silage bales
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silage bales
hello, i just started playing fs19 and had a question. i turned one of my fields into grass to use for making silage bales and was wondering if i need to weed prior to cutting the grass.
thanks
thanks
- chedly_farms
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Re: silage bales
If you don't you will have weeds in your feed. And when your heifers eat those weeds it may sour their milk, and in turn the dairy may actually refuse to do business with you.
Or you'll just have a 30% yield loss.
Or you'll just have a 30% yield loss.
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ok, good to know. thanks. i haven't started any animals yet, i'm just selling the silage bales for a little extra cash at the moment
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I do not have any weeds in my grass-fields. The weed disapears with sowing and won't Show up on grass. not even in harvested-state after mowing.
Go and check the menu before weeding or spraying.
Go and check the menu before weeding or spraying.
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Re: silage bales
Same here, never had a weed issue with grass fields.
- redglasses
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Re: silage bales
Are silage bales still good in this game? I might have to start a large operation with them seeing as I never have.
fs19 on xbox one(Thanks for the game)
Remember there is no need to spread your manure around the forums
Jack of all trades, master of the skid steer
Have fun out on the fields
Remember there is no need to spread your manure around the forums

Jack of all trades, master of the skid steer
Have fun out on the fields

Re: silage bales
Define good. 
On normal econ, on xbox, the barn buys them, but at wildly fluctuating prices. (~110 - 325)/1000l I see the price jump without a change indicator too.
As in, I see a good price, start making bales, drop off first load of 8 and get $5k.
see awful price, wait on rest.
The biogas is just too much a pain until they fix the sell point, and price. (unless you are already on hard econ)
I sell to the barn a lot, I don't have grass fields, just trim around the edges, feed the sheep, ignore the grass when the price is awful.

On normal econ, on xbox, the barn buys them, but at wildly fluctuating prices. (~110 - 325)/1000l I see the price jump without a change indicator too.
As in, I see a good price, start making bales, drop off first load of 8 and get $5k.

The biogas is just too much a pain until they fix the sell point, and price. (unless you are already on hard econ)
I sell to the barn a lot, I don't have grass fields, just trim around the edges, feed the sheep, ignore the grass when the price is awful.
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Re: silage bales
Apparently the biogas issue is fixed in the new patch when it’s released.
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I planted a grass field and in its first growth stage it sprouted weeds, I weeded most of the field but didn’t catch in time and part of the field got to 2nd growth before I finished so I put away the weeder and got the herbicide sprayer but would not kill the remaining weeds. After cutting the weeds still existed and no weeding or spraying would get rid of them. I finally ended up plowing the field up (expanding of course) and re-planting, caught the weeds early in the first growth cycle and weeded successfully this time. Since that I have not had the weeds pop back up and I have cut it a few times. My biggest problem is remembering to fertilize my grass, I always forget until it’s too late, guess I need a better routine.
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Cheech says.... always fertilize your grass man......
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same thing, i had weeds after i first planted, used herbicide to kill them and then haven't had them grow back. i've cut my grass about 6 times.allstops wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:20 pmI planted a grass field and in its first growth stage it sprouted weeds, I weeded most of the field but didn’t catch in time and part of the field got to 2nd growth before I finished so I put away the weeder and got the herbicide sprayer but would not kill the remaining weeds. After cutting the weeds still existed and no weeding or spraying would get rid of them. I finally ended up plowing the field up (expanding of course) and re-planting, caught the weeds early in the first growth cycle and weeded successfully this time. Since that I have not had the weeds pop back up and I have cut it a few times. My biggest problem is remembering to fertilize my grass, I always forget until it’s too late, guess I need a better routine.
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I used the weeder. Same result.clw2147 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 9:30 pmsame thing, i had weeds after i first planted, used herbicide to kill them and then haven't had them grow back. i've cut my grass about 6 times.allstops wrote: ↑Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:20 pmI planted a grass field and in its first growth stage it sprouted weeds, I weeded most of the field but didn’t catch in time and part of the field got to 2nd growth before I finished so I put away the weeder and got the herbicide sprayer but would not kill the remaining weeds. After cutting the weeds still existed and no weeding or spraying would get rid of them. I finally ended up plowing the field up (expanding of course) and re-planting, caught the weeds early in the first growth cycle and weeded successfully this time. Since that I have not had the weeds pop back up and I have cut it a few times. My biggest problem is remembering to fertilize my grass, I always forget until it’s too late, guess I need a better routine.
Question: can I use one silage bale to make TMR? It's unclear in the in-game manual.
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