Another week of rain, followed by some rain, topped of with some rain! This is the year which just never gives up! Follow us on: TikTok - / farmtheoryni #smartfarming
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@normacallaghan84726 күн бұрын
Your channel is one of the best KZbin channels..
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
Glad you think so! THANKS!
@christymarlow95396 күн бұрын
No matter what you hear from the smart people about cutting early and getting quality you have to let grass grow a little stronger when you have no sun, great video
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
You are correct, never a single rule in farming, you have to be flexible
@moneyprofessional6 күн бұрын
Just love the technical nature of your videos which you explain so well and make really interesting. It’s crazy how many skills a farmer needs to be successful, but even with all of them luck can be the most important as things like the weather is beyond your control. In hindsight, could you have abandoned outdoor grazing this year and made more silage on the grazing fields?
@gerryoconnor87516 күн бұрын
A tough tough year
@gerryoconnor87516 күн бұрын
A disaster òf a year 😪
@billbobby4615 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI on any other channel i'd let this go but not this one, you are held to a higher standard. What basis do you have to support the comment above? how would leaving the grass to grow stronger(increase lignin content) improve your silage quality? You had enough sun, your sugars were high enough, your fermentation excellent, you said it yourself that the ph at 4.1 at that dry matter was hitting exactly where you'd want, and if sugars are at 4% that means you had enough sugars to get that fermentation and then some. if you didn't have enough sun, was your yield down?
@faFsman5 күн бұрын
I agree, 1984 was a super year 1985 was a disaster! Weather broke in early June and it was October before it stopped raining. 95 was a scorcher, ‘02 was a washout in May/June. We have always been having crazy weather don’t be thinking that this is something new.
@moneyprofessional5 күн бұрын
Trouble is that crazy weather is pretty every year now! Not necessarily the same crazy, but one extreme or another!!
@eamonnbrennan71716 күн бұрын
Keep fingers away from those bolts. Spot of weld on head and you will keep your fingerprints.
@cathalirwin6 күн бұрын
That video was great. I think content is super. Not the typical rambling you see on some channels
@mikeysky89176 күн бұрын
Nutritionist told me yesterday that grass cut a week later after yours are coming out with fantastic results. The extra sunny days did wonders to the grass. Our cows graze during the day but we are mixing zero graze grass with some of last year’s 2nd cut silage for the cows at night and they are pumping out the milk. Grass on its own is a waste of time unless you are zero grazing and keeping the cows in.
@raymondrobinson40476 күн бұрын
Lack of sunshine for 1st cuts has been detrimental! .....all plants need sun to reach their peek!!😎
@Mr..35..16 күн бұрын
Great video and very informative, its crazy how many variables is involved
@millarcontracts6 күн бұрын
Great video as always 👌 Not complaining at all just something i noticed I always was told plough the soil up the hill as you can work it down easier than up
@jamesmckendry95045 күн бұрын
I was always told the same, apparently to aid drainage I think.
@user-mw1pl2ul5d3 күн бұрын
If you can plough uphill because the soil moves down with following cultivations,having said that the soil does move away from bottom hedge. They say plough up and down the slope in the autumn-winter to aid drainage and in the spring plough across to save moisture. @jamesmckendry9504
@jasondavies48876 күн бұрын
When the weather is bad we would put bales of haylage in for the cows to munch on while they get milked to increase dry matter, and get shuggar beet pellets mixed in with their nuts. It's not just the volume that gets affected by the bad weather the quality and you loose your bonuses.
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
Good idea!
@alimurphy1556 күн бұрын
It's the Covac @3:07... I'm down and out too 🙄. Whenever you're fixing machinery I gotta do this 🙈. Dude... what am I watching @28:13? 🤣🤣🤣
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
It's brutal isn't it!! 😅 I clicked the timestamp and laughed at my own video. 🤣🤣
@andrewbaird34315 күн бұрын
Get the door handle fixed!!!we certainly don't want to witness that again 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@tonymckeage10505 күн бұрын
Great Video, I don't envy your position, I was going to suggest premowing, but you already are doing that! The rule of thumb in NZ for managing feed deficits is "reduce the stocking rate" which is code for cull old, empty or low producing cows, when climate affects production everyone suffers so feed is expensive to purchase, one observation I would make is perhaps rather than trying to get 4 cuts off the silage area of the farm, perhaps cut 1-2 cuts across the whole milking platform and use that as a way to improve pasture quality, it might lead to less ploughing and reseeding! thanks for sharing
@petecag91175 күн бұрын
Another brilliant vid. Just a few things. Everyone in northwest europe is in the samw boat. Cold winds high rainfall low grass growth. The average drop in growth across measiring farms here in the south id 1.2tdm/ha ytd. Which is huge when multiplied across all ha. Secondly. Would pitting 100t or more soya hulls and pke be a runner when doing second cut. A loader bucket of each tipped on each load before shoving it up the pit. Both products do not attract vermin and are cost effective And finally. Keep up the good work.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
We can feed extra meal over winter of needed and my meal price is fixed until Jan25 so makes no sense to take it early.
