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Grass Measuring

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  • #152
    delaval
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    clarecowboy wrote: »
    How in the name of god did someone manage to steal your 2nd cut silage crop??
    You'll have to tell us really curious:confused::confused::confused::confused:


  • #153
    Viewtodiefor
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    delaval wrote: »
    You'll have to tell us really curious:confused::confused::confused::confused:

    Very curious !!!


  • #154
    kowtow
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    clarecowboy wrote: »
    How in the name of god did someone manage to steal your 2nd cut silage crop??

    We bought a farm with cattle standing..

    Day after completion (a saturday) a contractor turned up to cut & bale silage crop. The Vendor swore it was in the contract (it wasn't - as I well knew and protested - but try getting an emailed contract from an Irish Solicitor on a saturday...) and by Monday it was too late.

    Worst possible year for it to happen, but there you go.


  • #155
    clarecowboy
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    kowtow wrote: »
    We bought a farm with cattle standing..

    Day after completion (a saturday) a contractor turned up to cut & bale silage crop. The Vendor swore it was in the contract (it wasn't - as I well knew and protested - but try getting an emailed contract from an Irish Solicitor on a saturday...) and by Monday it was too late.

    Worst possible year for it to happen, but there you go.
    Some people these days are so sneaky and dishonest. Farmers always had a name for honesty but greed is taking over this walk of life too!


  • #156
    delaval
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    kowtow wrote: »
    We bought a farm with cattle standing..

    Day after completion (a saturday) a contractor turned up to cut & bale silage crop. The Vendor swore it was in the contract (it wasn't - as I well knew and protested - but try getting an emailed contract from an Irish Solicitor on a saturday...) and by Monday it was too late.

    Worst possible year for it to happen, but there you go.
    Chin up, the ahole got a cut of silage but have his land.
    All I can do is wish you the best with your purchase and remember it's a long road that doesn't turn!!


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  • #157
    saranac1
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    Spread slurry in feb( when we seen good weather for that week) got 110 acres spread with lime today and going out tomorrow with fertiliser because rain is forecasted for sat. Here's hoping for Abit of grass growth or I will pull my hair out


  • #158
    td5man
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    Soil temp was 8° this afternoon


  • #159
    whelan1
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    td5man wrote: »
    Soil temp was 8° this afternoon
    just back from football, i'd say its near freezing now


  • #160
    td5man
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    just back from football, i'd say its near freezing now
    must check soil temp in the morning.


  • #161
    delaval
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    td5man wrote: »
    must check soil temp in the morning.
    I did not believe you went out to check in lawn just now 6.5 :):)yahoo
    Would an April shower be too much to hope for?
    I'm nearly out of loaves and fishes:eek::eek:


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  • #162
    delaval
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    6 degrees now


  • #163
    bogman_bass
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    delaval wrote: »
    I did not believe you went out to check in lawn just now 6.5 :):)yahoo
    Would an April shower be too much to hope for?
    I'm nearly out of loaves and fishes:eek::eek:

    I'll smack the next lad that gives out about it being dry!


  • #164
    freedominacup
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    bogman_bass wrote: »
    I'll smack the next lad that gives out about it being dry!
    Yeah, all lads wanted at the end of March last year was "a drop of rain and twill be perfect". That worked out well didn't it.


  • #165
    clarecowboy
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    Yeah, all lads wanted at the end of March last year was "a drop of rain and twill be perfect". That worked out well didn't it.
    As they say: "Be careful what you wish for"........


  • #166
    delaval
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    4 degrees at 6.30


  • #167
    whelan1
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    delaval wrote: »
    4 degrees at 6.30
    did you have frost last night?


  • #168
    td5man
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    did you have frost last night?

    4° here as well.


  • #169
    whelan1
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    td5man wrote: »
    4° here as well.
    i assume you had the same frost as me


  • #170
    td5man
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    i assume you had the same frost as me

    Yep seems there aint no end in sight.


  • #171
    kowtow
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    delaval wrote: »
    Chin up, the ahole got a cut of silage but have his land.
    All I can do is wish you the best with your purchase and remember it's a long road that doesn't turn!!

