Silage thread

Reggie. · 02-07-2015 06:52PM

A few just went by us and we sent them on to ya td

td5man · 02-07-2015 07:22PM

Reggie. wrote: »

A few just went by us and we sent them on to ya td

Just got them thanks, it's great to have good neighbours.

whelan2 · 02-07-2015 07:50PM

td5man wrote: »

Just got them thanks, it's great to have good neighbours.

ye can keep them in yOur area

td5man · 02-07-2015 10:40PM

whelan2 wrote: »

ye can keep them in yOur area

The neighbours or the showers?

whelan2 · 03-07-2015 10:30AM

baling away this last hour

freedominacup · 03-07-2015 05:50PM

whelan2 wrote: »

baling away this last hour

Finished stacking around the time you were posting. Another fifty odd saved.

visatorro · 03-07-2015 07:25PM

let down by contractor again, ment to come mow for bales last night, still not mowed, sickening

Reggie. · 03-07-2015 07:45PM

visatorro wrote: »

let down by contractor again, ment to come mow for bales last night, still not mowed, sickening

Bad form

whelan2 · 03-07-2015 07:46PM

visatorro wrote: »

let down by contractor again, ment to come mow for bales last night, still not mowed, sickening

Would be looking for another fairly smart

whelan2 · 03-07-2015 07:47PM

whelan2 wrote: »

baling away this last hour

All in 102

trixi2011 · 03-07-2015 07:48PM

Everyone in ireland seems to be crying out for rain over here in scotland were looking for a break in the rain to cut second cut looking like it will be another week till we get a settled few days

frazzledhome · 03-07-2015 08:11PM

About 60% there. Very little surplus off milking block yet. Took a small second cut today and a big bit off dedicated silage ground.

Will take more second cut in 2 weeks from heifer farm and that'll get a third cut.

Silage ground on home farm will be fertilized tomorrow for 3 rd cut.

I'm not too worried have been fielding calls all week selling bales, didn't bite but right guy rang today. He'll have silage ready to come in with 3rd cut. He's putting in my pit for 10c/kgdm. It would be rude not to accept.

Having bought bales in the past I'll never do so again while my head is hot, pure unlucky bags.

To date I doubt any silage pitted or baled is less than 40% dm.

visatorro · 03-07-2015 08:15PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Would be looking for another fairly smart

unless reggie wants to drive up. im not at the scale where contractors come running to do my few acres unfortunately. it can be very disheartening.

whelan2 · 03-07-2015 08:26PM

visatorro wrote: »

unless reggie wants to drive up. im not at the scale where contractors come running to do my few acres unfortunately. it can be very disheartening.

what was his excuse, did you give him much notice? I have changed contractor a few times here, now have a good pit one and a good baling one

Reggie. · 03-07-2015 08:31PM

whelan2 wrote: »

what was his excuse, did you give him much notice? I have changed contractor a few times here, now have a good pit one and a good baling one

The small customers money is as good as the big fellas

whelan2 · 03-07-2015 08:36PM

Had a lad came here on a Saturday evening sowed one row of maize along headland and said he doesn't work Sunday and would be back Monday. Rained for nearly a week. Whelan was livid. Was the last work he did here

visatorro · 03-07-2015 08:40PM

no excuse just doesnt land. doesnt answer phone then, is fairly quick lookin for money thou. fook him anyway.

td5man · 03-07-2015 08:45PM

Reggie. wrote: »

The small customers money is as good as the big fellas

The small customer would be quicker to pay in my experience.

Kovu · 03-07-2015 08:49PM

Our lad texted today to say he'd be here in a couple of hours, had held him off to see if we could save the hay and luckily today was a fabulous day and managed to save it from yesterday evenings shower.
In that couple of hours before he arrived we got another meadow mowed and he went to work baling that while dad tedded the hay again.

All done now bar two meadows, enough saved now for winter though, well......November to mid-April so a nice soft Leitrim winter

Brown Podzol · 03-07-2015 09:04PM

frazzledhome wrote: »

I'm not too worried have been fielding calls all week selling bales, didn't bite but right guy rang today. He'll have silage ready to come in with 3rd cut. He's putting in my pit for 10c/kgdm. It would be rude not to accept.

