Silage thread

Sami23 · 28-08-2013 03:40PM

bob charles wrote: »

From a financial point of view hold your powder dry, Prices will be back allot later in the year. If your low on K you can spread this during Nov/dec/jan depending on demand for next season. look around for free organic P and K for now. Obviously if the deficiency is large you have no better to do only spread grossly over priced fert.

If soil is low in K and you use FYM to improve it how do you know how much it will bring up the K index without testing again

dzer2 · 28-08-2013 05:06PM

Sami23 wrote: »

If soil is low in K and you use FYM to improve it how do you know how much it will bring up the K index without testing again

Old man always said a 1000 gallons of slurry was the same as bag of -7-30

PatQfarmer · 29-08-2013 09:56AM

9 acres of paddocks cut Tuesday pm, baled and wrapped this morning. Stopped 14-20th July, 40 bales, great quality stuff. With the 40 bales of hay in shed and first cut already done, fodder budget just about on target, if have to house end Oct. Any grazing beyond this will be a huge help:)

delaval · 31-08-2013 07:12AM

Baled third cut last night, why is it always night with bales? anyway silage finished for this year

simx · 31-08-2013 05:52PM

Pitted a few more acres yesterday, only one more lot to do then do the maths to see will I have enough

stanflt · 31-08-2013 10:37PM

knocked another 45acres today- 10 of which will be bales
feels like ive been at silage all summer

just do it · 01-09-2013 12:57AM

stanflt wrote: »

feels like ive been at silage all summer

Well there was one small interruption! Hope all's well.

reilig · 02-09-2013 09:20AM

Last 10 acres of seconds cut last night. Will be baled tomorrow. Gives us 7 months of silage. Hopefully we will only need 6.

freedominacup · 03-09-2013 06:22AM

Second cut after arable knocked yesterday. Nitrates still a bit high. We'll ted it today and hopefully pickup in the morning. Crops are lighter than we hoped which reflects grass growth generally around here since it was cut. One burst for 2 weeks but little else since early June.

just do it · 03-09-2013 08:10AM

Am I mad?

Short on fodder so I've closed off 10ac for a possible 3rd cut. 2nd cut was take last wednesday and it greened up quickly. It got 1,300gal/ac watery slurry and will get 2 bags of CAN this weekend. Could I get 5 bales/ac from it with 6 weeks growth? That would get me out of jail this winter (if it's a normal winter!).

freedominacup · 03-09-2013 08:28AM

just do it wrote: »

Am I mad?

Short on fodder so I've closed off 10ac for a possible 3rd cut. 2nd cut was take last wednesday and it greened up quickly. It got 1,300gal/ac watery slurry and will get 2 bags of CAN this weekend. Could I get 5 bales/ac from it with 6 weeks growth? That would get me out of jail this winter (if it's a normal winter!).

I'd start with a bag of CAN and see how it was going If growth rates were good you could always go in with the second one in 3 weeks if not and weather started to go against you, you wouldn't have nitrates to deal with.

dzer2 · 03-09-2013 10:07AM

just do it wrote: »

Am I mad?

Short on fodder so I've closed off 10ac for a possible 3rd cut. 2nd cut was take last wednesday and it greened up quickly. It got 1,300gal/ac watery slurry and will get 2 bags of CAN this weekend. Could I get 5 bales/ac from it with 6 weeks growth? That would get me out of jail this winter (if it's a normal winter!).

would that be cost effective you are hoping for 50 bales of Silage for around 800 euro. There must be ground out there ready that you could pick up for 30per ac giving you 7 bales an ac.

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 10:17AM

about 8 acres to cut for bales. cut today or friday maybe

bob charles · 03-09-2013 11:15AM

just do it wrote: »

Am I mad?

Short on fodder so I've closed off 10ac for a possible 3rd cut. 2nd cut was take last wednesday and it greened up quickly. It got 1,300gal/ac watery slurry and will get 2 bags of CAN this weekend. Could I get 5 bales/ac from it with 6 weeks growth? That would get me out of jail this winter (if it's a normal winter!).

