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3-4 runs or about 10-15 minutes it’s slow enough going

Not many acres a day so 😮

Slow going so it is

Sorry for the late response. Yes the willow is sap heavy in the growing season, therefore it’s usually cut between October and March when there is the least sap in it. Its dried in a shed with ducks in the floor where air is blowing up. It’s turn every 6 weeks or so for 3-4 months I’ve a video on this. Its used for wood boilers drying grain, heating houses and water, some people use it for bedding animals and in firelogs. It’s a small market at the moment as there isn’t a big push towards biomass boilers for either commercial or residential use. This farm has around 75 acres and and buys in another 100 on a 3 year rotation (3years growth for 1 harvest). It’s very interesting crop but not recommended unless the supports are in place this is in Ireland UK has better market for it

How many acres can you harvest in a day?

normally 13t/ha, but thats for salix viminalis hybrid for biomass that grows 6m tall in 3y. this in the video is stumped

How long to fill a trailer

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Turn It down then you clown

Its gone up to Derry to Killen Bros

drying grain and fire logs for starting stoves (zip fire logs) some people use it to bed bulls. it has great soakage after its dried

@@paddymcguinness2545 oh wow I had no idea it could be used for drying grain or as bedding

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A contractor that we get in, has a moffett head. around 75 acres grown and buy in a fair bit as well

Probably not too hard to get the straw dry if it gets wet.

Claas Jaguar 900 and moffett header

@@paddymcguinness2545 sorry, I asked this question badly! I meant what do you do with the willow chippings after the harvest? Bit the kit you use is impressive!

It’s dryer down to around 20% moisture then it’s used to dry grain, used to make zip fire logs or it does go to bord na móna

What rotation do these plantations grow at before harvest

@@TheMONTREYJACK1993 every 3 years

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Still there

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What about the case combines. ?

Thanks. Yes as the first harvester does not have a picking table on it, it is used to windrow. The second harvester is then essentially lifting 4 rows at once instead of 2.

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