Silage thread

moy83

leg wax wrote: »

just mowed 17 acres and its as heavy as i have ever seen, right fert paying now.

What kind of fert leg wax ? The only stuff going out here is target but it seems ok only

darragh_haven

Knocked nearly 40 acres. Rake it up tomorrow and contractor is coming at 2pm to stuff it in the pit. Really surprised with how heavy the crop is. Happy days

darragh_haven

Silage porn:P

leg wax

moy83 wrote: »

What kind of fert leg wax ? The only stuff going out here is target but it seems ok only

it got 3 bags of 0-7-30, and 3 bags of can, 2500 gals of slurry.

bob charles

leg wax wrote: »

it got 3 bags of 0-7-30, and 3 bags of can, 2500 gals of slurry.

irrespective of what P levels are in the groud and what amount of slurry has being spread unless chemical P has being spread there is F all growing around here. Great to hear guys getting a response from proper nutrition, unfortunately here that hasnt even happened. I can't see any response to all the fert I have applied so far this year.

maxxuumman

darragh_haven wrote: »

Knocked nearly 40 acres. Rake it up tomorrow and contractor is coming at 2pm to stuff it in the pit. Really surprised with how heavy the crop is. Happy days

Knocked 50 today, and 20 more in the morning. Delighted with it. Smashing stuff and a lot heavier than i thought it would be. It has done a lot in the last week. Only field I am disappointed with is one that got sprayed with Pastor last week. Some to be picked up tomorrow evening. Rest on Tue

maxxuumman

Assuming its too dry for slurry. Would it be okay to get the fert out. And wait a week or 10 days till the weather breaks to get slurry out??

bob charles

maxxuumman wrote: »

Assuming its too dry for slurry. Would it be okay to get the fert out. And wait a week or 10 days till the weather breaks to get slurry out??

yip

Farmer Pudsey

maxxuumman wrote: »

Knocked 50 today, and 20 more in the morning. Delighted with it. Smashing stuff and a lot heavier than i thought it would be. It has done a lot in the last week. Only field I am disappointed with is one that got sprayed with Pastor last week. Some to be picked up tomorrow evening. Rest on Tue

Farmers with reseeded ground and with the right fertility seem to have better yields than those that have old swards and poor fertility or that are unwilling to spread fertilizer or lime and that spread slurry late in the year.

Muckit

Walked meadow this evening and have contractor booked for Thursday evening and will pick on Saturday please God

delaval

Going to level 50 acres after breakfast pick up Thurs am
Mowing 100 next Sat pick up Mon am

Muckit

delaval wrote: »

Going to level 50 acres after breakfast pick up Thurs am
Mowing 100 next Sat pick up Mon am

Arraghh stop showing off !!! :pac: You don't need all that silage for 80cows!!

delaval

Muckit wrote: »

Arraghh stop showing off !!! :pac: You don't need all that silage for 80cows!!

Savage light crop:cool::cool:

Muckit

Ah the truth is coming out at long last!! :pac:

hugo29

100 acres:eek: here was me proud to be knocking two paddocks tomorrow,

simx

hugo29 wrote: »

100 acres:eek: here was me proud to be knocking two paddocks tomorrow,

im going knocking 6 acres friday proud as punch i am

Farmer Pudsey

Cut second lot of silage 7 acres in two paddocks 91 bales closed one the end of march the other early April. One paddock reseeded last August the other the year before. Two weeks ago cut a Hybrid and RVP, seven and a half acres got 86 bales. Both were down for 48 hours and cut with a conditioner. Am about half way to my quota for the year. Will cut the Hybrid and the RVP twice more and have a reseeded field undersown to Barley. Happy camper as I taught I would have to close another paddock or two.:):)

just do it

delaval wrote: »

Going to level 50 acres after breakfast pick up Thurs am
Mowing 100 next Sat pick up Mon am

I'm surprised you're mowing so early in the day. Is it not better to leave till noon when grass sugars are high? Or is it just not practical for you to start at noon?

just do it

hugo29 wrote: »

100 acres:eek: here was me proud to be knocking two paddocks tomorrow,

simx wrote: »

im going knocking 6 acres friday proud as punch i am

Knocking 8ac on Thursday, it's a big job so thinking of doing it over two days;):D

Dampintheattic

Jeez, all this knocking, 50 acres, 70 acres, 100 acres, is giving me a headache!

Been following Delaval's grass management advice and commentary with great interest!

Application of the philosophy to small fragmented holdings, of ahem, "variable", quality. It's a different kind of challenge.

Big scale guys can easily bale a plot here and there, because a plot to them could be say, 30 to 60 bales say! Just guessing now.
Me I'd like to have done a few strong bits over the past two weeks, but would be 5 bales at a time. Can't call contractor for that.
Large scale operations, can do stuff the small guy, can only wish he could.

Still, making better use of the bit of grass we have, will help the bottom line.

Won't it -;)

hugo29

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Jeez, all this knocking, 50 acres, 70 acres, 100 acres, is giving me a headache!

Been following Delaval's grass management advice and commentary with great interest!

Application of the philosophy to small fragmented holdings, of ahem, "variable", quality. It's a different kind of challenge.

