Signpost: Silage season has kicked off here but only drier parts are accessible so far

Another normal grass silage field yielded eight bales per acre and has now been ploughed and set with a red clover silage mix.

Another normal grass silage field yielded eight bales per acre and has now been ploughed and set with a red clover silage mix. 

The silage season kicked off here last week. Only the drier parts are accessible yet, so we could only do half of what we wanted. We’ll get the rest soon as the Leaving Cert is starting and that means sunny weather.

The first cut of red clover silage yielded five bales per acre. This was last zero-grazed in September. It got 22 units of protected urea in early February. It has now got 3,000 gallons per acre of slurry.