The Grass Measuring Thread

mahoney_j · 30-04-2017 10:17AM

freedominacup wrote: »

Gr=Whoosh.

A month's grass falling as I type. The only downside is I had to do a heap of yard scraping. Every sq yard of concrete the cows use outside the collecting yard had a thick coating of powdered $hite on it before the rain came.

Snap same here ,had 4 tonne fertiliser to spreadcyesterday before rain but way too windy so didn't bother instead I'm off to do it now ,probably scorch the place for working on the sabbath day !!!!

Dwag · 30-04-2017 10:23AM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Snap same here ,had 4 tonne fertiliser to spreadcyesterday before rain but way too windy so didn't bother instead I'm off to do it now ,probably scorch the place for working on the sabbath day !!!!

You'd never know Mahoney...some crowds have been gifted new hospitals for doing worse!
Spread enough and they might give you Uni Hospital Lim.

freedominacup · 30-04-2017 12:05PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Snap same here ,had 4 tonne fertiliser to spreadcyesterday before rain but way too windy so didn't bother instead I'm off to do it now ,probably scorch the place for working on the sabbath day !!!!

How windy mj? That would never be a factor I would consider spreading fert but the wind/breeze almost never drops here.

Waffletraktor · 30-04-2017 12:14PM

freedominacup wrote: »

How windy mj? That would never be a factor I would consider spreading fert but the wind/breeze almost never drops here.

Depends onnstrenght, weight/bulk density of your fert and width. Some fert smashes to bits on the fins and others are too light a particle? to get the energy in for it's size to go far enough. Eg prilled vs granular urea, prilled is a b***h to spread.
We can't spread in anything but calm still conditions at 36m but in the teens you'd be fairly safe

ted_182 · 02-05-2017 11:40AM

Any magic plan for sharpening a grass shears, only have it since Jan and its gone blunt as fook,makes the clipping fierce tidious and time consuming

GrasstoMilk · 02-05-2017 12:22PM

ted_182 wrote: »

Any magic plan for sharpening a grass shears, only have it since Jan and its gone blunt as fook,makes the clipping fierce tidious and time consuming

Take blades apart and sharpen with s round file. Try and sharpen at the same angles there at

dar31 · 02-05-2017 01:05PM

ted_182 wrote: »

Any magic plan for sharpening a grass shears, only have it since Jan and its gone blunt as fook,makes the clipping fierce tidious and time consuming

Bosch one from grasstec?

ted_182 · 02-05-2017 01:11PM

dar31 wrote: »

Bosch one from grasstec?

Yeah 'top of the range'

RobinBanks · 02-05-2017 02:06PM

dar31 wrote: »

Bosch one from grasstec?

I've the same. Cat malogen bad altogether

freedominacup · 02-05-2017 02:32PM

Mowers coming tomorrow afternoon. 10% of mp being mowed as well. Oul boy not panicking so I'm not sure if he's gotten used to it or I need to take out more.

wats the craic · 02-05-2017 02:35PM

freedominacup wrote: »

How windy mj? That would never be a factor I would consider spreading fert but the wind/breeze almost never drops here.

same here always a fecking wind coming off the hook here

Wildsurfer · 02-05-2017 02:44PM

dar31 wrote: »

Bosch one from grasstec?

I have tried many clippers and the only one that was any good is the more powerful Bosch one I got from grasstech, great to cut.

Mooooo · 02-05-2017 03:09PM

freedominacup wrote: »

Mowers coming tomorrow afternoon. 10% of mp being mowed as well. Oul boy not panicking so I'm not sure if he's gotten used to it or I need to take out more.

Impending dry week worry you or did ye get a drop weekend just gone?

freedominacup · 02-05-2017 03:11PM

Mooooo wrote: »

Impending dry week worry you or did ye get a drop weekend just gone?

We got rain. Not a lot but enough to freshen things up. Nitrates gone so time to cut. Much stronger crops than last year's first cut which was taken almost ten days later.

Signpost · 02-05-2017 10:41PM

Was thinking of this shears as its 18V, would it be worth the money do ye think? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-DUM168Z-Cordless-Lithium-Ion-Grass/dp/B00JPUJOSA

ted_182 · 03-05-2017 06:55AM

freedominacup wrote: »

Mowers coming tomorrow afternoon. 10% of mp being mowed as well. Oul boy not panicking so I'm not sure if he's gotten used to it or I need to take out more.

Would that 10% have gotten a bag of urea over the weekend or did you skip it?

freedominacup · 03-05-2017 06:58AM

ted_182 wrote: »

Would that 10% have gotten a bag of urea over the weekend or did you skip it?

It got the urea. Light crop and will be dried out to the last so should be fine.

ted_182 · 03-05-2017 07:03AM

freedominacup wrote: »

It got the urea. Light crop and will be dried out to the last so should be fine.

