Silage 2024

I would spread the lime, pH of 5.2 is putting a restriction on growth.

Always apply lime to silage fields after 1st cut here. Never had an issue. Do it quickly after cutting there is no leaf there and majority of lime is falling directly on to soil

ground conditions usually much better than autumn for loading in field as well.

Gran lime is an expensive waste of time

Going cutting tomorrow, thinking of tedding out and bailing Wednesday, too long of a wilt? Some new grass more old

no showers here till Thursday

just i from knocking 30 acres fingers crossed , dont really care as its gone to seed anyway ,cut and start again…..

When in seed too much stem(fibre) not enough leaf(energy) probably mid 60s DMD depending on how far gone.

Ok for sucklers/dry cows but won't flatten/milk off it.

Its salvage operations around here couple of 100 acres knocked locally this morning/evening and the heavens opened up then for a good hour

did you cut? Fair drop of rain here in Meath in the past couple of hours

I did, dull all day a small mist this evening but other than that grand giving no rain till Wednesday night so hopefully I’ll get it

We’ve had an awful evening. Lucky enough we cut silage mid May and the second cut is flying it. There are meadows lying in some mess round here this evening and no real sign of a couple of good days together.

Neighbours laughed at me in mid-may cutting but same as yourself second cut is walking it. While the good is prob dwindling in the neighbours stuff starting to lie also. Anyway hopefully it picks up next week as I have a few paddocks to take out be nice to get some hay but that’s optimistic 🤣

I don't think I'm too far from you. Good few bits knocked around yesterday. Great view over hedges in the tractor to see what's happening. Other side of the mountain and on up to Westmeath there's little or nothing down. Seems lads south of the mountain reckoning it's gonna be dry enough.

If I can organise someone to mind chaps I'm gonna knock 20 acres today and shake it this evening and maybe in the morning too. Try bale tomorrow evening.

Should have gone when the weather was good, but didn't think this wet spell would last so long without a break. Rang the contractor on sunday night and booked him for lunchtime today to cut silage for sheep, need it dry over quality as I'll compensate with meal but I can't abide wet bedding and lame sheep during housing from wet silage.

Heavy rain here yesterday from 4-8pm but a good northerly wind all night had it partly dried by 8 this morning when I walked it, ground was still wet though. Told him to come on ahead for lunchtime and now the sun is shining and a decent breeze on it as he's mowing it and will tedd it out later and again tomorrow and row it up and bale about 6pm tomorrow as there's heavy rain from midnight. Got a few hundred bales made last week for the cattle in a 24 hr snatch and grab operation, which are starting to sag. Thankfully no-one else was looking for him today, but lots are looking him for this weekend, which doesn't show as much sunny or warm weather. Hopefully second cuts will make up for it.

I knocked near 20 acres this afternoon. Tedded it out once I had it cut. Very surprised to see that it wasn't soaking wet when being cut and was drying away well before the tedder even got to it. Could tell by the wheels of the tractor which weren't really wet going around with the tedder. Hopefully be in good order tomorrow afternoon. Heavy crop, gone to seed but grand for the the man who is buying it.

Cut on Sunday and baled this evening

Rain got in the way yesterday

Did everyone get what they had down wrapped up/pitted? Did my bit without issues. Averaged 13 bales/ac from what was knocked.