second cut silage

stanflt

with grass growth so good and the fear of a drought coming i decided to mow 15acres of paddocks that i cut on the 3rd of may for first cut silage.
i never remember a year so good for growth

pajero12

Fair going..Any chance of pics? But the nitrogen is hardly gone down yet is it?

irishh_bob

stanflt wrote: »

with grass growth so good and the fear of a drought coming i decided to mow 15acres of paddocks that i cut on the 3rd of may for first cut silage.
i never remember a year so good for growth

let me get this straight , you done your 1st cut on the 3rd of may and your already starting the second cut in the same field ?

stanflt

irishh_bob wrote: »

let me get this straight , you done your 1st cut on the 3rd of may and your already starting the second cut in the same field ?

yes same field-cover is only 2200 but its surplus- need to get it back in rotation in case of dry weather-

stanflt

pajero12 wrote: »

Fair going..Any chance of pics? But the nitrogen is hardly gone down yet is it?

fairly light in fairness

pajero12

stanflt wrote: »

fairly light in fairness

Light alright but still good going for a month! Is it going into a pit or bales?

whelan1

we too have a good bit of grass on our hands but we strip grazed it ...alot of lads have no grass and we are lucky as we have wet land... if the dry weather does come there will be alot of lads looking for alot of feeding

stanflt

whelan1 wrote: »

we too have a good bit of grass on our hands but we strip grazed it ...alot of lads have no grass and we are lucky as we have wet land... if the dry weather does come there will be alot of lads looking for alot of feeding

thats why im making it now so it will be preserved in time-

stanflt

pajero12 wrote: »

Light alright but still good going for a month! Is it going into a pit or bales?

pit all the way- cant stand baled silage- only draw back was opening the first cut this evening after mowing all day

whelan1

stanflt wrote: »

thats why im making it now so it will be preserved in time-

we have half a pit from last year:D

Tora Bora

stanflt wrote: »

with grass growth so good and the fear of a drought coming i decided to mow 15acres of paddocks that i cut on the 3rd of may for first cut silage.
i never remember a year so good for growth

You have now officially joined the ranks of that most elite club, the IFJ's "better farmers".
Congratulations. Second crop taken less than four weeks after first cut.

Me, never had such poor growth. Hardly a drop of rain from mid March to end of April, followed by a wet, windy, cold May. Hailstones Sunday and yesterday. Silage ground only very middeling. Grazing like a golf course.

stanflt

Tora Bora wrote: »

You have now officially joined the ranks of that most elite club, the IFJ's "better farmers".
Congratulations. Second crop taken less than four weeks after first cut.

Me, never had such poor growth. Hardly a drop of rain from mid March to end of April, followed by a wet, windy, cold May. Hailstones Sunday and yesterday. Silage ground only very middeling. Grazing like a golf course.

how often do you reseed- we operate a 7year on all the farm regardless

pajero12

stanflt wrote: »

pit all the way- cant stand baled silage- only draw back was opening the first cut this evening after mowing all day

Ah so it'll be put through a rake? How was it preserving?

stanflt

pajero12 wrote: »

Ah so it'll be put through a rake? How was it preserving?

a rake:eek: my jf900 would do some grunting

pajero12

Sorry, thought it was a jag that lifted your silage too

stanflt

pajero12 wrote: »

Sorry, thought it was a jag that lifted your silage too

that was the first cut when i smelled the rain coming:D and paniced
good job too;)

pajero12

stanflt wrote: »

that was the first cut when i smelled the rain coming:D and paniced
good job too;)

Ah there a beast altogether but they say your chop length is better for the cows!

keep going

would you not be better off grazing that now and mow some where else. they would eat 2200 aftergrass

sea12

Tora Bora wrote: »

You have now officially joined the ranks of that most elite club, the IFJ's "better farmers".
Congratulations. Second crop taken less than four weeks after first cut.

Me, never had such poor growth. Hardly a drop of rain from mid March to end of April, followed by a wet, windy, cold May. Hailstones Sunday and yesterday. Silage ground only very middeling. Grazing like a golf course.

I am the same. Very poor growth. Havnt had a decent bit of rain at all.
Land is rock hard. Reseeded ground very poor and meadows middling.

bob charles

is that a PRG sward? Yours months growth looks more like our yearly growth so far