@ronanlucid95885 күн бұрын
Great videos ...very interesting and like the format..
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@feirmfactor8596 күн бұрын
Great information video about the struggles of farming in 2024
@monkeymandee50306 күн бұрын
Hey Andrew a tip for you could be to keep cows in all year to then be able to make more silage as you are utilising your grazing fields for extra fodder
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
To much work and we doing have the infrastructure
@josephdoherty7244 күн бұрын
Good video , very interesting about the silage.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Thanks 👍
@DN-ij4pk6 күн бұрын
Straights off the combine will be cheap. Possibly. Find some1 to buy dried barley. And suger beet and find those people soon. It will be the cheapest way to preserve silage.
@moneyprofessional5 күн бұрын
Just love the technical nature of your videos which you explain so well and make really interesting. It’s crazy how many skills a farmer needs to be successful, but even with all of them luck can be the most important as things like the weather is beyond your control. In hindsight, could you have abandoned outdoor grazing this year and made more silage on the grazing fields?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
We have managed to get grass off the fields by grazing pretty well, the issue really just has been the weather!
@FarmersSss6 күн бұрын
It's been a challenging year everywhere for grazing cows. Your silage analysis certainly won't be as bad as Tom Pemberton's! Labour was always going to win the election this time. I just hope they do some good for agriculture, but I'm sceptical about that. The Conservatives are going to struggle now, especially if reform gets some momentum going before the next general election.
@samueljamouneau6 күн бұрын
Strange year us here in guernsey have had a super dry summer Junes super hot dry July been dry and colder with winds, our first cut is basically our only cut as everything dried up and stopped growing straight after 1st cut and we thought we were on for a better year then last but not happening we need some of your rain
@Modlendingen5 күн бұрын
Quite interesting. We haven't got our first cut yet because of the wet and cold weather here in western Norway.. Just hoping for some dry weather soon to get it, but it won't be our best silage ever... But that's farming i guess.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Wooow, I assume you do two cuts a year?
@Modlendingen4 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI Hopefully 2, most likely 1 and a half due to the weather 😅
@nerdydev4 күн бұрын
I am glad I am not the only one struggling with this rain
@peteri.52646 күн бұрын
🇩🇪🇧🇪The wet conditions are a challenge. But here, after years of drought, we finally have enough foder again!
@leonardgood40436 күн бұрын
No grass here in co cork as well
@tristangibbs23516 күн бұрын
Want to use more of the polysulphate the calcium in it will help with the structure of the grass wider leaves will catch more sunshine and hopefully increase the energy in the grass
@andrewmear87045 күн бұрын
I found if you change out all the plough points as a set and do both sides at the same time it will help you to plough better I found it ploughed more level and I could match up the other way so much better I do appreciate the time and effort you put in especially with the costing you put into your videos I find it fascinating. Thank you 👍
@peterdavidson52895 күн бұрын
Crazy how NI weather is,your wet but here in county down in the ards peninsula its too dry and would love some rain!still cold but haha
@neilbuckland14633 күн бұрын
A very interesting and informative video.
@FarmTheoryNI3 күн бұрын
Glad you think so!
@neilbuckland14633 күн бұрын
I can’t work out why you are so smiley at the prospect of having to pay thousands of pounds for additional feed! Think I would be very depressed!
