After making a few "test runs" over the weekend, we are now full-bore into our spring silage harvest. As per normal operating procedure, we will cut our wheat and ryegrass with a hay conditioner and chop it with the forage harvester (silage chopper) a few hours later. We plan on harvesting roughly 75 acres over the next week and a half, weather and equipment permitting. Following the harvest, we will turn our attention to planting sorghum and harvesting our first cutting of bermudagrass hay.
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A dump truck will transport the freshly cut forage to the silage pit where it will be packed and sealed. |
1 comment:
Hello Will!
I'm delighted to have found another cow-blogger on the internet.
I run a dairy farm in northeastern Germany and also blogging about the everyday life in agriculture.
Still in German:
http://www.benjaminskuhblog.blogspot.de
Best regards,
Benjamin Ziegler
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