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Mowing, chopping and silage - finally grass harvest again! 75 hectares of pasture grass are planned for the next three days. For farmer Christian Abel from Breckerfeld, the first grass cut of the year is the most important harvest of all. This is used to make grass silage - the feed for his cows on the farm. In mid-May the weather finally cooperates and he can mow the fields. His family and friends also lend a hand. But a lot can go wrong with such a large harvest: from rain to damage to the mower due to rubbish in the field. You can find out whether the grass harvest goes as planned and whether Christian is satisfied with the quality in the end in a new episode of WDR Lokalzeit Land.Schafft.! ____ Contents: 00:00 The grass harvest can begin 00:45 First grass cut of the year 01:27 Family and friends lend a hand 02:26 Adjusting the harvester correctly: cutting height 02:57 Turning grass 03:41 Damage to the rotary tedder 04:39 Danger for the mower: rubbish in the field 05:37 Harvest stress: how is the farmer making progress? 06:24 Collecting freshly cut grass with the loading wagon 07:11 Swather in use 07:44 Grass sample: how moist is it? 08:32 Two tractors silaging 09:35 Grass silage: storage time 10:04 Conclusion of the harvest ____ Take a look at our video on the sunflower harvest here: • We do the math: can the sunflower... . ____ You can find even more interesting topics from agriculture on our website: https://1.ard.de/landwirtschaft ____ We are #Lokalzeit Land.Schafft., the WDR YouTube channel where people with agriculture in their DNA are at home! Every Sunday at 10 a.m. we take you to a modern farm in North Rhine-Westphalia. We show you what the farmers next door are coming up with to secure the future of their farms. Inspiring family stories, appreciative and entertaining. Don't want to miss a video? Then give us a subscribe! ???? _____ Do you have any topic suggestions for us? Then send us an email to: [email protected] _____ ???? Production: Thomas Blachetzki ???? Editors: Louisa Meisterernst, Bojana Beste, Annika Jürgens, Anna Lena Meinheit ______ Imprint: https://www1.wdr.de/impressum/index.html Data protection declaration: http://www.wdr.de/k/datenschutz Produced with ???? and your broadcasting fee. #WDRLokalzeit