@jamesfox52454 күн бұрын
Great video
@daireharlin1816 күн бұрын
Palm kernel is great to feed with low dm grass, it pays for itself with increased yield and butterfat
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Interesting idea. 🤔
@philiphall48055 күн бұрын
our take on zero grazing is to mow with a grouper and bale straight away with a fusion , then start feeding straight away , we find the bales are eaten long before they start to turn mushy and it fills the gaps of trying to graze , field is cleared in a day and growing back and unlike proper zero grazing you do not need to go out every day , they eat every blade of this stuff and to me it looks far better than putting it in a clamp then grabbing it back out , it also looks better than letting your cows in to tread it up , does it pay ? I would say its on par with the rest of dairy farming , as in you would probably be better off stacking supermarket shelves but as a way of reducing waste by both trying to graze and dry matter losses during the clamping process it has alot to offer , by clamping losses I am referring to the work done by Neville Thornhill some 40 plus years ago , grass weighed in and out of the clamp compared to grass zero grazed sampled weighed and fed , his results were consistently 15% dry matter losses in the clamping process and it made no difference which additive you used or how good you thought your clamp was , big numbers when you are short of forage and big numbers when you are trying for maximum efficiency , just some of my thoughts while watching your excellent video
@paulwallace37576 күн бұрын
Ha You should try pasture managment in NZ.Cheers for the videos
@nathanruddll67155 күн бұрын
great video keep it up
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@matthewshaw37186 күн бұрын
Unfortunately I think it’s the weather, my sample is almost exactly the same. We farm in Cumbria. I’m hoping it’s only the stuff we cut same week as you, bulk of ours was cut a week earlier
@padraigking51856 күн бұрын
Good stuff
@martinhealy37413 күн бұрын
And on the weather. More often than not, weather and grass growth, level itself out over the 12 months. Late summer and dry fall on the way.....
@FarmTheoryNI3 күн бұрын
That's what I'm planning on!
@keithk12465 күн бұрын
Little warning Andrew! Never and I mean Never Put your fingers on those countersunk bolts which hold the wearing parts as they are like razor blades!😭 I managed to cut the top of 2 fingers doing it in a rush one day! Hold a head of a hammer or stick against them!😪
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
This kinda advice is invaluable! Thank you! 🫡
@user-fz9qr8vz9i6 күн бұрын
Can you buy a standing cereal crop for whole crop or maize to increase silage stocks. Tough year for your guys.
@bjornfredriksson79645 күн бұрын
God Video.i am working Hedman on 350 cows farm on west coust of Sweden.her we have good Grass 1 and 2 cut.
@farmstyle92macd556 күн бұрын
I do mob gazing on daily move in big covers of grass am struggling to hold condition this year and I wonder if it’s the dry mater
@alexnicholas23715 күн бұрын
11.5me over here 🙋♂️all jokes aside grass had little to no good sunny days before first cut this will have had a big impact on energy in the leaf
@billbobby4616 күн бұрын
it's not the dead material, it's just because there is more stem and not enough leaf. If it wouldn't be great grazing then it won't make great silage.
@tombunney39605 күн бұрын
Oh my god. Ploughing down the hill 🙈😂
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
I have learned that is frowned upon. 😅
@tombunney39604 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI soil is always washed down the hill by water, that’s why it’s ploughed up the hill. Only way of getting it back there 😂
@Andy-ix2ox6 күн бұрын
Yeah we have the same issues here in Wicklow but to add insult to injury we have been locked up since last February…..so we have about 150 more mouths to be filled than we should have; gonna be a very long and expensive winter around here and that’s for sure! To put the tin hat on it tried to rent a shed with c. 1000 tonnes of silage coming with it and the department says No, it’s not in my “ area” so I can’t move stock to it ! Trying to stay calm when dealing with certain government entities is a lot more difficult than most people would think, but loosing the head is not going to achieve anything other than making you feel better in the moment and creating more difficulties for yourself down the road, well that’s what I keep telling myself! Best of luck!
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
That's a tough spot! People who like to impose rules on farming don't grasp how important flexibility is to a business with so many variables!
@johnoneill71676 күн бұрын
If you zero grazed could you not avoid damaging paddocks in spring and get better utilisation of grass now when cows are clearing out paddocks well …. Just wondering?
@Shane-kp5dc6 күн бұрын
Zero grazing is the best thing yet
@patrickbuckley78326 күн бұрын
The down side is zero grazing has been linked to massive herd breakdowns with TB . Cows can't be selective about what they eat.
