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MOWING FORAGE RYE SILAGE | Is this the future? I’ve never seen so much on a crop before!

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The time has FINALLY come, we are actually mowing the forage rye! Its a huge experiment and we finally get to some how it all turns out.
I get very excited about how much food there will be for cows, I break the mower and I give the TOP TIPS for anyone looking at mowing forage rye.
I hope you enjoy it!
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@brandonvierra8177 Год назад

This is what we grow for our winter crop. we do winter silage nov-apr then one crop of corn silage may-oct. some neighbors do 2 corn crops feb-nov then fallow or winter silage for a couple months.

@albertswitzer2685 Год назад

Great one again i work on a farm all my life i am now 75 and miss it so much but keep me going so thank u

@baldysfarm Год назад

Thanks for the comment Albert!

@chrisholden2559 Год назад

LOL, thanking the Lord for dry weather. As a Texan this is a foreign concept. I had a little over 100 acres of winter (Elbon) rye this year and was certainly not asking for dry weather at any time.

@jameshavill4504 Год назад

Great crop. On some mowers you can take out the conditioner board. I've found this to be a night and day difference in very tall crops. Looks good just something I've learned

@stephenross1581 Год назад

I’m really looking forward to seeing how this turns out when opened in the back end, will be really interesting to see how the cows like it

@jimbob8969 Год назад

They will sort it.

@baldysfarm Год назад

Same, fed a couple of bales we broke during moving and they ate it really well and it hadn’t really ensiled at that point for 🤞

@sampartridge8663 Год назад

The trick with driving straight is not having one thing to aim for in the distance but 2, line them up together and that gives a straight line

@Isaacmantx Год назад

If you will harvest at the boot stage instead of the heading stage, your protein levels will be MUCH higher. Boot stage is a very tight window, so mother nature doesn't always cooperate with a perfect timing.

@baldysfarm Год назад

Yeh that was the trouble this year. The weather came bad for 2 weeks and it was too far gone. Hoping to give it another go but with a vetch in the crop too to help fertilise and provide more protein to the feed. 👍

@rossjermey7688 Год назад

Would be great to have a feed analysis on that huge crop. Serious tonnage for silage. Well done! Canada 🇨🇦

@baldysfarm Год назад

Thanks Ross, will soon get it analysed and let you know. 👍

@johnsimpson8652 Год назад

Some rye was grown for an AD plant near us and the flat bits (most of it ) were left behind ,I think they direct cut it with a Kemper header on a SP chopper.

@baldysfarm Год назад

Yeh that’s the trouble. I think anything would struggle with that flat stuff.

@ajb542 Год назад

Baler will be stopping every 5 metres 😂

@samashton4538 Год назад

So true

@matisse9970 Год назад

Hahahahahahaha

@haypro4713 Год назад

Time for a big square baler

@Michaeltheredneck110 Год назад

5 meters is about 15 ft

@bradleamon4466 Год назад

Not if you are fortunate enough to have a vicon fast bale

@yojoe8892 Год назад

There's a sweet spot with the rye. To long and shot its like sweet straw shorter and leafier just after heads out it's nice. Hopefully works out for u. Even the sweet straw is good for bulking out rations

@baldysfarm Год назад

I think it probably went a bit too far but the weather was against us which didn’t help. Learnt a lot this year though so hopefully we’ll get on better next year. 👍

@johnsheahan7914 Год назад

Great video as always keep up the great work and videos I always look forward to slinger videos I hope you can put more up

@baldysfarm Год назад

Thanks John! I keep trying to get extras out but it’s not easy. 🙈

@alexfelgate2800 Год назад

This is the video we have been waiting for, thanks! I'm going to go and cut ours this morning, bit later than planned but such is life. Will take some photos. Plan on strip tilling in maize after. Looking forward to next week's video.

@baldysfarm Год назад

Strip till maize would have been ideal for us but we never got there. I bet it looks well too.

@chriscollins9264 Год назад

We use window cleaner on the guards. But usually they’re kept on by the cables

@baldysfarm Год назад

Tried load but nothing seems to work well 😂

@Tim_Wnsk Год назад

7:47 i think that because it was working extra hard, it heated up and you probably know what happens when water touches something hot

@DJC995 Год назад

Hi James Nice One Thanks again

@baldysfarm Год назад

Thank Darran 👍

@Soulvex Год назад

soapy water to keep the guards on maybe? or glue the rubbers to the window and make the guard removable?

@Lypi1999 Год назад

Being a tractor driver is so easy u can even drive a drone both at the same time

@paddy294 Год назад

Cracking video. Some crop of grass

@baldysfarm Год назад

Thanks paddy 👍

@rich7584 Год назад

Did you roundup the field before drilling? Has it had any other sprays in its growing period? I really like the idea of a bulky crop to feed dairy dry cows .

@itismemario7448 Год назад

Rocking them short shorts 😂

@baldysfarm Год назад

Can’t beat short shorts 😂

@jimmurray2965 Год назад

Hi James, Just discovered your excellent channel. On the back of your video on Tow and Fert, I have requested a demo on our suckler cow to beef farm here in Ireland, will you be doing a follow up on the paddocks you treated with Tow and Fert? Also your Forage Rye crop is the crop a once off forage crop, my merchant advisor seemed to think it is a wholecrop cereal crop. Thanks in advance....

@baldysfarm Год назад

Hey Jim, I should do a re cap. The tow and fert is a brilliant bit of kit. I’m really impressed with it and very tempted by one. Just got to make it stack up financially. How did you get on with your demo!?

