Posted by WIZZO on March 05, 2015 at 08:36:03 from (86.165.218.40):
In Reply to: Forage wagons posted by WIZZO on March 05, 2015 at 05:14:37:
The majority of larger dairy farmers in this area have a contractor come in with rake, forager, 4 tractors + 15 ton tipping trailers, and a loading shovel on the pit. They aim to clear 150 acres per 12-14 hour day. Silage yields of 8-10 tons per acre on 1st & 2nd cut grass.
The smaller dairy farmers may only have 50-60 acres to cut, its not economic for the contractors to do these smaller acreages, too much time lost spent moving between farms.
Plus with smaller silage pits, often underneath an open barn, the guy on the loading shovel hasn't got enough time to cope with that volume of grass coming in, and consolidating by rolling between loads.
Hence the new concept of using forage wagons, may take longer per acre, but a lot cheaper per ton to hire in.
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