We made mistakes,equipment and management. But I believe managed correctly it can be a great feed plus fit into a unique crop rotation on our farm. I just have to plan well. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and thanks for watching.
We tried a similar experiment. we wanted to replant a field into hay and we normally would plant oats with it. combine the oats and what is left is a planted hay field. Well, in our area there is no local farmer anymore with a combine that can combine 10 acres of oats. So, we cut the oats before it died and dried it and baled it like you would hay. Cows loved it.
I believe we half laped. So on second pass we picked up the rest. But yes it was difficult to say the least. The Vermeer rake looks to be a great option. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching.
That’s right Allis Chalmers power saved you time cutting hay. That did look like fun driving the tractors I have been waiting for you to post a new video here lately how’s the going right now
Does the field have to be chemically killed after the manure? Can't be good for the soil doing that! Wow, Shadow's tractor flies. Impressive considering it's cutting too. All the best with the silage.
In this case I had to work in the manure so it was necessary to till. The tillage was worse for the soil than the chemical would’ve been in my opinion. The soil structure was screwed up with the tillage and combination of the wet conditions. If I could’ve sprayed the triticale, terminating it. Then it broke down into soil. I would’ve simply planted straight into it. However the manure rules detail that we must cover the manure in this case in 24 hours. Thanks for the question it was one I should’ve answered in the video. Thanks for watching.
@@KannmacherFarm looks like an interesting crop. I’d be interested in trying some as supplement for grass silage. By the way, why don’t you cut the bottom of the bale open over the feeder? I open all mine like that, I use bale spikes to lift it then I cut about 3 inches above the bottom edge. Bale contents drop out and the plastic and netting/film are normally caught by the spikes. I’d roll the main part of the plastic up then use the circle I’d cut out to wrap it into a neat package for recycling.
