Cost of making Hay

bouli73

Would be grateful for peoples advice on what contractorr going rate per round bale is for saving hay this year -(mow, turned and bailed)

Thanks

blue5000

ballpark 8-10 euro a bale, depends how heavy it is, how many times it is turned, thats for round bales, about 10 bales per acre, 20 e /acre for mowing. Make sure you get it net wrapped, not twine.

dryan

Hay - for round bales, i pay 4 Euro/bale. mowed it myself

reilig

dryan wrote: »

Hay - for round bales, i pay 4 Euro/bale. mowed it myself

That's cheap if you get it tedded 3 or 4 times and rowed for €4 per bale. My contractor charges €3 for baling alone.

dryan

correction - i tedded and rowed it myself. 4 euro/bale - baleing only.
I got a field baled up yesterday evening - 25% down on return from last year.
Contractor says he sees some fields down 50% on last year. Hope its not a long winter ahead!!

dasheriff

Its about €8 a bale for tedding and baling and €20 an acre for mowing..
What is the benefit of net over twine??

reilig

dryan wrote: »

correction - i tedded and rowed it myself. 4 euro/bale - baleing only.
I got a field baled up yesterday evening - 25% down on return from last year.
Contractor says he sees some fields down 50% on last year. Hope its not a long winter ahead!!

I'm down a bit on silage bales myself, but you have to take the weather into consideration. 50 bales of wilted silage baled today will feed a lot more than 80 bales of wet silage made last year. Crops are a bit lighter allright, but its early yet and a lot of people have their whole first crop done already and its a great time to spread fertilizer for a second cut if you feel that you will be short on fodder. Grass has only really started to grow in the last 3 weeks properly. With meadows cleared, there should be plenty of after grass for animals in the coming weeks.

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

I'm down a bit on silage bales myself, but you have to take the weather into consideration. 50 bales of wilted silage baled today will feed a lot more than 80 bales of wet silage made last year. Crops are a bit lighter allright, but its early yet and a lot of people have their whole first crop done already and its a great time to spread fertilizer for a second cut if you feel that you will be short on fodder. Grass has only really started to grow in the last 3 weeks properly. With meadows cleared, there should be plenty of after grass for animals in the coming weeks.

ya quality should be good this year but would disagree with you on growth, it hilly ground around me and you can see alot of places getting scorched at the moment and turning brown..no grass growing

reilig

vanderbadger wrote: »

ya quality should be good this year but would disagree with you on growth, it hilly ground around me and you can see alot of places getting scorched at the moment and turning brown..no grass growing

That's the price you have to pay for having good land, eh?

vanderbadger

irishh_bob

reilig wrote: »

That's the price you have to pay for having good land, eh?

those with dry land cant really complain , they only have to endure drought conditions on average , once every decade , time those in the bog got a lucky break

LivInt20

reilig wrote: »

I'm down a bit on silage bales myself, but you have to take the weather into consideration. 50 bales of wilted silage baled today will feed a lot more than 80 bales of wet silage made last year. Crops are a bit lighter allright, but its early yet and a lot of people have their whole first crop done already and its a great time to spread fertilizer for a second cut if you feel that you will be short on fodder. Grass has only really started to grow in the last 3 weeks properly. With meadows cleared, there should be plenty of after grass for animals in the coming weeks.

What Fertiliser would you recommend shaking now for a second cut of silage, and how much should I shake?

Sam Kade

irishh_bob wrote: »

those with dry land cant really complain , they only have to endure drought conditions on average , once every decade , time those in the bog got a lucky break

Bob wasn't it only last year that you said that land in Ireland could never be affected by drought?:rolleyes:

Casinoking

bouli73 wrote: »

Would be grateful for peoples advice on what contractorr going rate per round bale is for saving hay this year -(mow, turned and bailed)

Thanks

€18-20/acre to mow, €10-12/acre to turn, €3-4 to bale.

reilig

LivInt20 wrote: »

What Fertiliser would you recommend shaking now for a second cut of silage, and how much should I shake?

I just bought pasture swart and I'm going to spread it 2 bags to the acre. Would hope to take a cut off the meadow at the end of August. Not looking for real quality, just want an extra bit of fodder for cows over the winter.

bouli73

thanks for the post. from what is can see, 9/10 per bale would appear to be the going rate