Chopping Alfalfa (97)
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2023
- In this week’s video, we’re merging and chopping 2nd cutting alfalfa.
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Cool nice
Good Morning have a blessed week ❤️
The bidirectional tractor is interesting. Thank You
Great video Piet, glad you're getting a good bit of alfalfa. Interesting " packing tractor ", driving backwards.
Thank you! It's nice to be able to see everything right in front of you.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 thanks, that would make more sense as well.
The boys are growing fast . Mooi dag Piet groete van Suid Afrika
😂"alles is te koop voor de juiste prijs" Een typisch Hollands antwoord....👍😁
Very nice equipment in the video. The trucks are nice but less for the ground because of the narrow tires. Why is there a truck behind a truck that is not even close to full, you have extra tracks on the land.
They prefer to use trucks as much as possible for office but this year that hasn't been much of an option. We've used mainly tractors and trailers in the alfalfa so far.
Great to watch how farmers work these days. No silo just put it on the ground and cover it.
I like the way feed is stored as well in the continuous plastic bags but that must be expensive.
I get a kick out of all that plastic being used and here in Ontario Canada we can't use throw away plastic grocery
shopping bags!! compete stupidity.
Each way of storing crops has its advantages and disadvantages. I like drive over piles because it's easy to scoop feed up with a loader, easy to keep cleaned up good and less plastic per ton of feed.
love to own your farm
Everything is for sale at the right price haha.
Do you loose a lot of alfalfa leaves with that merger? Thanks for the video Piet!
With chopping it wet it's not as big of a concern. I'm not sure how it compares to other types of rakes.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 Oh right I forgot your are chopping it wet! I was thinking round baling it. We sold a ton of those little New Holland inverters, nice little machine.
How can you build a consistent ration if you're feeding alfalfa just to get rid of it so you can have room for some other feed. Making large changes like that would be throwing the cows off every time you make a change.
We're making small changes fairly frequently as we go through batches of alfalfa bales quickly. We're typically feeding 2 batches together so we can make adjustments on feed rate of one vs the other based on quality and what we have in inventory. We wouldn't make a drastic change, it would be in steps if we wanted to increase the feed rate by a lot.
what is the right DM to chop the alfalfa?
That depends on how it’s stored. A pile like that you want to be around 60-65% moisture. Bags or silos can be dryer. 50-60% moisture
We're shooting for 45 to 55% dry matter. We don't like to be more wet, but more dry is not a problem.
Looks to be on the dry side.
It could've been a little more wet but it shouldn't be an issue feeding it.
How many forage truck you have sir
These trucks are owned and operated by a local custom harvesting crew.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 oh nice