Baling Rushes

farmer2018

How long do people usually leave rushes down for bedding and do you normally turn them or just leave them as they are?

Silverdream

Depends on the weather, if its fine then you could bale them up after a few days. Biggest thing is bale them dry. I've baled up Rushers for bedding a month after they were cut

Aravo

If anyone is thinking of buying bales of rushes, be sure and price the Spanish rushes. Don't be codded buying by the bale. Buy per the tonne. Could be good value to be had. Iykyk.

DBK1

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I don’t know what your getting at but I assume it’s a dig at someone buying Spanish straw!?

For what it’s worth I’d be strongly in favour of straw being sold by weight. A local tillage farmer here was in contact with the main dealer his baling contractor had got his new baler from to complain and enquire as to why the bales couldn’t be made any smaller. The baler man had the baler turned down to the last and was still being told the bales were too big.

Selling by the ton would be a far fairer system.

Gillespy

Had a lorry load of bales delivered once and the driver asked have you anything with longer tines to unload. They were a joke. Bales just collapsed in on themselves when the net was taken off. Nothing in them at all. Same with square bales another few times. Not to mention stones. It's no wonder people are looking at straw from elsewhere.

Aravo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123751230#Comment_123751230

What got me was the cribbing about the tillage farmers when times were bad for the dairy sector (should have had a violin playing in the background). Plenty of mediocre harvests over the years but the dairy sector is the one which is no. 1 on any yearly income survey.

tanko

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Careful now, you might end up in the bottom of his hot tub 🤔🤔🤔

memorystick

How many bales per acre would you get?

Stationmaster

Is there a demand for these and what would you expect to get per bale? If anything! I baled 40 of them last week and don't need them.

PoorFarmer

If they are big strong rushes then make sure you get the bales chopped. They are a pain to do anything with if they are too long.