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Bad silage bales

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  • 21-10-2020 7:00pm
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    zetor 4911
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    Have some bales of silage from 2019 which did not keep well and the cattle at the moment are only eating about 25% of each bale there probable wasn't enough layers of wrap put on them. What is the best way to dispose of them as they are probable a lost cause at this stage.


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    Jb1989
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    zetor 4911 wrote: »
    Have some bales of silage from 2019 which did not keep well and the cattle at the moment are only eating about 25% of each bale there probable wasn't enough layers of wrap put on them. What is the best way to dispose of them as they are probable a lost cause at this stage.

    Scattered around the field or in a lump at back of ditch, theyll rot well over the winter


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    whelan2
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    zetor 4911 wrote: »
    Have some bales of silage from 2019 which did not keep well and the cattle at the moment are only eating about 25% of each bale there probable wasn't enough layers of wrap put on them. What is the best way to dispose of them as they are probable a lost cause at this stage.

    Put them on donedeal :D


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    davidk1394
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    Take the netting and plastic off them and dump them somewhere to rot and spread next year, or just stick them on done deal as free to take away.


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    Gillespy
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    Dirty job taking the net and plastic off. Having a good knife will help. If they're anyway dry, you could shake them out as bedding. Cattle will pick the good bits and you will have better dung than just heaping them up to rot on its own.


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    alps
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    Treat them as dung. Store in a dungstead to rot. Heaped at the back of a ditch..they will pollute..


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    Bass Reeves
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    Are they not eating them because they are going sour. Often with these type of bales you need numbers to eat them. Often these type of bales go off on 24-36 hours. If they are just take the plastic and netting off them and put them in a heap. Often of they are completely bad the net gets stuck. Ring them lift them with spikes and remove the rest of the plastic where you are stacking them to rot.

    Get a good sharp stanley blade and slit along the middle underneath. Pull the netting to either side of possible. Use the loader to shake the bale to get it to fall apart you should have access to the he netting on top of the bale

    Slava Ukrainii



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    Buford T. Justice XIX
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    alps wrote: »
    Treat them as dung. Store in a dungstead to rot. Heaped at the back of a ditch..they will pollute..

    Yeah, we're almost into the closed period so they might be better left alone till next January before doing much unless you can store them inside after opening.


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    Donald Trump
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    I wouldn't go dumping them yet. You might be glad next March if you let them eat the 25% now and stretch out your decent stuff!


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