@richardmatthews3304 Год назад

Cut some hybrid rye for customer in 2019, mower without conditioner, had to mow one way and then only 1-2 mph, took hours, id like to try some for early grazing ewes and lambs, 👍video

@baldysfarm Год назад

Gonna try some grazing this year I think Richard. Should hold it back a bit and make it easier to mow in the spring.

@georgedoorley5628 Год назад

did you put any nitrogen on the crop in early spring or slurry ? some grown around here for the grain ..........contractors are not keen on putting a combine through it as it takes too long .........massive yeilds of straw and grain if all goes well . will be watching you to se how the bales feed out in winter .......

@baldysfarm Год назад

We gave it 80kg N per Ha quite early but think we might try it with vetches next year and use less synthetic N

@lambrosargyrou4524 Год назад

i use baby oil it works great but u need to clean ur window crystal clear but they hate windy days

@baldysfarm Год назад

I tried Vaseline but that didn’t work. I’ll give baby oil a go. 👍

@westcoaster3763 Год назад

Triticale produces a lot of tonage as well

@baldysfarm Год назад

I have heard this actually but not something that’s very popular here. Maybe worth investigating 👍

@simonbartol3246 Год назад

Greetings from Slovenia, I hope you have read this message. I would like to plant rye, but I do not know the exact type of rye. I was hoping you could help me with these.

@kevinkelleher7868 2 месяца назад

How did this stuff feed out after . Thanks

@krisshutler Год назад

That's a mega crop

@baldysfarm Год назад

Some serious stuff on it 👍

@Exilleful Год назад

1:09 there is a mouse under the 3rd arm :D

@SPC-Clean Год назад

try using milk for the glass protector

@baldysfarm Год назад

Tried it but still no good. Reckon I must had a dud 😂

@Canningfarms Год назад

Brilliant video.. what would the Fred values be in that is it better than grass silage?

@roberthiggins6401 Год назад

I'm interested in your answer too. Look forward to what you think.

@markandrews6712 Год назад

I’m wondering too. Amazing yield though

@winteragriculturalservices1678 Год назад

I'm thinking the same have heard more of a bulk crop rather than quality

@baldysfarm Год назад

Not analysed it yet but we have been told it’s very similar to grass silage. Guess we’ll soon see. 👍

@MrPummi88 Год назад

Why you dont use a Front mower?

@abbiejones1843 Год назад

Because the conditioner is trying to pull it through before it's been cut . ..that's the problem

@baldysfarm 11 месяцев назад

Yeh we realised that after a while. Once it was slackened off it went much better but you wouldn’t want to go too fast.

@bastimixacoustic3958 Год назад

Just found this channel and really liked the video! Maybe you can answer me one question. I keep seeing videos from the UK and the US where the farmers mow huge fields as seen here and most of the time they only have one mower in the rear. Here in Germany, butterfly combinations with three mowers have become pretty much the standard and I'm wondering why that isn't the case in the UK/US as far as I could see, despite the huge fields. In your case, does it have to do with the soil or anything or that you don't have the fitting tractor for it or any other reason? Just curious since I'm thinking it's taking a whole lot of time to get a field like this done with only one mower. Thank you very much and keep up the good work! :)

@Nate-dj9nt Год назад

We do have triple mower set ups here. I think it must just be by chance that UK farmers on RU-vid are using single mowers.

@DaveJMcGarry Год назад

4:00 holy shit your baler is gonna get a workout!

@mikeclark4416 3 месяца назад

I bet that made the tractor grunt a bit

@baldysfarm 3 месяца назад

Not gonna lie, it was bloody hard work 😅

@simonaskacinauskas7506 Год назад

Can rye be cut more and ones ?

@cowwhisperer8927 Год назад

0:01 Need .. more .. cows 😄

@baldysfarm Год назад

Can never have enough.

@lambrosargyrou4524 Год назад

does the mower throw rocks at ur windows that specific one i thought only the pulling ones and the reason is behind u and not next to you

@baldysfarm Год назад

Yeh I smash two side doors in one width around a field a few years back so they really help. 👍

@davidbrennan3613 Год назад

That's a serious amount of grass ,I didn't know it grows that high

@baldysfarm Год назад

That forage rye seems to grow from nowhere. I reckon you can actually watch it grow.

@jasondavies4887 Год назад

If you are wrapping in the feild won't the stubble on the ground puncture the wrapping?

@georgedoorley5628 Год назад

yes it will........!

@baldysfarm Год назад

Didn’t have any trouble with it actually. The stalks were plenty sappy enough to bend rather than pierce. 👍

@koroglencows Год назад

What’s the name of the variety used?

@kylebecker7833 Год назад

Cereal rye is hollow stem, you don't condition it anyway. You'll destroy your equipment and slow your drying

@baldysfarm Год назад

I found that out the hard way!

@feelit1978 Год назад

Super glue?

@richard3008 Год назад

warm up the suckers before warm water

@baldysfarm 11 месяцев назад

Good idea! 👍

@oliver69cork46 Год назад

Terrific crop-why not try forage sorghum? Tremendous height and yield

@baldysfarm Год назад

I havnt tried sorghum. Used to grow it for a game cover but it can be hit and miss with our climate.

@markcrowther6869 Год назад

That grass his mad it’s so tall

@baldysfarm Год назад

Yeh, some stuff in it. 👍

@tommurphy3544 11 месяцев назад

Never buy belts off the mower dealer ..always half the price in bearing belt shot

@MisterTractor Год назад

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