Mallorca, meal and making silage while the weather allows

We're delighted our first cut of silage looks to be of excellent quality, but for now, we're enjoying a break away from the farm, writes Galway farmer Michael Forde

Michael Forde working on his Galway farm. Picture: Ray Ryan

We are delighted to have the first cut of silage made and we got a good return, with 153 bales of silage coming off 16 acres. It is a great relief to have the first cut baled and in the yard, as the weather turned very wet after baling.

We cut our silage on May 25 and turned it early the following morning before baling that evening. With the early cutting date and having swards grazed with sheep in the spring, it looks to be excellent quality, and we will test this silage in a few weeks’ time when preservation is sufficient.