How's the silage ground traveling this year?
Grazed off? Slurry out? Fert spread?
Or is it like a bog at the moment, a good year for rewetting.
Massey Ferguson TD776x DN
apparently they’re a lely.
Does the quality of grass silage drop much in days or a week ....its ready now but weather not good its either cut now wet or wait for a while hoping for a dry spell and next week not promising its a right pain
Well wear, what make did you purchase
bought a Tedder myself this year.
fendt /fella
What make of Tedder is that
only got mine mowed late this afternoon. Offaly hurling homecoming was on first so that was a bit more important!!
Only finished tedding at 8pm. Very little drying and bits of mist rain fell too. Need tomorrow to be better day as no sun or wind today really. About 11 acres and it’s all reseeded ground so it’s very green. But going to have to bale tomorrow regardless cos tues day onwards looks like being unsettled.
Bits of light rain promised tomorrow afternoon too.
Knowing you don't have to look for it has a quality of its own
Stalin said about killing, that quantity has a quality all of its own.
He would have been a great cattle dealer.
massive crop, 10 bales acres, nothing but slurry the end of last year, not grazed since end sep/early oct. Quality I assume will be shite but nice to have 80-90 percent of requirement for winter from first cut.
last of it cut yesterday, Tedded today. Would have baled some today but didn’t start mowing early enough yesterday and it didn’t get tedded out
Will be very dry again it’s all baled tomorrow
Bales all done yesterday. 10.5/acre so happy enough. Not overly strong in parts where ground was wet over last few months. 26hr of a wilt and serious drying yesterday morning with the light breeze. It should be goodish stuff.
Pit just done. Cover it in the morning after a bit of a roll. It was cut early yesterday and had got some wilt. 2/3's was grazed and happy enough with yield but delighted with quality. Probably the best grass to go in a pit in a long time around here.
Talking to the contractor and there is some differences with quality in the jobs they had done. Some of the stuff not grazed had serious butt to it.
Depends, but mainly it's there until the contractor can get to me. I usually try to clear it asap normally. It was cut Thursday evening about 5pm and baled this morning at 10am. About 11 bales to the acre I got.
Hoping to mow tomorrow and bale Tuesday but getting mixed weather reports - the weather I'm checking is telling me it's going to be a dry few days with no sun? Midlands area?
so roughly 48 hours of a wilt, would you usually wilt that long? How many bales to the acre did you get?
The field baled today was short of 7 acres. Cut Thursday, rowed yesterday and baled this morning.
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how long did ye wilt for? Would e were wilting for too long be a bad job?
Mine all wrapped up. Very poor crop returning ~6 bales/ac. However, it would be super serious feed. Had wilted savage in the day after tedding and before the baler got to it.
I have excess bales this year. Had a guy that was interested in taking the bales and now pulled out. I am making the bales tomorrow as I have the contractor making my own bales as it is. Should I advertise the bales for sale now once they are made or wait until the winter months? I will have it better organised next time but was caught on the hop.
Got a field baled today 75 bales. Good quality stuff. Have another 13 acres mowed and rowed. Ready for baleing tomorrow.
Another 80 baled up & stacked on the yard & a start made on the slurry.
Been really lucky here weather wise with the last few weekends, .managed to pinch 60-80 bales each time, helps lighten the work load & stagger the aftergrasss a bit
Great win for Offaly, nice to see them back competing and winning again
I could do with some rocket fuel myself 😂
1st cut off of reseeded ground will be soft grass anyway imo
IIt'll be like rocket fuel tho😀
my contractor isn’t busy he will bale whenever I want but he thinks it would be better left till Monday, it’s reseeded ground that hadn’t been grazed and he thinks it will be soft
I should be cutting mine today but Offaly hurling takes priority……. Hope to cut and ted tomorrow and bale Monday. would only ever leave down for 24 - 30 hours
I'd bale 2mor mornin, this evening late would be better again after a full day of tedding out
cut late yesterday evening, ground is actually very dry, the crop was extremely heavy and very green, tedding it this morning and thinking of bailing Monday morning, would that be too long of a wilt?
Cut today here. Tedder in nearly going behind the mower. All went well for a change so I'm happy. Ground was surprisingly dry. Wheels were dry cutting which is always a good sign. Crops were light which was a bit disappointing. Looked better before cutting. Rake in the morning and bale around 12
