Farm Diary

It was the right decision to cut the grass although it was a very light crop, but it would not have bulked up much more in this heat, and quality would have suffered.

The maize is looking good and will enjoy the sunshine as it begins to tassel and grow the cobs.

The rain in early July should ensure good cobs, and with the high price of feed this coming winter, we need plenty of good maize silage for the cows. I still have not committed to any feed prices, but I did cover tonnages of wet feed luckily, as the allocation for our area is very tight.

I suspect that the company involved is going to maximise its income by delivering as close to the plant as possible, leaving areas such as the South East with less tonnages due to the cost of fuel.

We had to move a clamp of silage into the field last week in order to make way for the site contractors.

Glebedales sent in a couple of trailers and two loading shovels and reclamped it expertly in the field. There is around 350 tonnes there, and as it took all day to move, I did not get around to sheeting it down until next morning, and as I checked the cows at dusk, a roe deer and her twins were tucking into it.