Silage thread

FarmerDougal

frazzledhome wrote: »

If you look at most wars they're actually about land and commodities with the religious leaders emerging and stirring creating the belief that a religious war is being fought

Fought over / "in the name of" take your pick

FarmerDougal

First cut 6th June 40 acres

Slurry and 2.5 bags of cut sward out on same ground for 2nd cut.

70 bales made

50% farm topped

Sam Kade

How did a silage thread turn into a war thread?

darragh_haven

Sam Kade wrote: »

How did a silage thread turn into a war thread?

Sorry. My fault I rekon.

No second cut needed here, just taking out paddocks as we go. About 5 bales per acre

frazzledhome

Will start knocking 2nd cut later today, tedd after and once tomorrow.

Strip a silo as well

Blackgrass

frazzledhome wrote: »

Will start knocking 2nd cut later today, tedd after and once tomorrow.

Strip a silo as well

If letting your cow man loose tedding explain the dials on the dash first this time

Reggie.

frazzledhome wrote: »

Will start knocking 2nd cut later today, tedd after and once tomorrow.

Strip a silo as well

Have to go tedding hay again today. 8m out of action so had to resort to the 4.6m. You would miss the other 3m

frazzledhome

Blackgrass wrote: »

If letting your cow man loose tedding explain the dials on the dash first this time

Jesus that was funny and he in a lather of sweat.

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

Have to go tedding hay again today. 8m out of action so had to resort to the 4.6m. You would miss the other 3m

Much hay down?

degetme

frazzledhome wrote: »

Will start knocking 2nd cut later today, tedd after and once tomorrow.

Strip a silo as well

Did you cut this ground previously this year? No second cuts around here till last fortnight of the month

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Much hay down?

26 acres

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

26 acres

It's a great year for it. Crops are light and stemmy in general and there's great drying out even on the overcast days with the breeze.

If I had a way of stacking them I'd be making a few

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

It's a great year for it. Crops are light and stemmy in general and there's great drying out even on the overcast days with the breeze.

If I had a way of stacking them I'd be making a few

Yeah cut Sunday and might bale tomorrow. Lovely green stuff.

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah cut Sunday and might bale tomorrow. Lovely green stuff.

Tis nowhere near hay weather in galway.

frazzledhome

degetme wrote: »

Did you cut this ground previously this year? No second cuts around here till last fortnight of the month

Yes 23/5 pit and pit again

freedominacup

frazzledhome wrote: »

Yes 23/5 pit and pit again

Some of our first cut aftergrass gone too strong on second round. Probably knock it tomorrow. Another paddock baled around first of May also gone stale. Half that one going in and the last paddock not to see the mower this year. Not a lot on this one but far too hairy for grazing. Drought not biting here yet. It's made a couple of attempts but we're getting bits of rain here and there that are just keeping her lit.

freedominacup

frazzledhome wrote: »

Yes 23/5 pit and pit again

Some of our first cut aftergrass gone too strong on second round. Probably knock it tomorrow. Another paddock baled around first of May also gone stale. Half that one going in and the last paddock not to see the mower this year. Not a lot on this one but far too hairy for grazing. Drought not biting here yet. It's made a couple of attempts but we're getting bits of rain here and there that are just keeping her lit.

whelan2

mowing 20 acres for bales tomorrow hopefully

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Tis nowhere near hay weather in galway.

Savage weather here since sunday

Milked out

Damp enough down here in cork all the time, few showers threatening but only one small one so far, awkward enough to take out paddocks that need a bit of a wilt with n still in the grass.

kevthegaff

What is technically a second cut?

Dawggone

freedominacup wrote: »

Some of our first cut aftergrass gone too strong on second round. Probably knock it tomorrow. Another paddock baled around first of May also gone stale. Half that one going in and the last paddock not to see the mower this year. Not a lot on this one but far too hairy for grazing. Drought not biting here yet. It's made a couple of attempts but we're getting bits of rain here and there that are just keeping her lit.

In a fairly severe drought here.
Winter crops have blasted in.
Gave up on irrigating grass as the temps are circa 36 to 41 every day.
Send over a drop or two of rain please...

frazzledhome

kevthegaff wrote: »

What is technically a second cut?

To me its ground that has already been cut for silage. If that's not it we must be on cut 10/12

Farmer Pudsey

too out about 6 acres of paddocks nearly 10% of my total ground. May have to take out another 4ish next weeks. About 5ish bales/acre hope to bale thursday or friday showery weather here very close . The way I look at it is that it is silage for the price of baling. After grass on silage ground(normay grass) ready to graze, not sure if I will close 3 acres of it for second cut.

Hybrd and read clover will be ready to cut for second time in 10 days time.

frazzledhome

That's all the mowing out of the way and first Tedder run. Another tomorrow then take pit Fri am.

Crop really leafy averaging 3-4000/ha.This is going in to the pit on top if 80D 44dm silage from last yrs second cut

Kovu

Have most of ours done now, have stuff down for hay as well, no rain here at all and hope it stays that way! Two more meadows after this left to cut, we've a month's feeding left from last winter as well so happily ahead of ourselves.

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

Have most of ours done now, have stuff down for hay as well, no rain here at all and hope it stays that way! Two more meadows after this left to cut, we've a month's feeding left from last winter as well so happily ahead of ourselves.

No rain for cast here till sat night

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

No rain for cast here till sat night

I hope your in east Westmeath. Dirty looking showers heading towards athlone area.

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

No rain for cast here till sat night

It's raining in Carrick now, can see it on the horizon

td5man

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I hope your in east Westmeath. Dirty looking showers heading towards athlone area.

If nobody else wants them I'll take them.