The grazing season

[Ozzy Scott]

Lads were letting out cows in February and they wouldn't give them silage, now they have lots of grass and the fcukers are talking about bailing some of it

Idiots, my contractor has to spend a few hours getting his baler pulled out to make 20 bales for customer. I know where I would tell the customer. Do these lads want to be the talk for making shite silage so early ?

 

[marco]

Would you not just graze the top 50% of the plant and continue on with the rotation?

 

[humungus]

Lads were letting out cows in February and they wouldn't give them silage, now they have lots of grass and the fcukers are talking about bailing some of it

the lads i know that were out in february in the wet have no grass now and are feeding silage , i,m surprised they haven,t mentioned it on twitter :Whistle2:

 

[Crystal 8011]

the lads i know that were out in february in the wet have no grass now and are feeding silage , i,m surprised they haven,t mentioned it on twitter :Whistle2:

And all the good the early fertiliser did them aswell.

 

[whelan1]

Grazing silage ground here that I couldn't bale last back end. Cows have the run of 70 acres day and night for nearly 3 weeks now. I'd say another week will clean it off. Will be late cutting silage but dont give a fook. None of grazing block grazed yet.

 

[kverneland es 80]

the lads i know that were out in february in the wet have no grass now and are feeding silage , i,m surprised they haven,t mentioned it on twitter :Whistle2:

They aren't mentioning it as they are buying silage seeing as they didn't make enough last yr

 

[Ozzy Scott]

still have probably 33% of the total herd liveweight indoors, half of these will be slaughtered out of the sheds. for the rest im waiting for growth to pick up. started getting going over the last 4 days, but it looks a coldish week in store with a number of nights below freezing due in the early week. Hope to get on foliar N and trace elements early in the week, should have been done last week.

 

[Blackwater boy]

still have probably 33% of the total herd liveweight indoors, half of these will be slaughtered out of the sheds. for the rest im waiting for growth to pick up. started getting going over the last 4 days, but it looks a coldish week in store with a number of nights below freezing due in the early week. Hope to get on foliar N and trace elements early in the week, should have been done last week.

Do you get a response from trace elements on grass?

 

[Ozzy Scott]

Do you get a response from trace elements on grass?

Works for me I suppose, probably spending close to €20 per ac on straights of traces. Just offset it by using less N. Also wouldnt be buying any mineral supplements for animals. Try it to be a cost neutral measure

 

[Blackwater boy]

Works for me I suppose, probably spending close to €20 per ac on straights of traces. Just offset it by using less N. Also wouldnt be buying any mineral supplements for animals. Try it to be a cost neutral measure

What trace elements do you use? Is it the cereal ones you put through the sprayer?

 

[humungus]

They aren't mentioning it as they are buying silage seeing as they didn't make enough last yr

will you be regaining your place at the top of the milk league this month ?

 

[kverneland es 80]

We are working hard on that issue at the minute :cry::oops2:

 

[kverneland es 80]

We are working hard on that issue at the minute :cry::oops2:

Hard work paid off .milk price held .

 

[Blackwater boy]

Hard work paid off .milk price held .

Fair play. The money ye lads make per year every year over the last say 5 years versus a Glanbia supplier would be a very interesting figure to see.

 

[Tipp_Man]

Fair play. The money ye lads make per year every year over the last say 5 years versus a Glanbia supplier would be a very interesting figure to see.

It’s amazing - just shows that bigger isn’t always better

Small and well managed is best. And that can apply to any business

 

[humungus]

Hard work paid off .milk price held .

good lads that,ll pile the pressure on the big boys next month , its sad that the most important milk price meeting every month isn,t our own co op but the west cork boys

 

[WestCorkBoy]

Hard work paid off .milk price held .

How much are the co-op subsidising from the volatility fund? I may get on to Larry that I need one.

 

[kverneland es 80]

1.5

 

[kverneland es 80]

Fair play. The money ye lads make per year every year over the last say 5 years versus a Glanbia supplier would be a very interesting figure to see.

Tbh I did the figs with a glanbia supplier back along and their wasn't much in it when share value and having to pay for stainless steel were taken into account

 

[WestCorkBoy]

1.5

How long is that sustainable? It's a finite pot of your own money I understand it correctly?

 

[kverneland es 80]

I have the figs I will ring you tomorrow. Rather not put them up here

 

[WestCorkBoy]

I have the figs I will ring you tomorrow. Rather not put them up here

Sorry Geoff didn't realise that was sensitive info, I shouldn't have asked, not trying to put you in an awkward spot.

 

[Peter]

The drop of rain has been a big help to grass here but its not growjng over the ditchs either. Aftergrass is very slow about coming back. Will fertiliser that was spread a couple of weeks ago respond now?

 

[Ozzy Scott]

Gotta love the Twitter, many people that told us they were in drought last week, have lush fields of grass this week.

Got plenty of rain here, but growth hasnt done much yet. Will this NE wind ever piss off

 

[jay gatsby]

Got 8mm here the other night, was brilliant to get it but a drop more would not go amiss