Silage thread

hugo29 wrote: »

Grazing paddocks got slurry and 1 bag 10-10-20 to acre to date,
Hard to call with silage, dedicated silage ground is light at moment but was heavily fert last weekend and is coming last few days
Will need grazing paddocks back in rotation in 3 weeks after cutting

I would be in favour of heavy fert early in the season (front loading).
You need at least 40 units blanket on all grazing ground and you will have lots of grass and bales. I would go with a bag of urea as you only have 10:eek: units out.
If uncomfortable with urea you could use a compound but blanket with plenty of N. You can spread in paddock where cattle are grazing or even in a paddock you are aout to take out

hugo29 wrote: »

Could not go heavy with N earlier as it was all limed with 2 ton/acre in feb, also there must have been some N value in slurry, I know weather was cold.

Will go out now with some N, would CAN not be better

Urea is 30% cheaper per kg N. Only downside ground need to be damp or rain on way. N is no prob with lime only Urea but you are safe if limed in Feb..
Load it on best growth of the year at the mo make the most of it

Muckit wrote: »

Is it better to go with a compound like 18-6-12 after taking out first cut? Do lads wait til grass comes on a bit to see tracks? Never spread bag before on aftergrass

Get it out immediatly. I would recommend before slurry
Do you really need to see tracks trust youself you've done it loads of time.
You should be able to use the lines of the mower just be careful if there is short ground in the middle of a set'

Muckit wrote: »

F**kin buttercups everywhere this year! :mad: Will you spray for them in the aftergrass or no? That mower is cutting very cleanly btw

I noticed that the more CAN the more buttercups, maybe just coincidence

severeoversteer wrote: »

would you go immediately on stubble after baling with artificial fert? old boys around here always waited a week to 10 days.

You should have the spreader half empty by now

yes and tell everyone your looking for rain to wash in the fert

mahoney_j wrote: »

Another 52 wraps in the bank from 22 acres and 41 acres in the pit all sealed up.Great days work and also have final cow inseminated after 5 weeks hard slog.Going to crack open a few bottles of bud now and watch lions v the ba bas

How did the pit crop yield. I had some disappointing crop that I will knock on Tues wasn't good enough last week. I spread ASN on it 2 wks ago bumper crop now but really needs to be on the ground. Will cut a batch of 70 on Tues and knock 90 on Fri or Sat all going well.
Should keep me off the streets.
Are you taking 2nd cut and what fert will you spread?
I have no allowance left for compound, will have to get creative I suppose.
Will you be spreading slurry? I am a little concerned that with weather so dry it will only cake on the ground as it will be slatt slurry on out farm, what do ye think.
I would usually stop now till back end.

mahoney_j wrote: »

Hard to know yet as it was very dry(cut Wednesday turned twice and picked up sat)i reckon about 8 to 9 tonne per acre.it really bulked up well in last 10 days.closing 20 acres for second cut,plan is to get contractor in on Tuesday with the trailing shoe tank and put 3 k gallons of slurry from overground tank on it then bag and a half of pasture award next weekend followed by bag of asn the following weekend and cut in 7 to 8 weeks.grass flying now and dare I say it could do with a drop of rain to freshen things up!!

So could I, but we don't want the moderators banning us!!!!!
Would you chance putting out slatt slurry at 3k land needs in and a good dose of compound?

mahoney_j wrote: »

Would have no issue doing it with trailing shoe tank but no way would I do it with conventional tank.if weather comes as warm as is forecast week n would be all lost and p and k element would all just dry out and stunt growth

That's as I thought