SILAGE 2024 is A GO! | LAWN CLIPPINGS or GREAT CROP?

[@ThomasGash-n3v]

I've seen 2 firsts in this video, 7 mowers working for the same farm and a lad mowing in his pyjamas!!!!! 😀

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Non farmer here Perhaps the lower cut on the back mower could be due to undulating ground, perhaps the tractor wheel dropped into a pothole Question, you've mentioned on here that silage not eaten overnight is removed from the cows and fed to the cattle, so how long will silage keep in the clamp, if you get to the end of the season and you still have silage left in your clamp, can you keep adding fresh to it or does it need using up totally. Farming is a gamble for sure, enough for your stock, but if the winter is extended or TB requires your stock numbers to increase, quite easy to become short Guess like gamblers, farmer's Farming is an addition at times Another great video, and slowly getting upto date Geoff

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, nice to see the farm dried out and plenty of grass, thanks for sharing

[@DesTurner-wc3hm]

Only just started watching your channel but find it really interesting and informative.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Welcome aboard!

[@finbarreburn5112]

'How is water made' 🤔 Explanation Exemplary 👌 😅

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Glad you appreciated that! 🤣

[@MtvKtc]

Thats nuts. All them mowers. Fair play.

[@grahamsmith9756]

We added red clover to our Italian ryegrass about 5 years ago to fill out the bottom so there was very little or no dirt to be seen Increased grass yield significantly Although difficult to wilt red clover will smother the Italian in further cuts to a point where its not obvious you are growing any Italian.Red clover loves warm moist conditions and thrives with 4/5 week cutting I dare you to try it

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I'm interested!

[@FarmersSss]

I got some grass lifted today. I cut it myself on Thursday afternoon, and then I rowed up myself later on yesterday and buckraked it today. When it's guaranteed dry, it saves me money, being able to most of the work myself. I'd definitely have cut that 70 acre acre, then get it rowed up a day before the harvester to let the ground dry up, especially when you were finished the first block of land at 3!

[@josephdunnagri4010]

How come you do the outside rounds with the front mower beside the hedge and not the rear. Surely lots of missed bits for going clockwise around the feild instead of anticlockwise?

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Much easier to keep the front mower full rather than the side?

[@josephdunnagri4010]

@@FarmTheoryNI I understand for long work just thought to maximise cutting width just thought it keeps feilds tidier on the headlands for taking a little less on 3or4 outside rounds 🤷‍♂️

[@DM-eq1fq]

I'd have thought you would have a farm map uploaded to the tractors with wet spots and various other points of interest so that others like David could do field work without getting bogged or hitting Manhole covers (like TomP).

[@tysonwildeboer42]

Mow it today Then cut it first on Saturday that way if it is a little dryer you can put the wet silage that you chopped on Saturday on top of the dry stuff

[@TheFarmerTheCheesemaker]

You won’t get this in time I’m sure… but… raking so the field can dry is always the best option if necessary. The raked grass won’t dry out as much as it would leaving it 2 days in the swath. And any chance of drying out a field more before running even more equipment over it is best for the future crop.

[@massey135jj]

Hydraulic top link on the shopping list 😎

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Some.job good see out geting silage done

[@masseyman390t]

Hi, Is that westerwold grass? Apologies if you said already

[@grahamsmith9756]

Think he said Italian ryegrass

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Italian and hybrid.

[@geraldbeard856]

7 mowers cutting 70 acres= 10 acres each.......i'm surprised any one was prepared to come and cut a small acreage it would take them longer to put there mowers on the tractor than it does doing the mowing

[@fisherh9111]

If they all have KZbin channels they will be doing it for the content.

[@Robert-kv2nx]

Say in the video that the contractor was being paid by the acre. Must have made sense to them.

[@FarmTheoryNI]

I think it was to check everything was working for them before they had loads of fields to mow infront of them.

[@padraigking5185]

Good stuff

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Glad you enjoyed

[@gerrymulligan2602]

Would puma able drive harster

[@FarmTheoryNI]

It can and it did!

[@tiernancoyle9235]

Who is your contractor that cuts your grass

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Henry Giles.

[@gerrymulligan2602]

How many acres doing

[@FarmTheoryNI]

140

[@barry1338]

Weres the Sunday video

[@FarmTheoryNI]

A day late!

[@PatrickHaran]

I don't cut silage till july

[@FarmTheoryNI]

This panicks me. 🤣

[@danielcunningham5052]

How many acres

[@FarmTheoryNI]

140ac

[@6thcence897]

Why cut at 10 cm height

[@FarmTheoryNI]

Better quality, quicker regrowth, faster drying, less VFAs.

[@seangaynor7458]

I think your dad is right wasting money on hired help when you have such good equipment of your own seems a bit mad also the suger content of your grass is higher in the evening which should give you better quality silage with higher energy levels

[@FarmTheoryNI]

It's about giving it time to dry, that was the priority. The sugar levels change is very little, it's kinda a myth.

[@williamwilson8327]

We were always taught that at Greenmount. To cut in afternoon when photosynthesis is happening. No?

[@johnmccarroll4845]

Brill

[@BarryShaw-r2m]

You answered that question incorrectly,,,the young gentleman ask how water was made not what it is made from??

[@johnbonham8059]

By d look of that field ur mowing in video u won't b over loading d trailers

[@FarmTheoryNI]

It was perfectly dry. 🤷

[@matthewglennen1172]

If you’re getting mowers in why have your own? Depreciation, work diesel etc. This is coming from Australia where we could cut 250 acres at a time with 1 tractor and mowers. Just keep at it 🤷‍♂️

[@greggroome2791]

🇮🇪🇮🇪💪💪🙏🙏👍👍

[@Rickybobby_ie]

That could be the wrong colour flag I think.. not that it matters 👍