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Wilting pit silage

  • 06-06-2011 10:12pm
    #1
    Muckit
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    What's lads' verdict on wilting for pit silage?

    ie shaking out swarths and rowing up a day or two later with a double wheel rake. Is it a better job than picking a 20' grouped swarth?


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  • #2
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,677 ✭✭✭stanflt


    avoid double up swarts-wilting all the way

    worked for years with contractor(putting me through college) found that doubling or trebling up lead to rows of silage fermenting after 6 hours on the ground-when he went to a kuhn alterna mower 16ft which left grass in two 8ft rows silage was better quality-customers happier especially when i was collecting silage samples for the fresian breeders club


  • #3
    ihatetractors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 338 ✭✭ihatetractors


    Think he ment mower spread out the grass for a day or two and just rake ahead of the forager...?
    thats whats done around here anyway


  • #4
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Not much chance of wilting this week:D

    Think there was research a few years back that showed wilting incresed dm% and also increased intakes, but cattle didn't perform any better despite eating more silage DM.

    I prefer to mow dry, and pick it up within 24 hours.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #5
    jeff greene
    Closed Accounts Posts: 733 ✭✭✭jeff greene


    Always better to have it reasonably dry,25-30%, especially for milking cows and freshly calved ones, really wet, butyric silage isn't what she wants.

    Mow dry with good conditioner, pickup in 24-36hrs in good weather should be good enough, better is spread, tedded and raked but extra costs


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