    Thanks, and you are right - as a compensation, I got some wonderful neighbours who are relieved to see the back of the previous occupant (he only had the ground for a few years, until then the farm was known as a little gem which had passed through hundreds of years of the same family).

    I had intended to go back to Sheep (which I grew up with) but found myself with an extremely mixed bunch of the previous occupiers in-calf heifers & bull runts, all in very poor condition, and am quietly calving away to see what they contain.

    Have to say I'm beginning to come round to these milkers.. which might just as well as Sheep around here seem to be shot as vermin.


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  • #172
    TEAT SQUEEZER
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    whats grass dm at the moment...was using 20% for remaining first round .. stuff is tinder dry


  • #173
    PMU
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    probably 24-25%dm after the last weeks wind.the sun is bright as well


  • #174
    Viewtodiefor
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    PMU wrote: »
    probably 24-25%dm after the last weeks wind.the sun is bright as well

    Instead of growing d grass is disappearing ! Fast even without grazing


  • #175
    delaval
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    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    Instead of growing d grass is disappearing ! Fast even without grazing
    Minimal growth since March began 5 weeks now. On the plus side all paddocks are grazed to the clay so when weather changes we will be vary well set up. It will be seat of the pants stuff 'till then.
    Some of our farm borders motorway and the shyte that passed on trucks as feed is unreal. People are panicing at this stage and prepared to pay big money for rubbish.


  • #176
    Timmaay
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    Timmaay wrote: »
    Did a walk today, and fired the figures into agrinet, average farm cover of 520kg/ha, down from 550 3weeks ago, but at least a growth of 12kg/day, which can be seen with the fields greening up! Cows still in by night and budgeting out the final few ungrazed paddocks, Assuming the wet weather doesn't hinder ground conditions again, Round 2 will probably start on April 1st, going into paddocks abit low on grass, but no other choice! Fingers crossed for a burst of growth soon!

    Had to check afew fences today, so did a walk around the paddocks while I was at it. Fired the figures into agrinet just now, farm cover down to 356kg/ha (cover of 520 above was 3wks ago), cover per LU down to 180. Finished round 1 on April 1st, going into covers of only 6/700ish now, and the cows are rocketing through them. I think I should have tightened the belt even more on the grass budgeting last few weeks, but really didn't think the cold would last this long. Daily growth stagnant at 14kg.


  • #177
    whelan1
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    my cows are going in to really low covers 400 max, and are happy out, let them back in at half 3 , still in at night, a week left on first rotation , didnt bother grazing silage ground as sheep left nothing on it


  • #178
    delaval
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    my cows are going in to really low covers 400 max, and are happy out, let them back in at half 3 , still in at night, a week left on first rotation , didnt bother grazing silage ground as sheep left nothing on it
    Sheep gone since xmas must be 400 on silage ground.
    A big issue with low covers are that your solids will be under pressure. We are all in the same boat and will need to watch solids and keep feed in.
    We start 2nd round on Tues only 700 on it and she drops dramatically after this.


  • #179
    delaval
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    looks like a lot of rain on way for Wed I wont spread fert till that's gone. Ground very hard at the moment be afraid it would run off too expensive for that craic


  • #180
    bob charles
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    delaval wrote: »
    looks like a lot of rain on way for Wed I wont spread fert till that's gone. Ground very hard at the moment be afraid it would run off too expensive for that craic

    unless you are farming on the side of a steep hill, run-off wont be a issue. a good fall of rain along with fertilizer is like herion for a plant.


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  • #181
    Viewtodiefor
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    bob charles wrote: »
    unless you are farming on the side of a steep hill, run-off wont be a issue. a good fall of rain along with fertilizer is like herion for a plant.

    I held off aswell bob!


