WalkedUp Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Why has my farmer done this??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 They've silaged it. Seems fairly common these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 He has probably taken it as silage because it was a thin crop. Looking at the ears on the ground he may also have cut it to give you some pigeon shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) hayledge...or rather Barleyedge Edited June 27, 2021 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Seems mad to silage or cut for hay potentially so close to being ready to harvest - but I suppose last year he didn’t get it cut until September! Why not just plant grass and get a few cuts for silage? Obviously I’m pleased that it’s barely and cut badly, but cutting on a Sunday evening when I’m in work all week and have meetings booked in makes it hard to take advantage of 😭 Will be plenty of birds on it tomorrow evening, it is surrounded by standing crop as field is just cut in a big patch but very deliberately (following flags set out in a bendy line) so hopefully this will be the start of the pigeons hitting the field properly. Also the silage I’ve seen for diary tends to be brought in loose in huge clamps near the cattle shed rather than wrapped in meal sized portions. North Wales. Edited June 27, 2021 by WalkedUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 It's not uncommon to wrap green cereal crops for silage. Makes for easy feeding of young beast either in separate lairage or out in the field, just poke a front tine through and take it where needed. Clamped silage is almost always carefully measured into feed mixers these days with all sorts of extra goodies and then fed to indoor dairy cows zero grazed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Thanks for the extra layer of input, appreciate all the responses 👍 Also, I have a new word for my vocabulary 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) could also be a mistake..............the ole boy who has worked for the farmer since 1878.....needs to go to specsavers... when you see the sugarbeet baled ....thats when you need to get suspisious..... Edited June 27, 2021 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 our chap mows it green for feed shot 70 odd first time prob shoot it again this week you should have several hits from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millrace Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Its whole crop.....feed crop Usually when reseeding a field for new grass....cereal crop then undersow with grass seed common practice..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellors Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 9 hours ago, WalkedUp said: Why has my farmer done this??? Had the same here farmer said its due to black grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Thanks, ours looks just like that. Would be interested to speak to him on the weekend. At least now I have a bit of background knowledge and don’t look quite as much a spiv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 11 hours ago, WalkedUp said: Why has my farmer done this??? 2 hours ago, mellors said: Had the same here farmer said its due to black grass. Just looks like my perm at the moment. Farmer has planted right into the margins this year to make up for last year. I hope he puts off cutting untill after the 18th July as all that shoot the perm are away 😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryB Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) Another question relating to barley that I have is what does it mean when the farmer is spraying it off? I know why this is done on a rape crop but why do they spray off a barley crop and does it mean it is soon to be cut after spraying? Ps sorry to hi jack the original thread but thought it relevant in the scheme of things. Edited July 4, 2021 by BinaryB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 It kills the plants and brings the harvest forward that will be cut in a couple of weeks . It's not that uncommon especially if there is some green stuff in the crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 Doesn't so much bring harvest forward but ensures it is all ready all at one time. Another 'bad' idea that has grown with glyphosate useage being used for more than weed control for which it was never designed to be put on food close to harvest as residuals are greater on food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, Stonepark said: Doesn't so much bring harvest forward but ensures it is all ready all at one time. Another 'bad' idea that has grown with glyphosate useage being used for more than weed control for which it was never designed to be put on food close to harvest as residuals are greater on food. Agreed. The use of glyphosate in this way is lazy and dangerous farming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, JDog said: Agreed. The use of glyphosate in this way is lazy and dangerous farming. seems very un-natural.............i know we spray OSR with "pod stick"....and spray off the halm with acid for potayoes.....but that does seem a bit unnatural Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 How many have died from it...do we have an R number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 4, 2021 Report Share Posted July 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Walker570 said: How many have died from it...do we have an R number? we have an oooohhhh-Rrrrrrrr number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryB Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Stonepark said: Doesn't so much bring harvest forward but ensures it is all ready all at one time. Another 'bad' idea that has grown with glyphosate useage being used for more than weed control for which it was never designed to be put on food close to harvest as residuals are greater on food. Thank you for the explanation. Very interesting. I’m assuming after the application, the crop would be left for a couple of weeks in order for the glyphosate to work? Edited July 5, 2021 by BinaryB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 10 days normally, it just dries out any crop not quite ripe, so it is easier to handle without clogging machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryB Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 19 hours ago, Stonepark said: 10 days normally, it just dries out any crop not quite ripe, so it is easier to handle without clogging machines. Just what I was after. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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