GrasstoMilk wrote: » Have you a reserve of water? Putting a 30k litre tank off our well here and going to put something like a washdown pump to pump water to the troughs
Timmaay wrote: » Dwag interesting about the heavy covers sucking moisture out of the ground, I would of thought the cover would of helped keep moisture in the ground. Having a very low cover I know for sure will let the ground dry out very quickly!
Keepgrowing wrote: » Now and bale it all this week. Silage should not be a reason to compromise on keeping grass in front of milkers. Hoor to be out of grass for milkers in order to cut a large cut for dry cows. Rain will come and you can re think them. That's what I'd do, it's a year to de decisive me thinks
mahoney_j wrote: » Literally just finished plumbing in new water system here ,all finished Friday ,gone from 3/4 inch pipe up farm to 1.5 inch loop with inch coming up to fast flow valves on 220 gallon troughs ,today was first day the whole system was fully pressurised and the difference is just massive .i have also put in a 400 gallon trough just up from parlour before cows head to paddocks ,takes pressure off on days like today when there is a big thirst on cows
visatorro wrote: » Water needs investment here. Was thinking of filling slurry tank and teeing into pipe at highest point of farm. Only 1300 gallons, but would get me over the warm stretch. Thinking of solar powered pump to reservoir on top of the hill.
jaymla627 wrote: » 3/4 inch problem is water has to be pumped uphill so only have a flow rate of 1200 litres a hour on half the grazing block above well
jaymla627 wrote: » 115 cows here are emptying a 500 gallon trough in the half an hour it takes us to get up to them with a ibc to top up the trough after they go out easily drinking a 100 plus litres a cow in this weather especially today
jaymla627 wrote: » On a 3 cut system here on rented ground assuming I yield 20 bales over three cuts of the above quality silage with ground costing 200 a acre it's coming in at bang on 30 Euro a bale to get them stacked in my yard side note I'm not mining the ground at this with plenty of p and k going out
charolais0153 wrote: » In the farmers journal. They said the 75dmd+ stuff was valued at 30e but that doesn't mean it'd cost 30e
mahoney_j wrote: » 25/28 euro a bale
freedominacup wrote: » What bore pipe have you in your mainline?
visatorro wrote: » Have a weeks grass ahead of cows. Yield holding OK. Actually water is abit of a problem here these warmer days it seems. Spread can yesterday and will spread more tomorrow. Wonder how long it will stay on the ground?!
whelan2 wrote: » Grass growing here. Heavy land loves this weather. I will enjoy it while it lasts as we will probably be back to muck and scutter soon enough
Timmaay wrote: » 41% of the milking block here is gone too strong for the cows, 1/2 of that I was eyeing up for an 1st cut end of may, but only 60 units N on it. Most of it is only around the 4bales/ac right the min. With that out I'm sitting at 4cow/HA, and growing very little right at the minute (cover/cow at 163). I'm set to mow and bale 2 paddocks tomorrow, sorta Duno what to do right at the minute though, mow and bale more of it now, and probably end up well short on pit silage (outside ground 1st cut is doing even worse).
freedominacup wrote: » When did it get the fert. 70 units N spread here between mid March and first week of Apr on silage ground in 2 splits. No problem harvesting based on N test last tues. If N is gone cut it. You have to play what's in front of you. All plans are dust now literally with this weather. On a related topic. What are top quality bales worth dropped in the yard? Ground newly reseeded last year with a clean butt. Cut this week?
freedominacup wrote: » For this year's harvest. I have first cut pitted but I don't know where the rest will come from. Hard to say anything now stopped for silage. No point in waiting until it all goes tits up to start looking.
Dwag wrote: » Left over forage maize or merchant grain maize?
freedominacup wrote: » What rain? Nothing in the forecast. We were supposed to get the bones of a half inch this weekend. Not a thing nor any looking likely. I'm going to start pricing up maize to buy at this stage.
yosemitesam1 wrote: » Will you get much longer before growth finishes for the summer?
Dwag wrote: » Grew 7.9tdm/ha of grass here last year...on 135unitsN/ha. No P or K. Bad farmer? On track to beat that shortly on 121uN/ha. Good farmer?
Dwag wrote: » A 25hp pump accidentally (on purpose) fell into the nearby river..
