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[Bald Rick]

Seems a handy bit of kit ...

 

[Beef farmer]

Wagons or forager?

Forager

 

[Chimera]

Seems a handy bit of kit ...

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Any other new toys for silaging?

 

[Bald Rick]

Any other new toys for silaging?

chopper & buckrake neither of which are new but with 4000ac to harvest gives us more control

 

[Milkcow365]

chopper & buckrake neither of which are new but with 4000ac to harvest gives us more control

Sounds familiar

 

[More to life]

Sounds familiar

yearly event

 

[Milkcow365]

Nice machine baldy

 

[Speedstar]

We put 200+ acres to bed yesterday , a good crop for the time of year , 4 tons per acre at 35% D/M

 

[Beef farmer]

chopper & buckrake neither of which are new but with 4000ac to harvest gives us more control

You bought another chopper?

 

[kiwi pom]

You bought another chopper?

On the New Toy day thread over in Machinery.

 

[Headless chicken]

chopper & buckrake neither of which are new but with 4000ac to harvest gives us more control

Did you get a loading shovel too? Can’t see the side boom being a patch on the 320 on the pit otherwise

 

[Bald Rick]

You bought another chopper?

We sat down in late autumn/ early winter with a piece of paper and brainstormed where we can perform better - from major to minor tweaks - and gradually have been working through the list.

The first major change was to install a water treatment plant to make the borehole more potable by extracting manganese (potable should be <50 micromoles per litre & the borehole was >1000) and to filter solids out. Before and after testing has shown we achieved water of human drinking quality now ... and more importantly, and without any other changes, it put 2500 litres a day on. Adding a Juno pusher later added another 500 litres.

The other KPI was forage quality and after weighing all the pros and cons and with settled and sufficient staff, controlling harvest is the next step after recent experiences with contractors
So yes, we have a chopper

 

[More to life]

We sat down in late autumn/ early winter with a piece of paper and brainstormed where we can perform better - from major to minor tweaks - and gradually have been working through the list.

The first major change was to install a water treatment plant to make the borehole more potable by extracting manganese (potable should be <50 micromoles per litre & the borehole was >1000) and to filter solids out. Before and after testing has shown we achieved water of human drinking quality now ... and more importantly, and without any other changes, it put 2500 litres a day on. Adding a Juno pusher later added another 500 litres.

The other KPI was forage quality and after weighing all the pros and cons and with settled and sufficient staff, controlling harvest is the next step after recent experiences with contractors
So yes, we have a chopper

Re the pusher Rick what's that per cow ?

 

[Tex]

How many cows was 2500litre rise spread over?

 

[Bald Rick]

Re the pusher Rick what's that per cow ?

About 0.75

 

[Bald Rick]

How many cows was 2500litre rise spread over?

630-50 ish

 

[Milkcow365]

630-50 ish

And that’s all you changed?

 

[Milkcow365]

You bought another chopper?

The above one is his nice yoke

 

[Bald Rick]

And that’s all you changed?

Yes.
Prior to installing, cows would often just lick at the water. Now they drink properly. Plus we are seeing much more lying time. Wasn't cheap but transformative

And on very average silage/maize too

 

[Beef farmer]

We sat down in late autumn/ early winter with a piece of paper and brainstormed where we can perform better - from major to minor tweaks - and gradually have been working through the list.

The first major change was to install a water treatment plant to make the borehole more potable by extracting manganese (potable should be <50 micromoles per litre & the borehole was >1000) and to filter solids out. Before and after testing has shown we achieved water of human drinking quality now ... and more importantly, and without any other changes, it put 2500 litres a day on. Adding a Juno pusher later added another 500 litres.

The other KPI was forage quality and after weighing all the pros and cons and with settled and sufficient staff, controlling harvest is the next step after recent experiences with contractors
So yes, we have a chopper

What water system are you using? We've installed 2x pedrolla systems. Transformed our water. Costs, but farm superior water coming out