First Cut Silage

We have completed the first cut silage after initial rain delays. We harvested 36 hectares of a heavy crop using Brian French contractors.

The grass is first mowed, which due to the heavy crop was a slow task, and it is then raked up so as several mowing lines becomes one to supply sufficent grass for the forager to work efficiently. This is then hauled from the field and tipped into a concrete pit where it is pushed into a heap with a tractor and loader. This process also rolls the grass flat pushing all the air out of the heap before finally a plastic sheet is put over it to seal it so it is preserved for use in the winter. I will include pictures of the silage pit during second cut.