Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Stopped raining just now. On cue a neighbor rings asking for the telescopic to load fert...that should be fun. Land is totally sodden. Madness spreading it really. I’ll post pics of a tractor and fert spreader buried to the oxters.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Ammm...bit of a job to bury this.
Waffletraktor wrote: » Auto greaser on loader?
GrasstoMilk wrote: » Is it too late to spray ragweed?
Timmaay wrote: » Assuming you are in the suitable area (southeast ideally), have the suitable dry sunny sheltered field, and can feed it out easy enough, then it's a good way to help build back up fodder reserves, grass silage is hard to compete against getting the likes of 20ton+ of maize out of the same field.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Got him to spread 200ha of winter rye/crimson clover, cover crop mix with 10-0-0-24S. At €9/ha I couldn’t go wrong. The machine is a 4cyl 170hp Mercedes engine, fully hydrostatic and is made for ski slopes. He works between 23-25kmh at 36m and covers between 25 and 30ha per hour.
whelan2 wrote: » Once there's no frost forecast work away
GrasstoMilk wrote: » What's the spray for them?
whelan2 wrote: » We used d50. Didnt spray yet this year as land is too wet. There are other sprays .
Panch18 wrote: » holy crap that's some output Does he have extra wide tramlines for the tracks or just accept any damage that happens?
3 the square wrote: » Anyone thinking of switching from urea to pasture sward with sulphur on the grazeing ground with fine weather coming ??
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Yep. For sale, if you know anyone interested... 1200hrs, needs tyres, July 16 reg and one careful owner!
Gawddawggonnit wrote: The machine is a 4cyl 170hp Mercedes engine, fully hydrostatic and is made for ski slopes. He works between 23-25kmh at 36m and covers between 25 and 30ha per hour.
Water John wrote: » You can spray the ragwort, at this time, but you'll lose any clover. That was my experience last year.
Mooooo wrote: » No harm
charolais0153 wrote: » Cant beat a good monoculture:rolleyes:
Mooooo wrote: » Clover down here only leads to cut up paddocks in spring and weeds in summer. Not enough cover in shoulders
GrasstoMilk wrote: » I think I'd prefer no clover over clover and ragweed in my silage
whelan2 wrote: » Just make sure they die properly.
Gawddawggonnit wrote: » Not exactly. Maize price has risen fairly sharply and dragged barley price with it. Looks like yank farmers might plant more soya than corn. It’s going on 6yrs of dirt cheap feeds also and commodity cycles usually turn on years 7-8... It’s only my opinion btw.
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