Grass harvest for making silage

As I was cycling along the Breamish Valley yesterday (hottest day of the year so far) and today, I noticed that a grass harvest had begun on two of the farms near Brandon.

During the summer months grass grows vigorously and it’s typically harvested by stock farmers (usually keeping dairy cows, beef cattle and sheep) to make silage. Warm, dry weather is ideal for harvesting grass for making silage.