@Aidy3085 күн бұрын
New pair off shorts 😂😂😂,get video as always 🤙🤙
@markoconnor12914 күн бұрын
Not easy farming when weather is crap most of the time 😮
@videomandan266 күн бұрын
30 mins of watching a video about grass. Love the information from a non farmer. I live in somerset so lots of farms around so interesting to know they will be doing similar.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@finbarreburn51125 күн бұрын
Cows going out on full bellies are less inclined to graze out paddocks, 'Spoiled Spoil' Splitting your herd might be worth considering, Chasing around the fields (numerous cuts) may not be so rewarding afterall #TimeToGrow 🤔 👍 Insightful Vlog 👌
@pauleng8836 күн бұрын
not enough silage = sell some cattle.
@maguire54554 күн бұрын
You could always sell any stock that are broderline culls. Take the pressure off .
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
That's the plan!
@patrickmckeown4326 күн бұрын
We tried to mix today but it was lashing
@andrewbaird34315 күн бұрын
Is the Italian grass not just all stem and water. I know you don't like the Aber stuff but we have fields 10 years plus still doing good yields on 4 cuts. Maybe try a mix of them and surely some of them will survive?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
It usually tests okay, not as good as normal grass. Tbh I think I'm not going to plant it again, had it now for well over 10 years and the last two years has been very tough on it.
@andrewbaird34314 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI just got our 1st cut analysis 80.1D value,11.6ME, 16.8 CP, 25 DM. 🤯 Think it was done at the same time as yours. There will be Aber tetraploids in 90% of our silage fields and some of them will have been down 15-20 years and they are still there.
@gavinwinters174 күн бұрын
I suppose the tourism industry would be affected by the weather as much as farming 🤔 Have you ever considered using an Erth Agriseeder to direct drill some grass seed?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
I have not, I probably should give it a go
@gavinwinters174 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI I have one if you want to give it a go.
@stephenmccolgan24476 күн бұрын
Sell the fr bulls now conserve the silage even if they are sold at a loss
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Already doing that! Getting a good price!
@MrDavidSThompson5 күн бұрын
Could you have brought more of the silage ground into the grazing block? Leave yourself flexible by round baling if you have too much grass but enough grazing in times like these?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Nope, fixed block
@DannyRice015 күн бұрын
I did some back of the envelope calculations for how many cows you have over the 50 nights of lost grazing over 189 cows, and the cost of "good" clamp silage to buy and the figures are scary. Btw if you ever sell farm theory merchandise a t-shirt that says "Oh my goodness" would be hilarious. Also there's no financial benefit to plowing in a straight line- in fact if it takes more time to plow in a perfectly straight line you're losing money in extra labour and diesel costs!
@DannyRice015 күн бұрын
The plowing looks great btw should have made that clearer. Do you not normally hang an emergency wrench in the plow?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Nope? That's that for? 😅
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
I love this idea. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@DannyRice014 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI Our KV was a lot older than yours from the days before Impact Wrenches and it came with a long wrench about 18 inches long. Was a great job
@davidlittle2565 күн бұрын
A neighbour of mine is a big milk. Farmer he run out of Silage last year He had to get silage of a beef farm Farmer this beef Farmer doesn’t put in first cut he letsp grow for about 7 are 8 weeks. The man said he’s cow up in the milk When he start using beef silage
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
His silage must have been rough. 🤣
@davidlittle2564 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI definitely not. Put in real young grass all receded ground he couldn’t believe when the cows went up in the milk using the beef farmers silage
@RobinThompson-y7c5 күн бұрын
Why not leave the reseeding until late August/ early September or even late September? Get the most of the crops currently there?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
You won't get a lot reseeded if you leave it all to then. I like to do little bits when I can.
@jimgannon19176 күн бұрын
get the zerograzer in
@richardcorbett84316 күн бұрын
Sugar is generally low no sun
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
4% is very high, our normal sugar is under 2%
@Williamfm2626 күн бұрын
Is d value the same as dry matter digestibility???
@andrewbaird34315 күн бұрын
Yes, guess you're used to an agriking analysis
@twinchop45813 күн бұрын
Out with the cheque book & buy whole crop ! Or maize 🌽 .. You have to keep milk flowing Or a small fender bender could Turn into a full blow car crash ..... 🛻🛻🛻🚒
@jamescarmody17102 күн бұрын
How often do u spread fertiliser on ur grazing block would u spread a few bags after every grazing
@FarmTheoryNIКүн бұрын
After every grazing, usually do most fields all on one day
@quadarinxxx6 күн бұрын
Will you reduce stock numbers ?
