards grass/fert/silage.is it worth planting forage crops this year

Plenty of fodder in stock. But typical year around here back feeding 30kg/hd silage atm. Raining now, if we get enough of it silage could be out again in a few days.

Mooooo

K.G. wrote: »

Well what a difference a year makes.most people have heaps of stuff in loads of silage hay straw available at cost or below prices .so with second cut in whats the strategy for the autumn as regards grass/fert/silage.is it worth planting forage crops this year

Will do a blast of reseeding here. Hopefully be up 20 to 25 cow's next year.

greysides

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... and consign events to history. Forgotten history!

Reggie.

greysides wrote: »

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... and consign events to history. Forgotten history!

Too late

Odelay

greysides wrote: »

Puck!!! Meant to close this thread........


... and consign events to history. Forgotten history!

Ah don’t. Least we forget the pain of winters past and the joy of getting to the other side.

TooOldBoots

I think it's going to be a surplus of bales crisis now. Every place is heaving with bales and grass.
Made 60 bales of hay last friday, didn't even bother seeing if they could be sold as you'd nearly have to give them away. I've no empty hayshed to put them into. I'm thinking of getting a roll of pallet wrap and wrapping them by hand on the cylinder and leaving the ends exposed.
Its been some year for growth, cattle are mud fat yet the price of cattle are on the floor

cute geoge

TooOldBoots wrote: »

I think it's going to be a surplus of bales crisis now. Every place is heaving with bales and grass.
Made 60 bales of hay last friday, didn't even bother seeing if they could be sold as you'd nearly have to give them away. I've no empty hayshed to put them into. I'm thinking of getting a roll of pallet wrap and wrapping them by hand on the cylinder and leaving the ends exposed.
Its been some year for growth, cattle are mud fat yet the price of cattle are on the floor

that is a brilliant idea

greenfield21

What are big squares of barley straw making? Out of the field

alps

Anyone weigh a 22 ft grass silage trailer full...no run off down 18hrs, probably just over 25%DM...

Or any sizes and we can compare..

freedominacup

alps wrote: »

Anyone weigh a 22 ft grass silage trailer full...no run off down 18hrs, probably just over 25%DM...

Or any sizes and we can compare..

Straumann giga viteese 17 tonnes. If you could cube it for an indication.

Keepgrowing

alps wrote: »

Anyone weigh a 22 ft grass silage trailer full...no run off down 18hrs, probably just over 25%DM...

Or any sizes and we can compare..

22’ super cube Smyth trailer full to water level 16 tonne