silage ground

grass n slurry

What's land making per acre for a cut of silage? Has fertiliser got and will be ready to cut in 5 weeks

f140

id say it will be got handy enough again this year. Even though growth is slow around here there is still loads of pits full of silage. I have a pit and a 1/5 left.

Miname

f140 wrote: »

id say it will be got handy enough again this year. Even though growth is slow around here there is still loads of pits full of silage. I have a pit and a 1/5 left.

Fodder is tightening up, I'd say there is a fair few lads running tight, I'm eating into a lot of what I thought would be surplus.

Water John

Can't help you with a price. But just trying to work it, leased land 270 to 400 for a year.
A first cut is a major part of a production year, lets say 50%.
Add to this that its fertilised. Suggest a price yourself OP based on that.
We'll then argue the toss.

farmerjj

Water John wrote: »

Can't help you with a price. But just trying to work it, leased land 270 to 400 for a year.
A first cut is a major part of a production year, lets say 50%.
Add to this that its fertilised. Suggest a price yourself OP based on that.
We'll then argue the toss.

270 to 400 has to be with maps,without maps you could knock a third off so if you were getting 100€ unfertilised you would be in and around the figure.

Water John

Fair comment jj.
Locally here two cuts €170, maybe a bit low.

blue5000

All depends where you are and what local demand is like. Could be anywhere between 150-250.

grass n slurry

blue5000 wrote:

All depends where you are and what local demand is like. Could be anywhere between 150-250.

Demand would be fairly high where I am. 200 an acre wouldn't be too far off the mark so would it?

grass n slurry

blue5000 wrote:

All depends where you are and what local demand is like. Could be anywhere between 150-250.

Demand would be fairly high where I am. 200 an acre wouldn't be too far off the mark so would it?

Water John

Well it has got fert. Subract that from the price.
Consider then the cost of ensiling. This could be dear feed but you do have control of quality to some extent compared to buying in bales.
Your other alternative is roughage and concentrates/fodder beet.

It is nice to have enough feed in the pit though. Peace of mind has a value too.

pedigree 6

Water John wrote: »

Can't help you with a price. But just trying to work it, leased land 270 to 400 for a year.
A first cut is a major part of a production year, lets say 50%.
Add to this that its fertilised. Suggest a price yourself OP based on that.
We'll then argue the toss.

Maybe i'm being naïve but who in their right mind is giving 270 to 400 for land.
I suppose giving and paying could be different things though.:pac:

Water John

You are absolutely right on that Pedigree, madness.

Morris Moss

Paying 190 here in kilkenny, that's with fertiliser and slurry included, think it's 130 for second cut.

tractorporn

Morris Moss wrote:

Paying 190 here in kilkenny, that's with fertiliser and slurry included, think it's 130 for second cut.

Paid 110 in Westmeath last year was hoping to do the same again this summer but listening to you guys has me very worried!

Morris Moss

tractorporn wrote: »

Paid 110 in Westmeath last year was hoping to do the same again this summer but listening to you guys has me very worried!

Only thing I can say is around here it's nothing but dairying, so the man we're buying off has no shortage of takers.

Water John

Need to be sure of comparing like with like.
€170/200 for two cuts is without fert + slurry.

simx

Gave €60/ac for it the other day unfertilized for first cut only, looking for €100, not a hope

GERMAN ROCKS

grass n slurry wrote: »

Demand would be fairly high where I am. 200 an acre wouldn't be too far off the mark so would it?

for that € 200 I would be expecting 4/5 bags of cut swarth to be thrown out in it and even at that it still seems dear. my neighbour just paid €90 for the farm next to us unfertilised and I thought it was dear.

grass n slurry

GERMAN ROCKS wrote:

for that € 200 I would be expecting 4/5 bags of cut swarth to be thrown out in it and even at that it still seems dear. my neighbour just paid €90 for the farm next to us unfertilised and I thought it was dear.

It has got 5 bags of 18 6 12 to the acre plus very watery slurry