Big scale guys can easily bale a plot here and there, because a plot to them could be say, 30 to 60 bales say! Just guessing now.
Me I'd like to have done a few strong bits over the past two weeks, but would be 5 bales at a time. Can't call contractor for that.
Large scale operations, can do stuff the small guy, can only wish he could.

Still, making better use of the bit of grass we have, will help the bottom line.

Won't it -;)

I am same boat, The paddocks I'd be takin out would not be large and in fairness to my contractor he does it, he knows its only a couple times as the main silage cut is in one hit, at the end of the day you are still paying him

darragh_haven

Just put 35 acres in the pit, have to cover it in the morning. Great cut and good quality. Couple of neighbours coming to help out. Decided to bale 3 acres and got 46 bales. Its a back up in case the hot dry weather continues for more than a week or 10 days and grass doesn't grow as expected.

bob charles

must go at my 3.5acres once I have my nose picked tomorrow, errra Feck it, I will get the contractor to knock it when passing. I would spend an hour putting on the mower, and an hour gone buying blades, then to locate a shaft:rolleyes::rolleyes:. preparation is everything when you have a good contractor

mf240

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Big scale guys can easily bale a plot here and there, because a plot to them could be say, 30 to 60 bales say! Just guessing now.
Me I'd like to have done a few strong bits over the past two weeks, but would be 5 bales at a time. Can't call contractor for that.
Large scale operations, can do stuff the small guy, can only wish he could.

it -;)

Pay contractor going out gate and tell him to bale it at a time that suits him. He won't mind it's all in a days work.

Lofty0990

Just a tad curious while in deep admiration of modern day grass management- how much sh1t in these bales that are from paddocks that are been "taken out" due to surplus i.e been grazed by hungry herd of cows on previous rotation ?

Q1 Any mould etc ?

Q2 Happy doing it where someone is trying to get over serious TB outbreak etc ?

Q3 How geared up are people in general for doing this in general machinery wise that is ?

Just curious

delaval

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Jeez, all this knocking, 50 acres, 70 acres, 100 acres, is giving me a headache!

Been following Delaval's grass management advice and commentary with great interest!

Application of the philosophy to small fragmented holdings, of ahem, "variable", quality. It's a different kind of challenge.

Big scale guys can easily bale a plot here and there, because a plot to them could be say, 30 to 60 bales say! Just guessing now.
Me I'd like to have done a few strong bits over the past two weeks, but would be 5 bales at a time. Can't call contractor for that.
Large scale operations, can do stuff the small guy, can only wish he could.

Still, making better use of the bit of grass we have, will help the bottom line.

Won't it -;)

The most profitable and best grass manager in our group has 25 milking cows and 30 ewes. It was he who started us all on this measuring kick. He has no equipment at all not even a tractor yet he is able to get feeding, mowing or any other job he needs done.
I have gotten our guy to do as few as 8 bales.
You just need to train you contractor and develop 2 deaf ears:):)
It's all about keeping good leaf in front of cattle so you can top off surplus if you please, that won't add much to the bottom line
A contractor will not let a customer go, they are in fierce competition with each other so why not turn this to your advantage?
All you need is the grass removed, ask him to do when it suits him and give him notice and of course pay on time.

dzer2

delaval wrote: »

The most profitable and best grass manager in our group has 25 milking cows and 30 ewes. It was he who started us all on this measuring kick. He has no equipment at all not even a tractor yet he is able to get feeding, mowing or any other job he needs done.
I have gotten our guy to do as few as 8 bales.
You just need to train you contractor and develop 2 deaf ears:):)
It's all about keeping good leaf in front of cattle so you can top off surplus if you please, that won't add much to the bottom line
A contractor will not let a customer go, they are in fierce competition with each other so why not turn this to your advantage?
All you need is the grass removed, ask him to do when it suits him and give him notice and of course pay on time.

Pay when leaving field will always ensure he will be back on time. Especially if its beer money.

Dampintheattic

delaval wrote: »

The most profitable and best grass manager in our group has 25 milking cows and 30 ewes. It was he who started us all on this measuring kick. He has no equipment at all not even a tractor yet he is able to get feeding, mowing or any other job he needs done.
I have gotten our guy to do as few as 8 bales.
You just need to train you contractor and develop 2 deaf ears:):)
It's all about keeping good leaf in front of cattle so you can top off surplus if you please, that won't add much to the bottom line
A contractor will not let a customer go, they are in fierce competition with each other so why not turn this to your advantage?
All you need is the grass removed, ask him to do when it suits him and give him notice and of course pay on time.

I would just love to pay on the day. In that respect, I have only one condition. Write me out an invoice. Says I'll drop over to you. I never ever, see my invoice.
Therefore I pay the day I get the invoice. That could be November:eek:. Can never get my head around that one

delaval

Dampintheattic wrote: »

I would just love to pay on the day. In that respect, I have only one condition. Write me out an invoice. Says I'll drop over to you. I never ever, see my invoice.
Therefore I pay the day I get the invoice. That could be November:eek:. Can never get my head around that one

Really good point

Mulumpy

dzer2 wrote: »

Pay when leaving field will always ensure he will be back on time. Especially if its beer money.

My lad always refuses to take money til October when he hands in all is cheques together. Wish there was more like him