Farming Chit Chat II

SKIPPY150 · 19-05-2013 10:36PM

I have the same problem in my silage ground, lot of rushes all over it. they were cut late last year and grazed tight this year. Would I be better spray with MCPA or use a licker with round up.

just do it · 19-05-2013 10:43PM

hugo29 wrote: »

What would you consider strong, I have same problem, mine were cut to the bone 3 weeks ago and are just starting to come back, was going to spray them Tuesday

These are fine:

And I reckon these are too strong:

just do it · 19-05-2013 10:47PM

bbam wrote: »

There is no problem at all doing stronger ones too..
Theyre dead and dried out by cutting and do no harm..

Bit like having a handful of straw baled into the silage..

Yeah and the cows leave them behind! My silage field always has one or two bales with rushes and it would amaze you how adept the cows are at picking out each last blade of grass/silage and leave spook the rushes behind!

quadboy · 19-05-2013 10:50PM

just do it wrote: »

What other bits and pieces have you for the quad?

Just the sprayer for now and the cousin is making a weed licker for me and might be buying a spreader next week, use it for carting water in a small bulk tank too

mf240 · 19-05-2013 10:54PM

just do it wrote: »

These are fine:

And I reckon these are too strong:

Spray will kill the stronger ones aswell but slower.

I hope none of your neighbours seen ya standing around the field in your socks taking photos of your wellingtons:D

pakalasa · 19-05-2013 10:55PM

quadboy wrote: »

Just the sprayer for now and the cousin is making a weed licker for me and might be buying a spreader next week, use it for carting water in a small bulk tank too

Where does the cousin get the roller part? I have everything to make one up, but only need the roller part.

SKIPPY150 · 19-05-2013 10:56PM

just do it wrote: »

These are fine:

And I reckon these are too strong:

mine would be roughly the height of the wellie but all fresh green growth. Which way would i be better treat them. I just need to clear them out for this season

just do it · 19-05-2013 11:00PM

quadboy wrote: »

Just the sprayer for now and the cousin is making a weed licker for me and might be buying a spreader next week, use it for carting water in a small bulk tank too

Possibly the way to go alright for lads with smaller fields and heavy ground. Just looking at the Indo farming supplement and there is a nifty shredder mower. No mention of cost though.

quadboy · 19-05-2013 11:12PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Where does the cousin get the roller part? I have everything to make one up, but only need the roller part.

No idea but i can find out

Damo810 · 19-05-2013 11:13PM

Has anyone here gone to Australia/NZ? Awful tempted to head out there for a while...

Any good threads/Links about it? Would be looking for preferably farm labour be it Dairy/Contracting etc..

quadboy · 19-05-2013 11:15PM

just do it wrote: »

Possibly the way to go alright for lads with smaller fields and heavy ground. Just looking at the Indo farming supplement and there is a nifty shredder mower. No mention of cost though.

Was that last tuesdays one never saw it in it. Was thinking of getting a mower or something for the real heavy rushes but dont think i will, i suppose a flail mower would be the right job but very expensive

mf240 · 19-05-2013 11:18PM

Spray them no matter how heavy they are. If ya dont trust me spray a small square as an experiment.

quadboy · 19-05-2013 11:22PM

Yeah i decided just to spray no cutting

SKIPPY150 · 19-05-2013 11:24PM

mf240 wrote: »

Spray them no matter how heavy they are. If ya dont trust me spray a small square as an experiment.

What would you spray them with, and do yo need to use a wetting agent or sticker

mf240 · 19-05-2013 11:28PM

Mcpa

Fairly liquid works well as a sticking agent.

Injuryprone · 19-05-2013 11:36PM

mf240 wrote: »

Mcpa

Fairly liquid works well as a sticking agent.

How much fairy liquid would you use?

iverjohnston · 19-05-2013 11:42PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Where does the cousin get the roller part? I have everything to make one up, but only need the roller part.

Making one at the moment, have welded two rollers out of a class round baler together. Probably go with a hydraulic motor driving it, hope to mount it on the front of the tractor to avoid driving on them before licking.

blue5000 · 19-05-2013 11:50PM

worth a look, don't skip to the end:pac:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYms1YF7WeM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuGBpwnWW2I

C0N0R · 20-05-2013 01:35AM

Damo810 wrote: »

Has anyone here gone to Australia/NZ? Awful tempted to head out there for a while...

Any good threads/Links about it? Would be looking for preferably farm labour be it Dairy/Contracting etc..

In nz at the moment. Love it, if your thinking about doing it go for it, you won't regret it and if you don't enjoy it it's not hard to get on a plane home. No problems finding work at all over here either.

hugo29 · 20-05-2013 07:49AM

****ty misty rain just came in here this am, this is just depressing:(

pakalasa · 20-05-2013 08:30AM

iverjohnston wrote: »

Making one at the moment, have welded two rollers out of a class round baler together. Probably go with a hydraulic motor driving it, hope to mount it on the front of the tractor to avoid driving on them before licking.

