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Hay 2021

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  • #32
    Sacrolyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭Sacrolyte


    A little bit of rain on a cut crop of hay helps keep it a little less dusty.


  • #33
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Tileman wrote: »
    We haven’t had a drop of rain here in past 5-6 days. Lovely warm breeze and weather is good at weekend. Anyone that cut last weekend will get it here no prob.

    Yeah 7 acres here gonna be baled up sat


  • #34
    Reggie.
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    Bale this up tomorrow


  • #35
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    First 7 acres baled. The other 3 acres tomorrow


  • #36
    johnnyw20
    Registered Users Posts: 202 ✭✭johnnyw20


    Reggie. wrote: »
    First 7 acres baled. The other 3 acres tomorrow

    How many days was that down? Going baling some myself Monday evening


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  • #37
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    johnnyw20 wrote: »
    How many days was that down? Going baling some myself Monday evening

    Down since late last sat so really 6 days. Turned 3 times


  • #38
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,147 ✭✭✭893bet


    Might be a hay window from this Friday on I think. Forecast is good. We have a bit I will chance.

    Midwest area.


  • #39
    Sami23
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    893bet wrote: »
    Might be a hay window from this Friday on I think. Forecast is good. We have a bit I will chance.

    Midwest area.

    Yes it's looking that way alright isn't it.
    Will you cut before Friday and let it wilt away even if gets a bit of rain or will ya hold off cutting till Friday or Saturday


  • #40
    893bet
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    Sami23 wrote: »
    Yes it's looking that way alright isn't it.
    Will you cut before Friday and let it wilt away even if gets a bit of rain or will ya hold off cutting till Friday or Saturday

    Would like to but only window I have between day job and family is Friday afternoon/evening.

    Just looked at a correct weather site and they have 50-60 percent chance rain every day....! Strange! Gonna ignore that one...!


  • #41
    Too_Old_Boots
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Too_Old_Boots


    Looking at the bbc long range forecast today till tomorrow morning will see some mist and patchy rain it's promised good from Thursday onwards, getting hot from Sunday to Wednesday.
    (Hay fever now hitting a lot of farmers by the end of the week :P)


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  • #42
    Tileman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,252 ✭✭✭Tileman


    Too_Old_Boots wrote: »
    Looking at the bbc long range forecast today till tomorrow morning will see some mist and patchy rain it's promised good from Thursday onwards, getting hot from Sunday to Wednesday.
    (Hay fever now hitting a lot of farmers by the end of the week :P)

    Unfortunately mine is in Glas which doesn’t permit until 1st July which is next Thursday .


  • #43
    2smiggy
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    father cut about 30 acres yesterday. north cork area, so here's hoping for the best !!

    let the fun begin


  • #44
    Who2
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    2smiggy wrote: »
    father cut about 30 acres yesterday. north cork area, so here's hoping for the best !!

    let the fun begin

    Once it’s not small squares it shouldn’t be too bad.


  • #45
    2smiggy
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    Who2 wrote: »
    Once it’s not small squares it shouldn’t be too bad.

    it's just 3 handy fields, so all should be good. all our own gear, so not relying on anyone else !!


  • #46
    J.O. Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭J.O. Farmer


    2smiggy wrote: »
    it's just 3 handy fields, so all should be good. all our own gear, so not relying on anyone else !!

    3 handy fields?

    Up west 30 acres could be bigger than an entire farm and more than that a 10 acre field is a fair sized field.

    Just goes to show the difference in land across the country.

    Best of luck with it, I presume you have good gear otherwise it could take all week to do 1 field.


  • #47
    2smiggy
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    J.O. Farmer wrote: »
    3 handy fields?

    Up west 30 acres could be bigger than an entire farm and more than that a 10 acre field is a fair sized field.

    Just goes to show the difference in land across the country.

    Best of luck with it, I presume you have good gear otherwise it could take all week to do 1 field.

    meant it in a way that the fields are fairly easy as they not 10 smaller fields !!

    Ya have fairly good gear. This is a bit of a relief, as he grazed a lot more this year, and made more round bales of silage. He would often cut 60 acres together for hay !!


  • #48
    White Clover
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    2smiggy wrote: »
    meant it in a way that the fields are fairly easy as they not 10 smaller fields !!

