Cutting & Merging Cereal Silage

Cutting and merging barley silage with AGCO Hesson 9365.

It has the Advance (Double) Conditioner (4-rolls) and a merger which is used for the silage. When running on GPS, it can put 45' into one pass.

This is definitely not as fast as this machine can go, but going slower gives the animals a chance ---- especially since this field is right near the yard --- saved 2 cats in 5 acres!

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Silage
• Hesston
• Agco
• Cutting
• Merging
• Cereal
• Barley
• Windrower
• Swather
• dicbine
• rotary
• mower

[cornfarmer4700]

no i know that the do blow out the back but dont u have to put a thing on it to do that

[JoshJJA]

No, all I have to do is hit a switch in the cab and the merger lifts out of the way. Hit another switch and the swath-board lowers and I can make a swath up to 8' wide.

[cornfarmer4700]

im sorry but i dont like those ones that blow out from the side i like them were it comes out the back . wat do u guys do with it bale it swath it?

[JoshJJA]

LOL. This isn't one of "those ones that blow out from the side." This is a normal header that drops out the center (back). However, this also has a merger that we use for silage because it eliminates the need to rake.

Raking contaminates the swath, adds fuel + labor and another job/tractor etc. Can't expect a big square baler to go up a single swath!

[JoshJJA]

Yes, usually it does, but this stuff got an early frost(hence the discoloration).

Barley/Oat silage is relatively common around here, as is Alfalfa, which we do as well.

Hardly anyone does corn here, too short a growing season. Our only snowless months are from May-September.

[cornfarmer4700]

o wow so u can have it come out the cneter or side thats cool

[SLlandscape]

Does that stuff make pretty good feed? No body uses that here. silage here is usually corn wheat and alfalfa