Hi Nick,
just a reminder, when you get a chance could you please fax or email me a
list with the expected calving dates and expected dry off dates for
individual cows in the next calving group. Thank you! Hope all is going
well.
Tracy
Greg,
> In a week or so your colleagues in partnership with unimelb will be taking
> off some cereal silage at DemoDairy, contact Joe Jacobs or David Chapman.
> Apparently some balers with a chopper struggle to cut effectively with
> some
> crops, I think they might go precision chop.
> Nick Renyard
> Timboon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Greg.O'Brien@dpi.vic.gov.au>
> To: <vicdairy-l@unimelb.edu.au>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:17 AM
> Subject: harvesting cereal silage
>
>
>> Looking for tried and true harvesting options from those that have
>> successfully ensiled cereal silage crops of ~ 12 t DM/ha and up to 5 '
>> tall.
>>
>> Chopped round bale is preferred but contractors are baulking at doing it
>> due to concern it will hard on machinery. Can it be done?
>>
>> Thinking that wilting is almost out of the question, so considering
>> direct
>> cut in a couple of weeks time when it is about 40% drymatter standing
>> (just over 30 % DM now). Anyone direct cut or tried to wilt such a
>> heavy
>> crop?
>>
>> Heard of a "Bagger" machine for making a sausage of silage but don't
>> know
>> much about their suitability or availability. Anyone know about them?
>>
>> Greg O'Brien,
>> Dairy Extension Officer
>>
>> DPI, Victoria
>> RMB 2460 Hazeldean Road,
>> Ellinbank, Victoria, Australia
>> 3821
>>
>> Phone 03 56242288
>> Fax 03 56242200
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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