In your experience then is the majority of that N still available to the plant after cutting or is it taken off in the crop? Just asking because last year i was blanking spreading cow ground and say i could spread on a monday and be mowing on a friday and i kinda felt i was wasting fert that it was being taken away in the crop iykwim

mahoney_j · 03-05-2017 07:34AM

Paddocks out today and dropping cover per cow to 140 would go lower only no prospect of rain for a week

degetme · 03-05-2017 07:39AM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Paddocks out today and dropping cover per cow to 140 would go lower only no prospect of rain for a week

Will you test for nitrogen and sugars or will drying out cancel it out?

Keepgrowing · 03-05-2017 07:46AM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Paddocks out today and dropping cover per cow to 140 would go lower only no prospect of rain for a week

A 150 here and not a chance of dropping it. No rain on the horizon but really needed.

30 ac into bales last week and 20 acres on heifer ground knocked for bales yesterday. Sprayed off 24 acres for grass seeds on heifer ground yesterday. With meadows locked, bales out and spraying done that farm is stocked at 7 per ha but growing really well with plenty of 1500+ covers.

Drafting cows on home farm this morning to move to a new farm. Our first milk collection there was this am. So quiete busy here ATM. The cows leaving home will drop Sr. and help grass situation.

All cows averaging 28 litres at 3kg 12% nut Fat 4.30 Pro 3.61 Scc 140 Urea 22

mahoney_j · 03-05-2017 07:53AM

degetme wrote: »

Will you test for nitrogen and sugars or will drying out cancel it out?

Nope sun and Tedder *2 will sort ,baling dinner time Friday

Mooooo · 03-05-2017 08:02AM

Keepgrowing wrote: »

A 150 here and not a chance of dropping it. No rain on the horizon but really needed.

30 ac into bales last week and 20 acres on heifer ground knocked for bales yesterday. Sprayed off 24 acres for grass seeds on heifer ground yesterday. With meadows locked, bales out and spraying done that farm is stocked at 7 per ha but growing really well with plenty of 1500+ covers.

Drafting cows on home farm this morning to move to a new farm. Our first milk collection there was this am. So quiete busy here ATM. The cows leaving home will drop Sr. and help grass situation.

All cows averaging 28 litres at 3kg 12% nut Fat 4.30 Pro 3.61 Scc 140 Urea 22

I'd say some of the teagasc farms should take a trip out to your crossbreds , heading for 6 litres and 0.3 to 0.56 kgs of solids ahead of them along with a higher price with the percentages. On 27L here at 3.68p 3.78bf. Hol/fr

Keepgrowing · 03-05-2017 08:24AM

Mooooo wrote: »

I'd say some of the teagasc farms should take a trip out to your crossbreds , heading for 6 litres and 0.3 to 0.56 kgs of solids ahead of them along with a higher price with the percentages. On 27L here at 3.68p 3.78bf. Hol/fr

I'm convinced it's feeding not breeding, took me a while to see it. Slow learner!!

New farm will have no xbred cow so it'll be interesting to see if my theory holds credence. I'll report in a few weeks when they're settled. Now got to go, flat out

Signpost · 04-05-2017 12:50AM

Not sure how much attention we should be paying to Teagasc around grass management based on the Greenfield....

GrasstoMilk · 04-05-2017 06:23AM

Signpost wrote: »

Not sure how much attention we should be paying to Teagasc around grass management based on the Greenfield....

They took out a lot of land last week for bales and it should have been left in. Second round grass that cows would have no issues cleaning out

jaymla627 · 04-05-2017 01:23PM

Signpost wrote: »

Not sure how much attention we should be paying to Teagasc around grass management based on the Greenfield....

They must of let jk do the last few grass walks, the poor chap has awful trouble working a calculator pretty funny his piece in the journal this week after he got pulled up on last weeks tripe he wrote

pedigree 6 · 04-05-2017 02:24PM

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

They took out a lot of land last week for bales and it should have been left in. Second round grass that cows would have no issues cleaning out

They'll be feeding that silage to the cows.
There's no rain forecast in the next 7 days now only this drying wind.:rolleyes:
Especially with that farm it would be drier than my own.

I wonder why they did it?

wats the craic · 04-05-2017 05:15PM

pedigree 6 wrote: »

They'll be feeding that silage to the cows.
There's no rain forecast in the next 7 days now only this drying wind.:rolleyes:
Especially with that farm it would be drier than my own.

I wonder why they did it?

prb jack the lad told them to do it

pedigree 6 · 04-05-2017 05:33PM

wats the craic wrote: »

prb jack the lad told them to do it

There's a manager and then a cowhand.
I know they have "advisors" too but at the end of the day it's up to the manager.
Or I am I mistaken?

Time will tell I suppose whether it was the right decision.
Nobody died I suppose anyway.:p

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