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Molasses yes/no poor quality second cut silage

  • 06-11-2015 11:54PM
    #1
    cacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭


    We cut second cut silage probably a week or two too early and unfortunately had to bale it wet. We are paying for it now. Poor quality wet bales not rotten. A little black and I figure sour. Would you recommend spreading molasses on it.
    I am thinking it might improve its appeal to the cattle. If so how much. Is there any specific type you would recommend .
    Thanks for reading


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  • #2
    Milked out
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,433 ✭✭✭Milked out


    cathal irwin wrote: »
    We cut second cut silage probably a week or two too early and unfortunately had to bale it wet. We are paying for it now. Poor quality wet bales not rotten. A little black and I figure sour. Would you recommend spreading molasses on it.
    I am thinking it might improve its appeal to the cattle. If so how much. Is there any specific type you would recommend .
    Thanks for reading

    Are the cattle eating it?
    Take a sample and get it tested, coop will do it if u want or u can send it off yourself. It will tell you what silage is like and you can see what would be best to put with it then?


  • #3
    freedominacup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,920 ✭✭✭freedominacup


    Milked out wrote: »
    cathal irwin wrote: »
    We cut second cut silage probably a week or two too early and unfortunately had to bale it wet. We are paying for it now. Poor quality wet bales not rotten. A little black and I figure sour. Would you recommend spreading molasses on it.
    I am thinking it might improve its appeal to the cattle. If so how much. Is there any specific type you would recommend .
    Thanks for reading

    Are the cattle eating it?
    Take a sample and get it tested, coop will do it if u want or u can send it off yourself. It will tell you what silage is like and you can see what would be best to put with it then?

    Only option. Cost you 35 euro. You'll know what you have and exsct what you need to supplement it. Majority of bales here wet this year and they were cleaning them no problems. The few dry ones we had so far were the stemmy crapp ones with much lower intakes.


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