The Irish lads bringing their balers with them Now will ya look a dat I spent Xmas 1975 picking up bales of hay there Haven’t watched for while Great stuff
You were commenting on raking up when it was still green. Don't wilt for longer than 24 hours. The biggest loss of dry matter in silage making is at wilting so keep that as short a time as possible. About 3-5 hours after mowing the stomata on the leaves have closed so after that the grass only loses water slowly anyway so keep to 24 hours where possible.
Have you made less bales this season than usual due to the dry? I usually make between 140-160 but with this dryer season im gonna end up with 80-90 unless we get some serious rain in December🤞
Hey mate question why don't you cut and bail your own stuff we do here in Australia that's all we don't bring anyone in for any works 900 acres dairy farm twice a day ourselfs
@brianjonker510 fully agree its not something you do over a week but over 10 years you could the cost of hire they would spend they could have had all equipment 10 fold by now just a curious question when we started we only had 80 head we milk 450 now but we grew the machinery each year as we did the herd
Good question, normally I try and cut my own but didn't have the time this time around. as for the gear, I normally only make around 160 bales annually and for the cost to buy it for that doesn't stack up. Plus you've got to add time, breakdowns and depreciation on to that as well. Plus when i get my contactor in he has pretty new gear and it does a great job. It really all depends on economy of scale, your farm can probably warrant it, you probably make quite a few bales hope that makes sense
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Great to see an Irish baler and an Irish man driving it.😅😅😅😅
I dont know about New Zealand but in Australia they saw the Irish as a pest. So did we traveling thru both Australia and New Zealand.
@MannLorèn-n8r so so sorry to hear that but I suppose there's good and bad everywhere.
The Irish lads bringing their balers with them
Now will ya look a dat I spent Xmas 1975 picking up bales of hay there Haven’t watched for while Great stuff
Great to see the Irish lads doing a good job fair play lads
Everything looking good
You were commenting on raking up when it was still green. Don't wilt for longer than 24 hours. The biggest loss of dry matter in silage making is at wilting so keep that as short a time as possible. About 3-5 hours after mowing the stomata on the leaves have closed so after that the grass only loses water slowly anyway so keep to 24 hours where possible.
Perfect thanks David! will definitely keep that in mind now
god bless the help from the irish
Enjoying the editing as well as the content 👍
Glad to hear it!
Sweet as Andrew. 50 bale bonus 👌🏼
When you are talking to those two Cork lads again you need to call them Langers. A term used widely in Cork. 🇮🇪
oh true! ive never heard of that before haha
go on the irish boys ,yup☘☘☘☘☘☘
👀🙄🐾👍Great video Andy
My Labs love finding Pheasants. 😊
Great video did u ever put any silage in your pit or av u baled it all?
Didnt have enough for the pit so baled it all
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Just curious how much do you pay for cut/rake/bale per bale?
$58/bale gst exclusive, not big cost but also includes inoculant
Hi I like your video
Have you made less bales this season than usual due to the dry? I usually make between 140-160 but with this dryer season im gonna end up with 80-90 unless we get some serious rain in December🤞
Yeah have definitely made a few less, probably due to the wet/cold rather than the dry though.
Hopefully we get some maybe next week
Plasback what a scam! Bin $900+ then $80+ for 3 liners, then $100 per bag to collect. I can get 2 bag loads on the ute and dump it for $50
Didn't realize you could drop them off yourself, that's handy!
Once you've got the silage, are the paddocks used for grazing?
yes sure are, they just go back into the rotation
Hey mate question why don't you cut and bail your own stuff we do here in Australia that's all we don't bring anyone in for any works 900 acres dairy farm twice a day ourselfs
The capital cost for a full line of machinery is way too much for 200 cows
@brianjonker510 fully agree its not something you do over a week but over 10 years you could the cost of hire they would spend they could have had all equipment 10 fold by now just a curious question when we started we only had 80 head we milk 450 now but we grew the machinery each year as we did the herd
If you have the ability on your farm, then you knew the answer before asking.
Good question, normally I try and cut my own but didn't have the time this time around.
as for the gear, I normally only make around 160 bales annually and for the cost to buy it for that doesn't stack up. Plus you've got to add time, breakdowns and depreciation on to that as well.
Plus when i get my contactor in he has pretty new gear and it does a great job.
It really all depends on economy of scale, your farm can probably warrant it, you probably make quite a few bales
hope that makes sense
hello
first?
Silage is meant to be green
Yes green but ideally nicely wilted. You don't want green and sappy