have you opened your silage pit?

whelan1

well?

John_F

Milkers getting a mix of straw, mins, maize silage, 3 way mix and soya, about half of their dm intake, fed before evening milking, just the way the set up is. Highly stocked and grass cover per cow geting low, last weeks cold spot is starting to show and thank god we brought on the feeder in time or wed be v worried.

Drys following cows and brought into parour for 1kg of 3 way mix and minerals.

You?

dar31

nearly opened it at the start of the week, walked the farm before deciding cover/cow was at 355kg/cow , was happy enough with it so left it closed.
gave the cows an extra kg of 14% blend, on 3 kg now, with about 2 dozen ones a bit low on bcs getting an extra kg on top of that.
as it stands at the moment, it looks like i might start to feed a bit of silage towards the end of next week. start the last rotation on the 8th, will walk farm before then and decide.

Tipp Man

Very very early to be opening the pits. We have no build up of grass this autumn but are a long way from feeding silage, thank god

dar31

Tipp Man wrote: »

Very very early to be opening the pits. We have no build up of grass this autumn but are a long way from feeding silage, thank god

all depends on stocking rate and how long you plan on keeping grazed grass in the diet. personally stocked at 2.8lu/ha on the whole farm, and plann on grass till last week of nov. with turn out the first week of feb, just a matter of doing the sums each week

snowman707

will most likely escape feeding silage for another 2-3 weeks , have a couple of paddocks skinned with sheep and closed for february,

will have grass well into november if ground conditions hold up

milkers getting 3 kgs of 16/17% mix

all cattle and half of the sheep on the out farm


what about yourself whelan1?

whelan1

have 80 acres of after grass:D 2 full pits - one with triticale and lupins mixed in it- if weather holds up we are laughing:D have heavy ground... cows broke out today to 30 acre field of after grass they had a ball... usually have them in at night by 10 oct... very dark this morning didnt help that i left my wellies outside in the rain

whelan1

well - hows things now? we still haven't opened the pit:D hopefully weather will stay good , land is bone dry...:cool:

pakalasa

Dry weather at this time of year is an absolute blessing, isnt it?
We're quick to complain about the rain, might aswell smile when it's good.:D

whelan1

artic weather coming next week:mad: