have you enough fodder for this winter saved?

whelan2

still have to do a few more bales and triticale, should have plenty

Greengrass1

750 bales in yard. 11 acres of second to cut soon might get 60 bales there and then will do 18 acres of 3rd cut. Might get another 100/120 there.
Might look into buying washed and chopped beat aswell

mahoney_j

Fully covered from mid October to early April to feed everything,excluding whole crop and straw.third cut from Italian in 4 weeks and a few surplus paddock over next few weeks never had as much feed and very good feed at that in the yard ,prefer to be looking at it next April than for forcitvthough .mobey in the bank.my normal winter would be mid November to late march.

Greengrass1

What are ye putting down for what weanlings will eat and dry cows and incalf heifers?

KatyMac

I've a budgeting sheet: working with tonnes of silage:
Dairy cows = 1.6 x no of cows x number of months of winter feeding
Suck cows = 1.4 x no of cows x months
calves = 0.7 x no of animals x months
1-2 year olds = 1.3 x no of animals x months
And if you want the answer in bales rather than tonnes multiply the final answer by 1.1.

I got this from Teagasc a few years ago and find it to be very close to the final amount of bales I use during the winter. I was out by about 4 last year, which is pretty good I thought!

I have enough saved to do me and have hopes of getting about 50 extra bales from a couple of fields that were cut very early and have good grass now.

stanflt

I have a requirement for 432 tonne of dry matter of silage for a six month winter

Have 400 tonne dm in pits and a further 80tonne dm in bales

Require 80 tonne dm maize but at a conservative estimate ill have 160

I'll need 35 tonne dm brewers/citrus mix and I've 45 tonne clamped

All in all I'm well covered for six months
Only had a 4 month winter last year but you can never count your chickens

All I need now is 20 tonne soya and that's me sorted

Greengrass1

stanflt wrote: »

I have a requirement for 432 tonne of dry matter of silage for a six month winter

Have 400 tonne dm in pits and a further 80tonne dm in bales

Require 80 tonne dm maize but at a conservative estimate ill have 160

I'll need 35 tonne dm brewers/citrus mix and I've 45 tonne clamped

All in all I'm well covered for six months
Only had a 4 month winter last year but you can never count your chickens

All I need now is 20 tonne soya and that's me sorted

I need 205 t for 6 months. Usually everything out by month five. For 5 months I need 155 I should have 130 in silage. With a bit of meal to milkers and half straw to half silage to fat cows and a few KGS of barley to thin cows I should be okay.
I'll use 8 bales a day so I would need another 250 for an extra month

frazzledhome

stanflt wrote: »

I have a requirement for 432 tonne of dry matter of silage for a six month winter

Have 400 tonne dm in pits and a further 80tonne dm in bales

Require 80 tonne dm maize but at a conservative estimate ill have 160

I'll need 35 tonne dm brewers/citrus mix and I've 45 tonne clamped

All in all I'm well covered for six months
Only had a 4 month winter last year but you can never count your chickens

All I need now is 20 tonne soya and that's me sorted

Well, I don't need any more bales. This is some of them

Greengrass1

frazzledhome wrote: »

Well, I don't need any more bales. This is some of them

Any for sale

Timmaay

I think I need the 200tons also, rough estimate I've got 250 tons now, 1/2 of that is bought in.

frazzledhome

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Any for sale

Yes, €50 collected. Minimum 50%dmd all leaf

mahoney_j

frazzledhome wrote: »

Yes, €50 collected. Minimum 50%dmd all leaf

50% dmd ,you'd have ton pay me to take that away!!

on the river

frazzledhome wrote: »

Yes, €50 collected. Minimum 50%dmd all leaf

You might do a deal with boards members

ellewood

on the river wrote: »

You might do a deal with boards members

75 a bale so

and oh yea cash upfront as well:-)

frazzledhome

50% dm

on the river

ellewood wrote: »

75 a bale so

and oh yea cash upfront as well:-)

Come on wheres the love.

If I buy 20 you might give 20 free

Reggie.

We have enough in the pit to do us but still going to do around 16 acres of bales in a few weeks

Sami23

frazzledhome wrote: »

Well, I don't need any more bales. This is some of them

Those bales don't seem to be packed very well. Did you make them yourself or did the contractor try pull fast one.
Sorry if I seem critical its just I hate to see contractors making small bales to make more money for themselves

larrymiller

First time I stacked 3 high.

whelan2

larrymiller wrote: »

First time I stacked 3 high.

last year was the last time we stacked 3 high:rolleyes::rolleyes: bottom bales got flattened

Timmaay

whelan2 wrote: »

last year was the last time we stacked 3 high:rolleyes::rolleyes: bottom bales got flattened

I know of a farmer who stacked 4 high, and is bloody lucky to have escaped with just 2 broken legs when one came down on top of him.

frazzledhome

Sami23 wrote: »

Those bales don't seem to be packed very well. Did you make them yourself or did the contractor try pull fast one.
Sorry if I seem critical its just I hate to see contractors making small bales to make more money for themselves

All grass tedded at least once would be bordering 50% dm, occasional load weighed. Usually come in at 680- 700 kgs, yesterday's bales 900 kg can't see how he'd get in any more. All bales are 100% leaf no stem what ever.

larrymiller

whelan2 wrote: »

last year was the last time we stacked 3 high:rolleyes::rolleyes: bottom bales got flattened

Yeah I wAs afraid of that too but it's top quality at dry, 2 nd cut will be stacked 2 high! Il see how i get on

keep going

What do use for dm in a bale ?200kilos

keep going

What do use for dm in a bale ?200kilos

Greengrass1

keep going wrote: »

What do use for dm in a bale ?200kilos

Depends what weight really. I reckon ours weigh 650kgs most yrs around 22/23 dm
159kgs of dry matter I estimate in my bales. Haven't tested this yr so don't know yet.

stanflt

keep going wrote: »

What do use for dm in a bale ?200kilos

Got some sampled

48dm
81dmd

Weight 780
So that means there is 374.4 kg dm in a bale

Grass Tedded twice
Pure leaf

stanflt

Fusion made bales are approximately 15% heavier for some reason
Bales look the same size????

frazzledhome

stanflt wrote: »

Fusion made bales are approximately 15% heavier for some reason
Bales look the same size????

I weighed Fusion and JD same weight

Cow Porter

Sami23 wrote: »

Those bales don't seem to be packed very well. Did you make them yourself or did the contractor try pull fast one.
Sorry if I seem critical its just I hate to see contractors making small bales to make more money for themselves

Would it be the swarth in font of the baler, although if it's tedded I presume it's raked nicely too @frazzledhome ?

severeoversteer

I weighed bales out of a deutz baler and bent the scales, there was no bale less than 985kg and the grass was waffled 2 or 3 times

stanflt

Could it be driving speed??

Muckit

Sami23 wrote: »

Those bales don't seem to be packed very well. Did you make them yourself or did the contractor try pull fast one.
Sorry if I seem critical its just I hate to see contractors making small bales to make more money for themselves

If you are taking out paddocks, grass will be leafy and short. Hard to get good shaped corners on bales with this type grass but who cares when quality is more than likely excellent??

Muckit

severeoversteer wrote: »

I weighed bales out of a deutz baler and bent the scales, there was no bale less than 985kg and the grass was waffled 2 or 3 times

Were they bathroom scales? Say the missus was pissed

severeoversteer

Muckit wrote: »

Were they bathroom scales? Say the missus was pissed

cattle scales,