The Official Farming Thread...

[ajschainsaws]

 

[Steve]

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You taking anything to compete AJ?

 

[Hedgerow]

Cut silage for 3 days, the neighbor and I had a custom chopper come in and cut 125 acres of corn. Had 1850 feet of 10 foot bag, worst was about 80 bu. Best 130. I’ll guess at least I’ll have feed for the stock now . I got 1050 feet ,it will look really nice in about a month.

The cattle will do real well on it this winter, just make sure you pull some soil samples this fall.
I don't know if your area is as potassium deficient as ours is, but cutting any green crop off jacks with our N/P/K balance.

 

[Hedgerow]

The old R can still deliver the fuel eh?

 

[amberg]

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The old R can still deliver the fuel eh?

Got to love that!!

 

[Steve]

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The old R can still deliver the fuel eh?

Pony or electric start?

 

[Hedgerow]

Pony or electric start?

Pony motor.

 

[ajschainsaws]

You taking anything to compete AJ?

No I haven’t been to a ploughing match for years

 

[Hedgerow]

No I haven’t been to a ploughing match for years

How do those work?
We have tractor pulls here and some antique type events.
But I've never attended a ploughing match.

 

[czar800]

Is this it?

 

[deedskelly]

The cattle will do real well on it this winter, just make sure you pull some soil samples this fall.
I don't know if your area is as potassium deficient as ours is, but cutting any green crop off jacks with our N/P/K balance.

Hedgerow, or anyone else, have you ever fed almost straight silage to cattle? If so how far can you go without having problems? Usually feed silage to stretch the hay, but I had very little.

 

[ajschainsaws]

This is mixture of old and new ploughing

 

[Steve]

I like the way you use a small engine to crank a big engine. People see those big 2 cylinder diesels

This is mixture of old and new ploughing

Love Buckin but I don't think he's plowing any fields!

 

[Steve]

I like the way you use a small engine to crank a big engine. People see those big 2 cylinder diesels


Love Buckin but I don't think he's plowing any fields!

Post shows BBR but my reply shows 2015 plow vid? What's going on?!

 

[ajschainsaws]

I was watching him earlier and I think I screwed up the link
Ha ha ha he ain’t gonna plough a field for sure

 

[Hedgerow]

Hedgerow, or anyone else, have you ever fed almost straight silage to cattle? If so how far can you go without having problems? Usually feed silage to stretch the hay, but I had very little.

Yes. They usually fare well on it.
We always mixed a mineral and buffer pack with it.
was The corn badly drought stressed when you chopped it?

 

[concretegrazer]

Hedgerow, or anyone else, have you ever fed almost straight silage to cattle? If so how far can you go without having problems? Usually feed silage to stretch the hay, but I had very little.

Have a minimum of 5# of dry roughage (hay, straw, dry cornstalks) & the rest corn silage.

1# of dry matter per 100# of body weight max for 3rd stage cows. They'll get fat in a hurry with more.

 

[deedskelly]

Yes. They usually fare well on it.
We always mixed a mineral and buffer pack with it.
was The corn badly drought stressed when you chopped it?

One field was 80 bu. It was really dry, the other 130 but still looked good. What is a buffer pack?

 

[deedskelly]

Have a minimum of 5# of dry roughage (hay, straw, dry cornstalks) & the rest corn silage.

1# of dry matter per 100# of body weight max for 3rd stage cows. They'll get fat in a hurry with more.

I’ve got a lot of cows that need to put on weight.It is just now starting to green up. Will there be issues with their rumons? I’ve never counted on my feed to be mostly silage. Just trying to cover as many bases as I can!

 

[Hedgerow]

Have a minimum of 5# of dry roughage (hay, straw, dry cornstalks) & the rest corn silage.

1# of dry matter per 100# of body weight max for 3rd stage cows. They'll get fat in a hurry with more.

Listen to this man...
He has a nutritionist on call.