Recent content by 1wlimo

Me too, but talking to people has to be good too. I love the time I spend with the cattle, but when the weather is as bad as some have had then that losses the appeal, some times a rant to a mate is a good thing.

That dollar a day is where I aim, before labour and finance. Finance is my major cost. last year our growing season was not four months long, makes it tough, need a sharp pencil.

I have seen the prices of some machines I knew, prices were way too high for the abused junk that is was, but then hard to tell some stuff maybe, especially if it was online or people did not look around it properly first.

Solar here in Alberta is not so easy to pay for if you are grid-tied, not on the grid by not far and it makes total sense. The subsidy makes it pay off pretty quick here too. For Pumps etc it is way cheaper to run solar than a gas pump. That is with panels here being way more expensive than...

If solar was placed onto roofs it would be so much better. There are more roofs in the world than we need in area to make all the power we need. Not only that but any power station that generates power away from the use leads to a loss in transmission. Solar does also not need any government...

If you have your silage on dry ground you can limit feed it with an electric wire, no need to load it. Cuts down on the machine costs, but causes other problems.

My plan is to plant crop to swath graze all winter. Will have some hay on stand by. I have ground that is just not as productive as it should be. No-till in a cereal crop that will get its roots into the soil and make way for better soil structure. Going forward will move to corn grazing, then...

There are some real problems with this. The big companies want this as they get control of food. However, nearly all cropped land in the world is seriously degraded. Then UN has predicted that much of this land only has 40 to 60 years production left. If this is true or not? However, there has...

If you can not graze then bush hogging is the best way to go. Do not worry too much about a soil test, or using chemicals. Getting the soil back into health is the best method to ensure you have a good pasture and will be economically viable. Briars even will be controlled by cutting this year...

I am still about

I have been feeding rolled oats to supplement one custom herd. The hay tested low for energy and good for protein, so the oats provide the energy that keeps the hay use in check.

used to run most machines on the three point, drop it off level and it will pick up easy. Swapped a lot of machines about some days. What I do not like now is that European tractors have a hook on the linkage for trailers, never need to get out when hauling bales, here need to get out and lift...

We are using several methods, rotational grazing where they are only on the spot for a day really helps, so does bale grazing, but we only have a limited supply of animals and hay so I am going to try no-tilling in a rye brassica mix next spring to some pasture. We do have swath grazing, some of...

A little over half way,

we need rain and we got 6inchs of snow :shock: sold 550 bales last year, now need a second cut, and have bought in 300 plus. We sold the hay this spring as others were short, and we did have a good soil water profile, but too much warm wind dried every thing out then very little rain. 5x6...