Are you still buying silage?

Muckit

It's been a long winter that's for sure. Just wondering are there many on here still buying silage/straw/hay? I know how long is a piece of string, but do you think you will be feeding for much longer ?

moy83

We have everything out now but if middling hay comes my for sale around me I'll buy a few bales in case of the worst in the next couple of months .

A cousin rang the co op there during the week looking for hay and they told him there was a few hundred names down for it already so there must be still alot feeding around here

delaval

I have roun baled barley straw lorry load. Pm if anyone interested

jaymla627

Honestly think we are entering seriously worrying times ahead with the feed bills that have been run up to date along with the real possibility that next winters going to be twice as costly, a lot of people are going to have to make some hard chocies and cull hard/reduce stock numbers coming into next winter, anyone on marginal ground is really going to have to consider pulling the plug cause in laymans terms the figures just dont add up.

Good loser

jaymla627 wrote: »

Honestly think we are entering seriously worrying times ahead with the feed bills that have been run up to date along with the real possibility that next winters going to be twice as costly, a lot of people are going to have to make some hard chocies and cull hard/reduce stock numbers coming into next winter, anyone on marginal ground is really going to have to consider pulling the plug cause in laymans terms the figures just dont add up.

Much too early to be that worried. Still a long year to adjust. Increasing the Nitrogen use could make a big difference. Also forewarned is forearmed.

red bull

Buying silage, cows still in at night since last September. Looks a little better today, cant take much more of this

whelan1

jaymla627 wrote: »

Honestly think we are entering seriously worrying times ahead with the feed bills that have been run up to date along with the real possibility that next winters going to be twice as costly, a lot of people are going to have to make some hard chocies and cull hard/reduce stock numbers coming into next winter, anyone on marginal ground is really going to have to consider pulling the plug cause in laymans terms the figures just dont add up.

dont worry about next winter take each day as it comes, for a few days there i was taking it hour by hour:cool: havent even thought about the winter, what will be will be

Markcheese

Would lads with pits be smart to look at filling them with whole crop wheat ?? Does anything different have to be done with cultivation ?? Can it just be bought standing in the field ...

jaymla627

Markcheese wrote: »

Would lads with pits be smart to look at filling them with whole crop wheat ?? Does anything different have to be done with cultivation ?? Can it just be bought standing in the field ...

Noting different has to be done just cutting date would be about 6 weeks earlier than if it was harvested for grain, looking at that option ourselves therez lots of spring barley around us the hardest part is going to be convincing the neighbour that his april sown crop of spring barley is only at best going to yield 2 ton to the acre which with the straw included would make it worth standing in the field in our around 400 euro at best if you take 2 ton of barley worth 400 plus 80 for straw minus 80 euro saved in harvesting costs.
Not the magicial 600 euro an acre i can see a lot of lads holding out for at that price unless its a genuine 3 ton crop its better looking at other options.

grazeaway

jaymla627 wrote: »

Noting different has to be done just cutting date would be about 6 weeks earlier than if it was harvested for grain, looking at that option ourselves therez lots of spring barley around us the hardest part is going to be convincing the neighbour that his april sown crop of spring barley is only at best going to yield 2 ton to the acre which with the straw included would make it worth standing in the field in our around 400 euro at best if you take 2 ton of barley worth 400 plus 80 for straw minus 80 euro saved in harvesting costs.
Not the magicial 600 euro an acre i can see a lot of lads holding out for at that price unless its a genuine 3 ton crop its better looking at other options.

i know a few lads that cut thier barly crop for silage last summer when they relised that the yeaild was going to be low and the harvest late. lookign at the yeilds from last summer it worked out a better better bet. As one lad said to me he didnt lose as much as he taught he would if he cut it in septmeber. That said hindsight is fantastic