Liliana,
we use a drum mower and like it better than our previous disc mower. However
oats for silage we cut usually in the "boot stage", just before the heads
are emerging.The drum mower works just like any other mower as it cuts at
the base depending on cutting height adjustment so there would not be any
unusual losses.
Altfrid
Altfrid Krusenbaum
W 3194 County Rd. D
Elkhorn, WI 53121
krusen@elknet.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liliana Sotomayor" <whitsot@uio.satnet.net>
To: "Graze-L@Witt. Ac. Nz" <graze-l@witt.ac.nz>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:09 PM
Subject: [Graze-l] drum mowers and oats
> Dear Listers,
>
> I'm thinking of buying a drum mower to cut oats for silage. The plan is to
> cut the oats before it seeds and hopefully harvest at a time when the
> nutritional value will be higher since for some reason the milk stage
yields
> a poor quality forage here. The idea is to cut, wilt, pick it up with a
> forager and make silage. I'm concerned a drum mower will topple the oats
> before it cuts it and some will be lost. Anyone have experience doing
this?
> The oats should be between 80 - 120 cm high at harvest time.
>
> Thanks for all the help,
>
>
> Liliana Sotomayor, DVM
> Casilla 17-12-245
> Quito, Ecuador
>
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