Thanks, I was thinking of using a hydraulic motor aswell. Just need to get some free time to have a crack at it.

reilig · 20-05-2013 09:19AM

iverjohnston wrote: »

Making one at the moment, have welded two rollers out of a class round baler together. Probably go with a hydraulic motor driving it, hope to mount it on the front of the tractor to avoid driving on them before licking.

Don't do it man!!

Sprays like roundup, glyphos, gallop, MCPA and Mortone are extremely corrosive. They will rust the sh1t out of your tractor when you are driving over licked rushes. Driving over them when licking doesn't matter one bit. The rushes will stand up again. Lick low when the grass is eaten and you will get a good kill.

delaval · 20-05-2013 10:02AM

Got some eating this am. Our herds man was away yesterday and I had to do ai, what could go wrong.

I did ai loads of cows on, I painted them but like a tool I never wrote down the numbers. He ate the Boll@x out of me.

jomoloney · 20-05-2013 10:42AM

hugo29 wrote: »

****ty misty rain just came in here this am, this is just depressing:(

ditto here

had planned on spaying docks, will go spreading fert instead, jeep gone to factory with a load of lambs , might put the 2 tractors going after lunch if the day picks up

Dampintheattic · 20-05-2013 10:46AM

Put ten cows with calves in the yard this morning, to inject calves for with Bimectin.
Most of the cows, licking the gates of the yard like crazy!!! Must be lacking in zinc, despite havin been on granular mineral mix all winter long, and also since I let them out eight weeks ago.
No wonder, they are not coming bulling.
Cows are in good condition, thanks to my pocket and meal feeding as well as mineral supplementation.

whelan1 · 20-05-2013 11:01AM

freedominacup wrote: »

Just went out for a smoke. Bulling heifers in the paddock behind house. Absolutely no activity whatsoever for the first time in the months. They're finally contented, grand summers evening every one of them lying down cudding nice to see after they spent the past couple of months bawling at any sign of activity.

have a group the exact same... why are they like that, never saw it before

newholland mad · 20-05-2013 12:38PM

reilig wrote: »

Don't do it man!!

Sprays like roundup, glyphos, gallop, MCPA and Mortone are extremely corrosive. They will rust the sh1t out of your tractor when you are driving over licked rushes. Driving over them when licking doesn't matter one bit. The rushes will stand up again. Lick low when the grass is eaten and you will get a good kill.

Rubbish have a 25 year old 7610 here that does 1500ac of spraying each year(different passes all added up) not a bit of rust anywhere and the later spraying corn would be waist high. work away side or front mounted sounds a great idea

reilig · 20-05-2013 12:56PM

newholland mad wrote: »

Rubbish have a 25 year old 7610 here that does 1500ac of spraying each year(different passes all added up) not a bit of rust anywhere and the later spraying corn would be waist high. work away side or front mounted sounds a great idea

Do you have the booms on the front of the tractor?

The cover on our weedlicker was rusted off it within 5 or 6 years. The second cover that we made and sprgalvanised ourselves and it corroded through in about 10 years.

Anything you read about roundup warns that itn is corrosive to galvanised and unlined steel.

From the manufacturers:

Roundup CT can be corrosive to zinc-lined spray tanks. Do not mix, store or applt Roundup CT solutions in galvanized steel or ulined steel (except stainless steel) containers or spray tanks. Roundup CT can react with such containers to produce hydrogen gas which may form a highly combustible and explosive gas mixture.

http://www.monsanto.co.za/en/layout/products/crop_pro/roundup_ct/default.asp

iverjohnston · 20-05-2013 01:12PM

reilig wrote: »

Do you have the booms on the front of the tractor?

The cover on our weedlicker was rusted off it within 5 or 6 years. The second cover that we made and sprgalvanised ourselves and it corroded through in about 10 years.

Anything you read about roundup warns that itn is corrosive to galvanised and unlined steel.

From the manufacturers:

http://www.monsanto.co.za/en/layout/products/crop_pro/roundup_ct/default.asp

The rushes won't reach the cab, and sure you can't rust rust! Not spraying i front, just licking and a run of the washer should solve that. No coincidence that fiats are the same colour as "lowe rust" paint!

Username John · 20-05-2013 01:32PM

I had one of last years lambs left, plus one or two old sheep... and I sent em to the factory there 2 weeks ago.

The hogget was a real runt... she was running with the in-lamb ewes all winter, got a small bit of feeding when they were being fed the 6 weeks before they lambed, and was put in with them after they lambed again, so had access to good grass...

Just got the factory cheque, 113 euro...

That runt made more than some nice lambs last summer...

:eek:

I know that lamb was here a lot longer, and ate some ration, and had some more doses... so more costs than lambs sold in the Autumn.
But makes you wonder should you ever feed much ration to 'leftover' lambs, and just leave em run til the next Spring?

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