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wanabefarmer

01-12-2007 19:12:34




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I have bought 50 acres, there is about 20 tons of old hay in the barn. I would like to spread same on field that I plan to sprig with costal this spring. What is best method to spread hay and should I chop it before spreading?




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johns48jdb

01-15-2007 01:36:42




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 Re: old hay in reply to wanabefarmer, 01-12-2007 19:12:34  
i did the compost thing only i tuurned all the round bales on the ends so rain could get down in them. i also put a front end loader scoop full of horse manure on each bale. made the best looking mulch you ever saw. i kept it stired with my front end loader and that helped it along too. i have a local stable that rents out stalls. the have an acre of manure already with lime in it and furnished me a front end loader to load it with and beg me to take more at no cost.

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msb

01-13-2007 09:09:58




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 Re: old hay in reply to wanabefarmer, 01-12-2007 19:12:34  
The Furrow Magazine had an article several years bacK.There was a barn that had some 50 year old hay in it.They had an analysis run on the hay.Don't remember the exact results , but the quality had only degraded a small bit.



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paul

01-12-2007 22:51:53




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 Re: old hay in reply to wanabefarmer, 01-12-2007 19:12:34  
Seeds would be an issue for me too.

By 'old' do you mean it looks good, but has some age? My cattle would love it, they loved the 35 year old loose hay I fed them years ago. Perhaps some folks would be too fussy for it, but cattle are not. ;)

If by 'old' you mean it is all weathered up, rotting, & shot, I would do the compost thing too, to kill off the weeds.

--->Paul



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IH 1466

01-16-2007 18:08:03




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 Re: old hay in reply to paul, 01-12-2007 22:51:53  
Some 25 years ago we fed old loose hay during a blizzard from a barn loft when we couldn't get the round bales to the cattle. They loved it and the hay looked remarkably weel for its age.



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RustyFarmall

01-12-2007 21:53:14




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 Re: old hay in reply to wanabefarmer, 01-12-2007 19:12:34  
The old hay could very easily still have seed in it that would sprout and grow. I don't know what kind of hay it is, but you probably do not want it mixed in with your new crop. You can do as OLD said and compost it, but 20 ton would take a year or two to fully compost, or you could find someone with livestock and sell it or give it to them. Might be useful as bedding if nothing else. I mulched some tomatos one year with very old hay and ended up with the weediest mess I ever saw. I will not do that again.

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old

01-12-2007 19:38:30




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 Re: old hay in reply to wanabefarmer, 01-12-2007 19:12:34  
I would pile it up, compost it down then use a manure spreader to do the job. You will need to leave it sit a year or more and keep it wet so it will compost well. Then you will have good rich top soil not hay



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