  • #182
    bob charles
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    Viewtodiefor wrote: »
    I held off aswell bob!

    temps here at the moment are too cold for fert, could go with Urea as surely by the time it starts working it will have warmed up. Rightly or wrongly I aint sowing any seeds either. ground being ploughed up is absolutely frozen but in good order which surprised me


  • #183
    delaval
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    bob charles wrote: »
    temps here at the moment are too cold for fert, could go with Urea as surely by the time it starts working it will have warmed up. Rightly or wrongly I aint sowing any seeds either. ground being ploughed up is absolutely frozen but in good order which surprised me

    Here in north KK all at barley and beet planting has started also


  • #184
    bob charles
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    delaval wrote: »
    Here in north KK all at barley and beet planting has started also

    well as usual me doing things backwards im going lifting beet tomorrow. have ground ploughed and ready to till for beet but rain for wednesday and wouldnt be finished before rain so going to leave it for another bit. Beet planted before the 1st of April last year :rolleyes: I havnt even collected my spring wheat seed yet.


  • #185
    PMU
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    still only 6 degrees this morning


  • #186
    delaval
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    PMU wrote: »
    still only 6 degrees this morning
    Today is brutal cold here, pig of a day:mad::mad:


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  • #187
    td5man
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    delaval wrote: »
    Today is brutal cold here, pig of a day:mad::mad:

    Same here, cows out milk up a bit.


  • #188
    freedominacup
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    td5man wrote: »
    Same here, cows out milk up a bit.

    Not too bad here. Jeep showing 9 degrees on temp gauge wouldn't be certain of accuracy. Still a strong breeze but no real bitterness. Not what you'd call mild either though.


  • #189
    delaval
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    Not too bad here. Jeep showing 9 degrees on temp gauge wouldn't be certain of accuracy. Still a strong breeze but no real bitterness. Not what you'd call mild either though.
    Jeep showing 9............quad positivly Baltic:rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • #190
    freedominacup
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    delaval wrote: »
    Jeep showing 9............quad positivly Baltic:rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Aw poor lamb:D


  • #191
    td5man
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    freedominacup wrote: »
    Aw poor lamb:D

    Park the bike and walk you wont be cold then.


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  • #192
    just do it
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    What's Mings username on boards? I'm waiting for him to turn up on this thread supporting farmer's right to grass at this time of year :D


  • #193
    keep going
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    a big fan of grass fed dairying but i think one aspect that there is not being looked at is grass dry matter.the general veiw is that if you have enough grass you dont feed any ration but i hold the view that whether the grass is dry or wet should also be taken into account-if grass is wet you should supplement no matter how much grass you have but if you have dry grass you should cut it down. i kept grass to the cows all last year and was never really short but now i think i should have fed the wet days even though i had grass to feed them


  • #194
    delaval
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    Soil temp 5.8 at 6 am, can we dare to hope


  • #195
    delaval
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    Soil temp 6 this am and 6 during day yesterday
    Is spring here?


  • #196
    whelan1
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    delaval wrote: »
    Soil temp 6 this am and 6 during day yesterday
    Is spring here?
    is it raining where you are? read on weather part of boards yesterday 1 lad said it was 52 days sincee temp was above 10 degrees:eek:


  • #197
    delaval
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    whelan1 wrote: »
    is it raining where you are? read on weather part of boards yesterday 1 lad said it was 52 days sincee temp was above 10 degrees:eek:

    North KK kind rain at the moment. I expected cows to be unsettled with rain and very very little grass. They are really remarkable animals. They must know there'll loads of grass next week????


  • #198
    freedominacup
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    delaval wrote: »
    North KK kind rain at the moment. I expected cows to be unsettled with rain and very very little grass. They are really remarkable animals. They must know there'll loads of grass next week????

    Ours were the same yesterday evening and this morning. A certain stoicism, kind of f' it we'll have to suck this up.


  • #199
    PatQfarmer
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    delaval wrote: »
    North KK kind rain at the moment. I expected cows to be unsettled with rain and very very little grass. They are really remarkable animals. They must know there'll loads of grass next week????
    Was told yesterday that DM of grass could be in 30's! So even if there's not too much of it, the feeding is big. That's why animals are so content on what I think is very little. Then again, what do I know:rolleyes:


  • #200
    mf240
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    PatQfarmer wrote: »
    Was told yesterday that DM of grass could be in 30's! So even if there's not too much of it, the feeding is big. That's why animals are so content on what I think is very little. Then again, what do I know:rolleyes:

    I'd say your spot on


  • #201
    delaval
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    we did a rudimentary test yesterday came up with 34% ..............that could be =/- 3% but feed is dry and cows love dry feed


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