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HY_Moose

04-25-2004 21:23:23

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Hay all you hay people has anyone started cutting hay yet? I had a guy stop me outside church this morning and he told me his pasture is getting tall and will need mowed soon. I mow and bale this field for him and I get most of the hay. He used to bush hog it and just let it lay but his hired man told him about me so I save him the gas and I get the hay plus the clumps don't choke out his pasture. I do give him some of the hay but he dosen't need much with just a couple of horses. Just wondering and thought I would let some of you urban farmers know that if you see someone chopping a field it may get you a few extra bales to sell and save someone some hours on their mower.

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kyhayman

04-28-2004 08:28:24

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

I saw my first field cut for the season yesterday, some alfalfa for silage. Seems plenty soon to me. I like to start on hay first time I get weather after May 10.

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Kelly C

04-28-2004 20:02:15

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Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to kyhayman, 04-28-2004 08:28:24

I am envious of you guys. I bet I wont get 1st cutting till mid June. Although custom suff usually comes in late after they cant wait any longer. :-)

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HY_Moose

04-28-2004 13:10:11

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Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to kyhayman, 04-28-2004 08:28:24

Yes it is early , real early for mid Illinois. But The person who wants his hay mowed soon puts his horses out on this field. So if it gets to tall and stemy the horses by pass it, plus if I mow it 10 days from now it will still be may 8th. That is still pretty early for here but not to keep a pasture clean . but then again I am a little diferent from everyone else heck I may plant oats for hay yet this year.

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Ron in AR

04-27-2004 06:04:20

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

Here in West/Central Arkansas our hay has been ready to cut for weeks. Now we just need to wait for the Spring storms to be over. Many in our area have gotten upwards of 8 inches of rain in about 48 hours recently. Makes temporary lakes outa many of the fields. But I'm not complaining. We took four good cuttings last year. That's more than many are able to do in other areas.

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Jim in michigan

04-27-2004 05:25:19

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

We usually bale after July 4th, green chopping will be another month or so yet as well,, the U.P doesnt have the best growing seasons so we take what we can get,,,Jim

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BobMo

04-26-2004 22:06:09

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

We're about 3 weeks away here in central Mo. I'm sorry but I won't have time to cut and bale some guys weed patch. I won't even do custom baling on shares if its not top quality hay. Otherwise it just isn�t worth it because I'm not in this for the fun of it and if I guarantee quality and feed value I want to know its there..... ....

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HY_Moose

04-28-2004 07:59:17

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Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to BobMo, 04-26-2004 22:06:09

I don't do this for fun either but these patches are for the taking and the beef cow market around here looks for cheap hay. I have phone numbers of cow people now that will buy right out of the field. And I don't bale on shares on these cheap patches I get all the hay it just saves the owners the cost of mowing. so I go mow the hay ,rake, then bale on the ground and then collect the money. kind of like custom baling only I am incharge of the time scale and that is important when I work a full time job in town plus run a hatchery on the side.

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Dave H (MI)

04-26-2004 12:12:16

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

We are at least a month out here. Even if the hay is ready the weather will not be. I'm one of those "urban" farmers you mentioned! Pretty good term for it. I cut vacant fields, square bale it and sell to the low-end horse market. Rarely put a nickel into a field and take all the hay. Some fields yield pretty poorly but some were old farms and still have around 40% alfalfa in them.
Planning on pulling out of the area soon because they are building on every square inch these days.
I'm the last holdout as far as I know. They can officially designate themselves suburbia when I am gone.

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Mark -- Michigan

04-26-2004 19:09:08

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Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to Dave H (MI), 04-26-2004 12:12:16

Dave H (MI)- I live in Shelby Township. Where you from. I have some acreage up near Marlette. I hate to see the rural land go, but what can you do? We had 4 working farms within a mile of my house 20 years ago. That last one was subdevided 3 years ago.
Mark

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Dave H (MI)

04-27-2004 10:16:12

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Re: Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to Mark -- Michigan, 04-26-2004 19:09:08

I am in the Milford/Brighton area. Kind of a hold-out rural area up until a few years ago. Lot of horse people since then filling up small acreages (but needing hay). Even they are feeling the pressure of late. Urban sprawl is a vicious circle. Lots of truly anti-social people moving onto 2-10 acre lots, fencing out their neighbors, complaining every time a dog barks for more than a minute or a rooster crows or, heaven help us, they get a whiff of manure. The last guy cutting hay around here had a house go up next to his field followed by complaints that his hay was causing asthma in their children. After a while they decide they really don't like "country living" and split up what they have to even smaller lots....etc....etc....etc....
Hey, that's what our economy is based on now!

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Matthew(Mich)

04-27-2004 04:39:23

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Re: Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to Mark -- Michigan, 04-26-2004 19:09:08

Mark, Shelby Twp was my childhood stomping grounds. Grew up behind the 4 bears waterpark. Built a home at 26 mile and jewell in '98 and now livin' on the west side of the state battle creek area. Small world around here.

Matthew (Mich)

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Jerry D in NC

04-26-2004 10:15:02

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

Time to mow here. I need to put some down this week and the MoCo needs servicing and the plunger from the baler is all over the shop. I had no idea that 5/16th plow bolts are that hard to get...

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HY_Moose

04-26-2004 19:25:57

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Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to Jerry D in NC, 04-26-2004 10:15:02

Jerry, The local rural king has several sizes of plow bolts. I need to get some staples for a guinea pen anyway I could check in the morning. Moose

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Jerry D in NC

04-27-2004 02:55:29

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Re: Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-26-2004 19:25:57

I got some on the way. Nobody stocks the 5/16ths anymore. Even the bolt and fastner warehouse here in town said they had to order a keg and was not sure how long it would take. Aparently alot of wear plates used this size and the ones inside my Ford baler broke when I was disassembling it. Shoup had only the 1 1/4 inch which is the size that Ford and JD used in their balers. Agri said they not longer stocked them. Just a word if you are looking at working on the wear tracks in the plunger areas of your baler.

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JDMark

04-26-2004 10:09:58

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

I also hay several small fields in the area. It saves the owners from having it brush hogged & they are happy to give me the hay. Still about a month to go here too.

Mark

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paul

04-26-2004 07:47:19

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Re: Hay Season in reply to HY_Moose, 04-25-2004 21:23:23

About a month from 1st cut around here!!!!! But otherwise good advise. :) Hoping it's warm enough to put corn in this week, low was 32 last nite.

--->Paul

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Kent in NB

04-27-2004 05:54:02

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Re: Re: Hay Season in reply to paul, 04-26-2004 07:47:19

Went out to milk the cows yesterday morning, and had a 1/2 an inch of snow on the ground and the frogs were chirping away! Ah, well Newfoundland got 45 cm of snow, so i guess we didn't have it quite so bad. First cut will be first week of June for us.Central New Brunswick area.

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