And off index 4 ground too I'll bet.

frazzledhome · 03-07-2015 09:09PM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

And off index 4 ground too I'll bet.

Lol, I didn't have the heart to ask but he uses a lot of pig manure

White Clover · 03-07-2015 09:12PM

Brown Podzol wrote: »

And off index 4 ground too I'll bet.

This is a very good point. The difference in feed quality and performance from silage from properly fertilised ground and ran out ground is night & day.

darragh_haven · 03-07-2015 10:34PM

trixi2011 wrote: »

Everyone in ireland seems to be crying out for rain over here in scotland were looking for a break in the rain to cut second cut looking like it will be another week till we get a settled few days

Pissed out of it here in west cork. Loads of rain in the last 10 days. And has been pissing it down for the last two hours.
My dad did bales today and was lucky to get it in dry.

Milked out · 03-07-2015 10:46PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Pissed out of it here in west cork. Loads of rain in the last 10 days. And has been pissing it down for the last two hours.
My dad did bales today and was lucky to get it in dry.

He made a good call, looks like next 5 days will be damp enough anyway. Should have mown yday morning and baled this morning but didn't, end up with more strong paddocks now could chance one or two off with second cut in 2.5 weeks but would get caught for grass in the mean time I'd say

darragh_haven · 03-07-2015 10:54PM

Milked out wrote: »

He made a good call, looks like next 5 days will be damp enough anyway. Should have mown yday morning and baled this morning but didn't, end up with more strong paddocks now could chance one or two off with second cut in 2.5 weeks but would get caught for grass in the mean time I'd say

Well, he's a serial mower/baler. Every week there is some few acres knocked and baled. No dedicated second cut here.

freedominacup · 04-07-2015 12:13AM

visatorro wrote: »

unless reggie wants to drive up. im not at the scale where contractors come running to do my few acres unfortunately. it can be very disheartening.

I've around 250 made in five lots so far this year. Same contractor. Unusually for this area all he does silage wise is bales and a lot of them at that. Plenty of customers doing 1000+. No real problem getting him despite the lack of scale but I tell him as soon as I have paddocks selected and I'm flexible enough about timing.

One of the biggest problems he tells me he has with some of the paddock jobs is losing time getting in and out. Gaps or gates closed against him/just going to co-op now to get plastic/cows all over roadways coming or going to milking when he was assured that milking wouldn't be started/be finished when he arrives. If you've only got a handful of bales to make you have to play nice with the contractor. My guy arrives when he says he'll be there but I ensure he's able to get through the job when he gets here. Generally first thing in the morning or late in the evening. If I had the 250 in one job I'd be a bit more demanding but for small lots you have to be more accommodating.

I've had a few other contractors for baling, all significantly cheaper but none would hold a candle to this man for service. A real case of getting what you pay for. Pissing down here now. Bales safe and this weeks paddocks getting a great kickstart back into rotation.

Sami23 · 10-07-2015 08:01AM

Wonder is there any hope of getting any silage done in the next week or so with the way the weather is forecast ?
Manure out 8 weeks tomorrow.
In Galway by the way.

WheatenBriar · 10-07-2015 08:49AM

Sami23 wrote: »

Wonder is there any hope of getting any silage done in the next week or so with the way the weather is forecast ?
Manure out 8 weeks tomorrow.
In Galway by the way.

Depends on whether you want to Wilt it or not
If you are using a contractor, whether they are ready etc
If you have sat tv,tune into BBC news 24 and look at their forecasts at five to the hour and 25 past and zone in on your area on the map
If you see any blobs of blue near you (rain) within 12 hrs (no longer as it gets unreliable then) it's usually very accurate as it is an illustration of their latest model
I often find where they pinpoint that blue(green yellow and red means heavier) those blue blobs either tiny blobs or widespread you can be sure of rain within 10 to 20kms of the area

Hope that helps

kevthegaff · 10-07-2015 10:51PM

Here

kevthegaff · 10-07-2015 10:53PM

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