No your not, I was told I was mad aswell last year and we cut around the 25th of October. Could have sold it for €40 a bale along with the next cut of the ground that was taken the 18 of March. Between the two cut we got more than 10 bales per acre all bit it of stuff around 20ish DM. It was expensive silage but worth its weight in gold last winter.

Neighbor has silage cut today, I might ask him what he is doing with the field until April the 1st.

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 11:21AM

just do it wrote: »

Am I mad?

Short on fodder so I've closed off 10ac for a possible 3rd cut. 2nd cut was take last wednesday and it greened up quickly. It got 1,300gal/ac watery slurry and will get 2 bags of CAN this weekend. Could I get 5 bales/ac from it with 6 weeks growth? That would get me out of jail this winter (if it's a normal winter!).

its always good to have a few extras bales lad

simx · 03-09-2013 04:01PM

dzer2 wrote: »

would that be cost effective you are hoping for 50 bales of Silage for around 800 euro. There must be ground out there ready that you could pick up for 30per ac giving you 7 bales an ac.

30/ac? Was at an auction last night and meadow made 110/ac, and I walked it id say 7 bales max

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 04:07PM

simx wrote: »

30/ac? Was at an auction last night and meadow made 110/ac, and I walked it id say 7 bales max

thats the start of it. if lads run short again this winter people will start to look for stupid money for fodder

dzer2 · 03-09-2013 04:09PM

simx wrote: »

30/ac? Was at an auction last night and meadow made 110/ac, and I walked it id say 7 bales max

Id say that was for the whole of next year. If I could get that I have 12 acres going.

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 06:14PM

dzer2 wrote: »

Id say that was for the whole of next year. If I could get that I have 12 acres going.

most acres around here are E200+

hoseman · 03-09-2013 06:33PM

Last of the bales made,quality should be good as I was cutting strong paddocks.will do feed budget but should be ok.

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 06:38PM

was hoping to cut today but was over ruled by the father in law, he wants to wait till thursday. Hopefully the weather holds till then.

Dampintheattic · 03-09-2013 07:04PM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

was hoping to cut today but was over ruled by the father in law, he wants to wait till thursday. Hopefully the weather holds till then.

Which is worse, marching to the wife's tune, or marching to her father's? -;)

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 07:13PM

Dampintheattic wrote: »

Which is worse, marching to the wife's tune, or marching to her father's? -;)

Dont even go there :rolleyes: i know a fella with a 120 if either get out of hand

:D

simx · 03-09-2013 07:36PM

dzer2 wrote: »

Id say that was for the whole of next year. If I could get that I have 12 acres going.

Nope,was sitting 3 or 4 chairs away from the highest bidder, ready to be cut immeadiatly, seen the meadow, worth about 40 imo

hugo29 · 03-09-2013 08:40PM

Going to try and cut Thursday if I can get the contractor

Sharpshooter82 · 03-09-2013 11:09PM

hugo29 wrote: »

Going to try and cut Thursday if I can get the contractor

Well the straw should be wrapping up soon

Bizzum · 04-09-2013 02:00AM

Ten acres 2nd cut, mown on Monday, rowed up Tuesday, baling and wrapping in the morning, Wednesday.

simx · 04-09-2013 09:42AM

4th and final(hopefully) day drawing silage for a neighbour, middling to good meadows but he has a nice few, I reckon hell be ok for winter

Sharpshooter82 · 04-09-2013 11:49AM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

was hoping to cut today but was over ruled by the father in law, he wants to wait till thursday. Hopefully the weather holds till then.

oh the father in law wants to cut now in a panic cos of the weather closing in, when will these auld lads listen to us whipper snappers

hugo29 · 04-09-2013 03:57PM

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

oh the father in law wants to cut now in a panic cos of the weather closing in, when will these auld lads listen to us whipper snappers

up here, it looks like rain tonight and dry then again till saturday afternoon, going to cut friday noon and wrap saturday morning

i think what you need to do is stop listening to the auld fella

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