    Ya have fairly good gear. This is a bit of a relief, as he grazed a lot more this year, and made more round bales of silage. He would often cut 60 acres together for hay !!

    Fair play, out of interest, could you give us a run through the gear. I'm always interested in farming fleets!
    I understand if you don't want to.


  • #49
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,951 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    White Clover wrote: »
    Fair play, out of interest, could you give us a run through the gear. I'm always interested in farming fleets!
    I understand if you don't want to.

    John deere 6910
    john deere 6820
    Kuhn 10 ft mower
    lotus 600 4 rotor tedder
    hay bob
    mchale 5500 baler

    it does fine for what we need to do. sometimes neighbours with balers join in if the weather dictates, and vise versa !!


  • #50
    White Clover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,664 ✭✭✭White Clover


    2smiggy wrote: »
    John deere 6910
    john deere 6820
    Kuhn 10 ft mower
    lotus 600 4 rotor tedder
    hay bob
    mchale 5500 baler

    it does fine for what we need to do. sometimes neighbours with balers join in if the weather dictates, and vise versa !!

    That's a fine set up. Fair play to ye.


  • #51
    JohnChadwick
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭JohnChadwick


    Tileman wrote: »
    Unfortunately mine is in Glas which doesn’t permit until 1st July which is next Thursday .

    Can you cut LIPP in GLAS? Does it have to be hay, or is silage OK?


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  • #52
    Mitchells33
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Mitchells33


    Weather looking good from Sunday onwards, hoping to knock some on Saturday or Sunday, anyone else going for it?


  • #53
    Sami23
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    Mitchells33 wrote: »
    Weather looking good from Sunday onwards, hoping to knock some on Saturday or Sunday, anyone else going for it?

    Yeah gonna knock a couple of fields here as soon as weather permits after today's rain.
    Wonder how far into next week we'll get ?


  • #54
    DBK1
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    JohnChadwick wrote: »
    Can you cut LIPP in GLAS? Does it have to be hay, or is silage OK?
    LIPP is Low Input Permanent Pasture. The key is in the name, permanent pasture. It can’t be mowed for hay or silage at any time of the year. You are permitted to top it after the 1st July.

    Traditional hay meadow can be mowed after 1st July. Ideally it’s supposed to be for hay but most around here bale it and wrap it.


  • #55
    JohnChadwick
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭JohnChadwick


    DBK1 wrote: »
    LIPP is Low Input Permanent Pasture. The key is in the name, permanent pasture. It can’t be mowed for hay or silage at any time of the year. You are permitted to top it after the 1st July.

    What's the penalty if you are caught cutting it for hay/silage?


  • #56
    Mitchells33
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Mitchells33


    Sami23 wrote: »
    Yeah gonna knock a couple of fields here as soon as weather permits after today's rain.
    Wonder how far into next week we'll get ?

    It is hard to figure out, weather forecast changes every hour, I am hoping we get till next Wednesday anyway


  • #57
    Asus1
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    Mitchells33 wrote: »
    Weather looking good from Sunday onwards, hoping to knock some on Saturday or Sunday, anyone else going for it?

    Hopefully knock around 10acres this evening or tomorrow here in Kildare.Grass has gotten fierce heavy over a 2 week period and the bit of rain we got has some of the grass lodging so it has to be cut.
    Looking good around Midlands till next week so hopefully will get good hay.


  • #58
    Too_Old_Boots
    Registered Users Posts: 32 ✭Too_Old_Boots


    JohnChadwick wrote: »
    What's the penalty if you are caught cutting it for hay/silage?
    They can fine you the amount the option is worth right up to kicking you out of the scheme and looking for all the payments to be repaid.
    Never heard of anyone getting caught, but they were supposed to be moving to full satellite monitoring soon but idk if the software AI is in place yet.


  • #59
    Sami23
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    Tileman wrote: »
    Unfortunately mine is in Glas which doesn’t permit until 1st July which is next Thursday .

    Wonder do many lads chance it a few days early when the weather is there to get hay


  • #60
    BENDYBINN
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    Question for the experts...A field that produces 50 silage bales(baled after 2days down) will produce how many hay bales?


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  • #61
    Sami23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭Sami23


    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Question for the experts...A field that produces 50 silage bales(baled after 2days down) will produce how many hay bales?

    I'd guess 40


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