Tileman wrote: » We haven’t had a drop of rain here in past 5-6 days. Lovely warm breeze and weather is good at weekend. Anyone that cut last weekend will get it here no prob.
Reggie. wrote: » First 7 acres baled. The other 3 acres tomorrow
johnnyw20 wrote: » How many days was that down? Going baling some myself Monday evening
893bet wrote: » Might be a hay window from this Friday on I think. Forecast is good. We have a bit I will chance. Midwest area.
Sami23 wrote: » Yes it's looking that way alright isn't it. Will you cut before Friday and let it wilt away even if gets a bit of rain or will ya hold off cutting till Friday or Saturday
Too_Old_Boots wrote: » Looking at the bbc long range forecast today till tomorrow morning will see some mist and patchy rain it's promised good from Thursday onwards, getting hot from Sunday to Wednesday. (Hay fever now hitting a lot of farmers by the end of the week :P)
2smiggy wrote: » father cut about 30 acres yesterday. north cork area, so here's hoping for the best !! let the fun begin
Who2 wrote: » Once it’s not small squares it shouldn’t be too bad.
2smiggy wrote: » it's just 3 handy fields, so all should be good. all our own gear, so not relying on anyone else !!
J.O. Farmer wrote: » 3 handy fields? Up west 30 acres could be bigger than an entire farm and more than that a 10 acre field is a fair sized field. Just goes to show the difference in land across the country. Best of luck with it, I presume you have good gear otherwise it could take all week to do 1 field.
2smiggy wrote: » meant it in a way that the fields are fairly easy as they not 10 smaller fields !! Ya have fairly good gear. This is a bit of a relief, as he grazed a lot more this year, and made more round bales of silage. He would often cut 60 acres together for hay !!
White Clover wrote: » Fair play, out of interest, could you give us a run through the gear. I'm always interested in farming fleets! I understand if you don't want to.
2smiggy wrote: » John deere 6910 john deere 6820 Kuhn 10 ft mower lotus 600 4 rotor tedder hay bob mchale 5500 baler it does fine for what we need to do. sometimes neighbours with balers join in if the weather dictates, and vise versa !!
Tileman wrote: » Unfortunately mine is in Glas which doesn’t permit until 1st July which is next Thursday .
Mitchells33 wrote: » Weather looking good from Sunday onwards, hoping to knock some on Saturday or Sunday, anyone else going for it?
JohnChadwick wrote: » Can you cut LIPP in GLAS? Does it have to be hay, or is silage OK?
DBK1 wrote: » LIPP is Low Input Permanent Pasture. The key is in the name, permanent pasture. It can’t be mowed for hay or silage at any time of the year. You are permitted to top it after the 1st July.
Sami23 wrote: » Yeah gonna knock a couple of fields here as soon as weather permits after today's rain. Wonder how far into next week we'll get ?
JohnChadwick wrote: » What's the penalty if you are caught cutting it for hay/silage?
BENDYBINN wrote: » Question for the experts...A field that produces 50 silage bales(baled after 2days down) will produce how many hay bales?
