Wales is on the western edge of British Isles, and catches the rain coming in from the Atlantic Ocean. The soil is quite acidic, and depth between 4 and 8 inches over solid slate bedrock. Hence its a livestock area, only a small acreage of grain is grown; newer forage crops are Forage Maize & Wholecrop Wheat. The wheat is sown in autumn, and can be combined for grain & straw or chopped for silage.
The forager is fitted with a small depth fluted roller infront of the chopping cylinder which cracks the wheat grains to make them paletable & easier for cattle to digest. For maize, they fit deeper depth and wider spaced fluted roller.
The acreage of forage wheat is small, dairy farmers who grow this will add it to the grass clamp silage as a layer which the cattle find appetising. Maize silage tends to be put in seperate clamp. The silage is removed by a front end loader fork with shear plate to cut a square block. This is put into mixer wagon along with concentrates, mixed and spread out into the troughs along the sides of the cattle sheds.
Many farmers undersow grass seeds along with the wheat to provide better quality forage, and then the grass grows for future forage or grazing.
