The 3 day marathon of first cut silage has begun! Today we focus on mowing, the next part of this video will focus on harvesting! Follow us on: TikTok - / farmtheoryni #smartfarming
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@user-fy6fb2dg4jАй бұрын
I've seen 2 firsts in this video, 7 mowers working for the same farm and a lad mowing in his pyjamas!!!!! 😀
@finbarreburn5112Ай бұрын
'How is water made' 🤔 Explanation Exemplary 👌 😅
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Glad you appreciated that! 🤣
@tonymckeage1028Ай бұрын
Great Video, nice to see the farm dried out and plenty of grass, thanks for sharing
@MtvKtcАй бұрын
Thats nuts. All them mowers. Fair play.
@DesTurner-wc3hmАй бұрын
Only just started watching your channel but find it really interesting and informative.
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Welcome aboard!
@FarmersSssАй бұрын
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!
@gerrymulligan2602Ай бұрын
Some.job good see out geting silage done
@grahamsmith9756Ай бұрын
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
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
I'm interested!
@DM-eq1fqАй бұрын
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).
@tysonwildeboer42Ай бұрын
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
@padraigking5185Ай бұрын
Good stuff
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Glad you enjoyed
@TheFarmerTheCheesemakerАй бұрын
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.
@massey135jjАй бұрын
Hydraulic top link on the shopping list 😎
@geraldbeard856Ай бұрын
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
@fisherh9111Ай бұрын
If they all have KZbin channels they will be doing it for the content.
@Robert-kv2nxАй бұрын
Say in the video that the contractor was being paid by the acre. Must have made sense to them.
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
I think it was to check everything was working for them before they had loads of fields to mow infront of them.
@johnmccarroll4845Ай бұрын
Brill
@josephdunnagri4010Ай бұрын
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?
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Much easier to keep the front mower full rather than the side?
@josephdunnagri4010Ай бұрын
@@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 🤷♂️
@masseyman390tАй бұрын
Hi, Is that westerwold grass? Apologies if you said already
@grahamsmith9756Ай бұрын
Think he said Italian ryegrass
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Italian and hybrid.
@gerrymulligan2602Ай бұрын
Would puma able drive harster
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
It can and it did!
@gerrymulligan2602Ай бұрын
How many acres doing
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
140
@user-ry7xz9xq3zАй бұрын
I don't cut silage till july
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
This panicks me. 🤣
@barry1338Ай бұрын
Weres the Sunday video
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
A day late!
@tiernancoyle9235Ай бұрын
Who is your contractor that cuts your grass
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Henry Giles.
@danielcunningham5052Ай бұрын
How many acres
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
140ac
@johnbonham8059Ай бұрын
By d look of that field ur mowing in video u won't b over loading d trailers
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
It was perfectly dry. 🤷
@matthewglennen1172Ай бұрын
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 🤷♂️
@6thcence897Ай бұрын
Why cut at 10 cm height
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
Better quality, quicker regrowth, faster drying, less VFAs.
@seangaynor7458Ай бұрын
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
@FarmTheoryNIАй бұрын
It's about giving it time to dry, that was the priority. The sugar levels change is very little, it's kinda a myth.
@williamwilson8327Ай бұрын
We were always taught that at Greenmount. To cut in afternoon when photosynthesis is happening. No?
@greggroome2791Ай бұрын
🇮🇪🇮🇪💪💪🙏🙏👍👍
@Rickybobby_ieАй бұрын
That could be the wrong colour flag I think.. not that it matters 👍