Mf 7715
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What kind of farmer am I???? Sold 434 bales during the winter and had to buy 4 bales last week.....What kind of a farmer are you 😁😁
What kind of farmer am I???? Sold 434 bales during the winter and had to buy 4 bales last week.....What kind of a farmer are you 😁😁
i hope those 4 bales were bought with lower price compared to the ones you soldWhat kind of farmer am I???? Sold 434 bales during the winter and had to buy 4 bales last week.....
The effort he went to pull the grass off with one hand rather than just putting down the camera.somebody is gonna be disappointed in his silage when he opens the pit. the loader would leave the yard with half the grass stuck to its wheels
Don’t know what they’re costing yet but they’ll probably be less than the bales I sold. Just the hassle of collecting them drawing home etc.i hope those 4 bales were bought with lower price compared to the ones you sold
Your 430 bales upWhat kind of farmer am I???? Sold 434 bales during the winter and had to buy 4 bales last week.....
Is that a Teagasc publication? 200 units/ac of N for 2 cuts of silage is crazy stuff for the national advisory body to be publicising, particularly in this day and age when all nutrient use is under the microscope.It's some 10 acres if it yields 425 bales in 2 cuts..View attachment 91175
Surely there is a typo there and they mean 10 hectares and not 10 acres? If it's 10 acres for two cuts, then the average cut per acre for both cuts is 21 bales to the acre. Must be hectares they meant.Is that a Teagasc publication? 200 units/ac of N for 2 cuts of silage is crazy stuff for the national advisory body to be publicising, particularly in this day and age when all nutrient use is under the microscope.
Let them live in fanasty land.the rest of us that dont read the " bible " should have enough and maybe some to sell to the " believers "
Still they mention acres for units of N applied.Surely there is a typo there and they mean 10 hectares and not 10 acres? If it's 10 acres for two cuts, then the average cut per acre for both cuts is 21 bales to the acre. Must be hectares they meant.
I'm torn on it. Because I've seen cattle on wet High dmd silage both feed well and poorly. Dry high dmd seems pretty consistently good.We have had this debate on here a few weeks back - what @Arthur posted above is the kind of crap that they post for the better farms. If they aren't realistic with their results, how can they expect any farmer to take advice from them.
I can get 20 acres to produce twice as many bales as it currently does. But it will have to be cut and baled in really wet weather, and no wilt. It might be all 75 DMD but Dry Matter will be below 18% and it'll go through them like water. Has anyone tried fattening cattle on wet silage? I'd prefer to have DMD of 65 and DM of 30%+ than 75 DMD and DM less than 18% - the cattle will perform every bit as good, if not better and I will save a whole load of money by only having to make and feed half the amount of bales for the same amount of feed.
Suppose it depends who’s make the bale I suppose the baler could be adjusted back far enough to align with their expectations😅It's some 10 acres if it yields 425 bales in 2 cuts..View attachment 91175
If someone asks me how many bales do you think will be in it I tell them I can make as many as they wantSuppose it depends who’s make the bale I suppose the baler could be adjusted back far enough to align with their expectations😅
It's some 10 acres if it yields 425 bales in 2 cuts..View attachment 91175
Maybe get rid of the old Class and get a Goweil, that should at least halve bale numbers.Think teagasc need to service their baler
How do you like them? Do you patch the lifting sockets once installed? Drumderry's handywork I presume?Silage walls arrived today.
They look a fine job. Seem well finished off. Na we won't, we cover the walls with old plastic cover so that will stop anything going through. No Murphy concreteHow do you like them? Do you patch the lifting sockets once installed? Drumderry's handywork I presume?
Very good, I thought Drumderry would be the only crowd doing them down there, had forgotten Murphys. Looks a good finish on them.They look a fine job. Seem well finished off. Na we won't, we cover the walls with old plastic cover so that will stop anything going through. No Murphy concrete