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got the hay all baled and in the hay shed, beat the rain!

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carvel minne farmer

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raked the hay in the morning and got the hay all baled and in the hay shed before the rain hit last night! had a breakdown half way through and some good luck! broke the boomerang shaped plate on the end of the plunger stop rod but managed to find the piece that broke off and weld it back up, installed and finished up baling. hauled the bales into the shed, 141 bales off the 2 acres, the little shower we got on sat didn't seem to hurt the hay at all, looks real nice. will post some video's
 
Spent two days on 15 acres of barley, oats, and straw, a one man band other than had someone bale off 2/3 of the straw.

As a one man band, that is a lot of work, just getting the wagons out and back in the shed, and so forth. Then getting the baling done before the
rain, what a rush alway.... Doesn't sound like many acres covered, but sure can work up some sweat and sore muscles can't it?

Paul
 
That?s a awesome yield I think with some fertilizer
and some interseeding I can get my yield up don?t
think I will get it that high especially if we have
another dry year I may not get what I got this year
 
That is a really good feeling isn't it. Then go into the hayshed and smell that nice dry hay all tucked away!
 

Congratulations! It always feels good to beat the rain. That's a lot of bales from two acres, but it has had plenty of growing time.
 
(quoted from post at 09:43:55 08/02/18) Spent two days on 15 acres of barley, oats, and straw, a one man band other than had someone bale off 2/3 of the straw.

As a one man band, that is a lot of work, just getting the wagons out and back in the shed, and so forth. Then getting the baling done before the
rain, what a rush alway.... Doesn't sound like many acres covered, but sure can work up some sweat and sore muscles can't it?

Paul
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it is a great feeling to have the hay all baled and under cover! I had help with the wife and brother in law helping, I use my case skidsteer with 8ft. pallets, load between 16 to 20 bales per pallet, drop the pallets in the hay shed, back out and grab another pallet and so on. works very well. but as you said paul it's a good workout :lol:
 
(quoted from post at 10:30:34 08/02/18) That?s a awesome yield I think with some fertilizer
and some interseeding I can get my yield up don?t
think I will get it that high especially if we have
another dry year I may not get what I got this year
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thanks sv. this is year 8 haying this field for me, as far as I know there hasn't been and fertilizers or weed spays on this field in over 30 plus years, what I did was plow it down in the fall, and then summer fallowed it using my disc and cultivator to kill the weeds all summer. so far it's been averaging 150 bales per cut with no weeds to speak of. am very happy with it!
 
(quoted from post at 10:35:59 08/02/18) That is a really good feeling isn't it. Then go into the hayshed and smell that nice dry hay all tucked away!
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it's a great feeling to get the hay baled and in the shed dry ande, love the smell of fresh hay just off the field :D
 
(quoted from post at 11:59:24 08/02/18) Glad you got it in,so wet here everything is on hold no let up in showers and thunderstorms for the next few days.
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thanks T.F., it's a great feeling to have it all baled dry and in the shed, hopefully you get some dry weather and get your hay put up for the winter.
 
(quoted from post at 15:39:16 08/02/18)
Congratulations! It always feels good to beat the rain. That's a lot of bales from two acres, but it has had plenty of growing time.
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your sure right on that showcrop, nothing better than beating the rain! some years I get 2 cuts and some just 1, so maybe thinking i'm going to just get this one for this year.
 
Glad you got-r-done. BTDT but learned that sometimes a little shower is better than baling at night (to beat the rain) and immediately stacking it in the
barn.
 
(quoted from post at 05:21:08 08/03/18) Glad you got-r-done. BTDT but learned that sometimes a little shower is better than baling at night (to beat the rain) and immediately stacking it in the
barn.
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If you need to make good hay it is better to let it get rained on than to bale it before it is fully dry. Most horse people believe that once hay is rained on it can never be dried and therefore it will always be moldy. I have convinced a few that rained on hay is less likely to be moldy, but it is a challenging discussion.
 
They don't buy for the horse to eat it. They buy to eat it themselves........I've had more than one argument with horse folks insisting that not one blade
of Johnsongrass contaminate their hay. I pointed to their pasture where their horses were grazing and informed them that I used to lease that property
and was fully aware of the weed and JG content which their precious horses seemed to be doing just fine consuming. Endless battle but their money
their decision.....so I don't feed horses.
 
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