@martymartin28946 күн бұрын
That's exactly what they want.
@hughdickson85606 күн бұрын
Doesn't say much for your additive. Mine is as good/bad with no additive used
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
I will update you when I get further back into it. This is my worst silage sample in years
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
Yes, selling calves and will keep less heifers.
@zzirSnipzz15 күн бұрын
It always evens out
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
I kinda agree, I think we will have a good autumn
@unaoconnor36285 күн бұрын
Its good that you have an interest in politics across the water, but what about closer to home? NI Dept of Agriculture failed to attend the Ploughing last year. Let's see if they show up this year....
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Honestly I know very little about Irish politics, I don't even really follow N.I. politics, probably need to pay more attention to it.
@user-gq2cn5qg3h5 күн бұрын
Would you not be better now letting your 3rd cut grow and go for quantity and not quality, my neighbour always cuts early on a multi cut system, runs out every February, buys from anywhere he can get it and never asks about the quality just too glad to get it!
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
We will get a fourth also, so we won't actually get more yield.
@Simonfarmer-qs1oz6 күн бұрын
What you think of milking 20/30 cows and a fulltime job
@ihenderson24804 күн бұрын
Can you do a video on how much a cow makes per year please
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Yes!
@jonofdead15196 күн бұрын
You shared someone's phone number on the internet. 😅 Just letting you know. Great content by the way. 👍
@richardcorbett84316 күн бұрын
Short of silage? How many kg nitrogen for 3th cut
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
It's meant to get a second application but that won't happen now, so only.... 67kg/ha
@6thcence8976 күн бұрын
Why did you plough across hill?
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
Long in that direction and very short down the hill.
@RobertPhilpott-vr6wd5 күн бұрын
Think most would plough the same way as you, but start at top of field - throwing it up the slope@@FarmTheoryNI
@royelliott66485 күн бұрын
What do you store in tower silo ?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Nothing since the 90's, used to be filled with barley
@greggroome27916 күн бұрын
👍👍🙏🙏💪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@eamonnoneill13406 күн бұрын
The days of grass/grass silage only is gone unfortunately you need to have maize silage from now on but this is going to cost you too
@Rmac-eb2zb6 күн бұрын
Why you ploughing across the hill?
@mickgaffney50686 күн бұрын
Serve lack of big green tractors
@richardcorbett84315 күн бұрын
Sugar so low we are going to buy molasses
@martinhealy37414 күн бұрын
As a political nerd, as you put it, what are your thoughts on how brexit as affected NI Argi. Do you think an All Ireland approach to Agri would serve NI better?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Brexit has made essentially no difference other than the people responsible for good or bad decisions are to be found in Belfast and they can't blame anyone else for their bad policy.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
The ROI guys are in a much worse spot than NI farmers, especially around fertilizer and stocking limits so I am certain it would be worse. They also get paid less.
@martinhealy37413 күн бұрын
That's interesting perspective. I would have assumed obviously incorrectly, that a lot of product, milk especially, would be processed in the south and make its way to the EU trading block. Stocking rates are probably a concern everywhere. It's a race to the bottom. It would be more beneficial to have a slightly lower Stocking rate nationally with an increase in produce price. Equally as a world we are addicted to synthetic N, so an alternative would be fantastic. Definitely more understanding and focus on soil health would be an advantage
@martinhealy37413 күн бұрын
And all this really comes down to €€ ££. So really they can pontificate on the environment and farming but not really putting meaningful money into farmers and producers pockets
@robertferguson27055 күн бұрын
There is going to silage shortage all over the country nothing is growing as it should, my main concern would be farmers are supposed to be the number 1 reason for climate change which I always found hard to believe, yet there are harp Stations situated throughout the world pumping microwaves up into the sky, the UK and several other countries are actively in the experimental stage of geoenineering but how long has this been going on? But honestly as a farmer it concerns me alot ,the more I have looked into this the more worried I get, look it up its there to be seen in black and white and has recently been banned in louisanna and tenesse the goverments have signed off on this to tackle global warming.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Farming is being targeted unfairly, it's all a distraction tactic from the real polluters.
@robertferguson27054 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI that is very true Andrew but keep up the good work another great video, you are making the general public aware of what it takes to run a farm and the difficulties involved.
@tomdeere66206 күн бұрын
Geo engineered weather there's a reason why there doing it
@farmerdan19794 күн бұрын
There seems to be a lot of effluent from the 2nd Cut?
