Pests target my bales and I can’t shoot straight

EVERYBODY loves round silage bales. Crows love them, rats and mice love them, and sometimes when they get a look in, cattle love them too.

The farmer’s job with regard to round bales is straightforward enough — ensure the crows and the mice don’t have it all their way, and try to have a decent bit of silage left for the cattle come winter.

The week before the Ploughing I mowed and baled my first lot of round bale silage. ‘Twas late in the year for sure, but as the fellow says, better late than never.