silage

As title. Our forager costs £30 an acre. By the end of the month we will have completed second cut and so have a foraging cost of £60 and acre where the day before he will be finishing a thick first cut and might be charged out a smidge more than my 30 for twice the grass. Wagons straightforward...

Ploughed an 18 acre field up for reseed would spring barley for whole cropping be to late now ?

Thinking of changing a tractor for an Arion 420. Looking for oppinions / reviews of them. Is it powerfull enought to take a baler with a chopper (silage) on fairly hilly ground, and how would ot cope with a 2000 Gallon tanker? Any reliability issues? TIA

Any suggestions, please? Nothing fancy, just robust enough to cope with topping paddocks on the grazing platform, pre- and post-grazing. Realistically, looking at 2nd hand... TIA

I've been considering how best to improve this shed. At the moments it's just two feed rings at either end and I'm thinking about running a feed barrier down the left handside but I was wondering if it's worth having a feed pass or not. The shed is only 22ft wide so how sensible is it to have...

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I suppose quickest put up fencing people can't see through but I could see that would make it seem like I am hiding something and put new neighbours on edge perhaps. Like the idea of hedging but that takes a couple of years to grow doesn't it. A piece has come up which is ticking nearly all my...

Wet weather and temporary adjustments to agri-environment agreements Written by The Team Credit: James Clark Between October 2023 and March 2024, England experienced the second wettest 6-month period on record. The rainfall was nearly 60% above the 10-year average. Heavy rainfall has a...

Managing a small herd of longhorns here.Lovely quiet cows untill they have a calf, then it's as if a switch has been flicked and they suddenly become possessed by the devil. This of course then becomes exacerbated when you have calves that don't suck; big traffic cone tits to latch onto; tagging...

Hi folks, Got soil test results back today, this was one big block of 25odd acres, I divided it with one permanent fence up the middle, I drained and limed one side and left the other side untouched so far. Only grazing ground but the index levels are gone very bad for the bit I’ve actually put...

Hypothetical question here.... 50 year old slatted cattle shed with a silage pit on one side of it. I'm starting to question the structural integrity of it. If the wall was to crack under the weight of silage it could be quite a problem. Would insurance be likely to cover such an event?

So, things have changed a little, organic is the old school, flat cap wearing, tweed kinda feel. Regenerative is the new kid on the block, rather edgy, slick style but promising a down to earth feel. So in the marketing eyes of the British Retail Consortium who are they going to run with? Who...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Grass experts at Barenbrug are urging growers to “go softly” with their first cuts, after the wettest 18 months ever recorded in England. Barenbrug’s agricultural manager, Janet Montgomery, said that while grass is “amazingly resilient”, it is...

Someone said today that the best smell is freshly rolled cereals in the spring. My entry would be freshly spread rotten muck in the autumn or possibly freshly mown grass. Any other thoughts?

Even earlier than last year, but seen a bit knocked down today. Plus there's chatter on last year's thread again 😂.... @Tubbylew @carbonfibre farmer. We are still at least three weeks away from making a start, but there is alot of grass already. Id say even at the end of April there was more...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough An ambitious young couple milking 350 sheep in Greece have future plans not only to expand the flock, but to improve their genetics by precision breeding. Situated at the foot of Mount Olympus, close to the town of Elassona, is...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural contractor. Darren Russell is part of the Russell Brothers team. The business works out of premises close to the village of...

Hello- probably a silly question but here goes. We have a big block of upland sheep grazing that’s been pretty neglected the last few years. Always put bagged fert (20-10-10) on every spring but gave up 5 or 6 years ago and it’s really started to show the last couple of years. We are looking at...

Looking to change our pickup,we currently have a manual l200 but the gearing is quite high especially when starting on a hill with 60 spring lambs in a Gamic tri axle livestock trailer.So we are considering an Auto and I was wondering what the pros and cons are.We are looking at a Ranger,Hi Lux...

Looking about for a decent sh trailer. 12 or 14ft. Wheels on outside. Got to have good sheep decks. What's the better trailer? Anything for sale that's not in Scotland...