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Nope, just a very flat floor
@farmerdan19794 күн бұрын
oh OK.....looks like it here in this clip, you know the way it goes white @FarmTheoryNI kzbin.infoUgkxtbs0shG62IgWU3qPIALp_BZDZMfVpH9-?si=lBCVX_eEuGnINPRX
@vxnova16 күн бұрын
Looks like labor got a grand slam,
@zftransmax13 күн бұрын
Will u ever consider a zero grazer...
@Shane-kp5dc6 күн бұрын
Bro thought he makes the world's best sikage😂
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
You can imagine my shock. 🤣🤣 #humbled
@Ai-lm9pb6 күн бұрын
You're going to have to bite the bullet and buy a wagon. It's only a matter of when.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
A silage wagon?
@Ai-lm9pb3 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI Diet Feeder , Mixer wagon, Feeder wagon, whatever you want to call it. Its the most important piece of equipment on any farm.
@MobileDevices-ku7ls6 күн бұрын
Where is this farm ,please
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Omagh
@aboutthefarmerКүн бұрын
wow fd
@philiptyndall49684 күн бұрын
You need to start grass measuring properly Andrew. That grass cover is way too strong
@FarmTheoryNI3 күн бұрын
It sampled at 12.5me and 16% cp!!
@philiptyndall49683 күн бұрын
@@FarmTheoryNI your cows are getting over half of there diet in the yard Andrew, if the grass cover is any where near or over 1400kgs/ha they won’t have the appetite to graze it out. I see it here myself, we’re stocked heavy and zero grazing and if my grass covers go over 1400 kgs mid season they just refuse to eat it out because they know it’s in the yard. Give grass measuring a try and then tell me I’m wrong
@patrickjordan76706 күн бұрын
You certainly don't sound like a farmer you sound more like a collage lecturer I suspect you're not long out of collage there's nothing we can do about the weather I'm old enough to remember bad summers and winters it's all been here before nothing to do with global warming
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
"not long out of college" 🤣🤣 Try 13 years ago.
@mickgaffney50686 күн бұрын
If you don't laugh you would fall on a sword
@martymartin28946 күн бұрын
The weather will cost the farmers, but shortages will put prices up and will be also passed on to the consumer.
@Andy-ix2ox6 күн бұрын
I wish! But the reality is that we as farmers are price takers and regardless of the cost of production we take what we are given and have little choice but accept it.
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
The price the consumer pays only moved of the retailer decides they want more of the pie, they won't pay farmers more unless for a global change in the market
@martymartin28945 күн бұрын
That's a disgrace
@andrewgeddis93016 күн бұрын
Was told earlier this week that there has been cloud seeding taking place which has led to so much of the cold and wet weather honestly don't know if it happing for real but it could be a reality
@mucksavageIrl6 күн бұрын
Do u Bale strong paddocks which might bridge gap
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
We don't, stocked very high on the grazing platform
@foodforthought48296 күн бұрын
You will have less grass IF Andrew Murr gets his way?????.
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
Just have to sell the farm
@ag85564 күн бұрын
It doesnt make sense reseeding in a bad year
@FarmTheoryNI4 күн бұрын
I will obviously disagree. 😅
@cormacmccusker5138Күн бұрын
You are over stocked is your bigger problem.
@jamesbartley3106Күн бұрын
If the growth was good he would have surplus grass and could have more cow's, cold weather is the problem this year.
@jasondavies48876 күн бұрын
I don't really agree with ploughing for reseading, we haven't ploughed or reseaded a feild for 80 years. We leave all our silage feilds go to seed, let the seeds turn brown mow the feilds get a natural reseeding. We have huge crops, if the soil is right the grass will grow. I like the idea of direct drilling tho. Someone rented my neighbours feilds ploughed and reseaded 4 feilds. The feilds he hasn't ploughed and reseaded are growing and cropping better.
@FarmTheoryNI6 күн бұрын
We mainly plough for drainage and to remove compaction, it's an essential where I farm
@mclarenrob26 күн бұрын
are you a beef farmer? surely the quality is awful
@andrewbaird34315 күн бұрын
@FarmTheoryN can't believe how quickly you decide "that's not performing PLOUGH IT" have you tried a sward lifter and a bit of overseeding? Doesn't lose you 6weeks of growth, especially when you are short..