Hay

Wheat47 · Aug 2, 2019

FINALLY!!!!!!!??..
First cutting hay done!!!!
Just finished the last 1/2 acre on the neighbors (32 bales)...the most beautiful grass hay
I've seen for a long time!!!
60-70 # bales, Prime!!!!!
Should have been done 3 weeks ago!!!!!!

Now turn in the water and hope for a second cutting!!!!

SVcummins · Aug 2, 2019

I?ve got one more piece of meadow hay that I replanted last fall it was looking good this spring but it has turned to weeds going to wait until next year and see if it will grow if not I?ll plow it out and try again . Then I have the second cutting of triticale and this year of hay for my ground will be in the books . I have plenty of cow hay and horse hay so I may sell a little

Bruce from Can. · Aug 3, 2019

I started second cutting this past week, it has been disappointing. While it looks like hay isn?t too bad before you cut, it seems to melt into the stubble, and vanish before baling. Have only made 100 4x4 bales, were I usually get 300

K Effective · Aug 3, 2019

The field I made first cutting on time yielded pretty well with second cutting last week- over 30 small square bales per acre following almost 150 per acre of first.

I cut the adjacent field last week also, mostly because the relatives like to play softball there during our family reunion. It was on about three weeks shorter growth, but lack of rain probably idled it anyway, yielded only 8 bales per acre.

So 200+ bales of really nice, dry second cutting from <10 acres, and the plants ready for a little rain to start regrowth. And, we caught the drier, cooler afternoon to bale, plus made the place look well-groomed for the family (even if the host is not...)

ed will · Aug 3, 2019

Hi, my neighbor across the hiway cut his 20 acre alfalfa mix thurs and yesterday he raked it with V shape rake to put 2 rows together. He baled it with his round baler after lunch. Beautiful hay. He is 84 yrs old by the way. The weather has been in the +90? F area for several days.
Ed Will Oliver Bc

rusty6 · Aug 3, 2019

Very short hay here this summer. I still have some to cut but some patches are just not worth it as the 9 foot haybine hardly leaves a swath. On the other hand I have one patch in my yard that I actually did a second cutting yesterday.
Haybine Cutting

Dave H (MI) · Aug 3, 2019

I need to weigh some of my bales. I don't think I could sell a 70# bale. People won't buy them. They tell me they are too heavy for them to handle. Some think they are wet. Pretty sure I am selling about a 50# bale and it balances customer preference with the all important revenues. I don't get paid for that extra hay in the bale when I make them heavy.

Northvale PA · Aug 3, 2019

I will make a suggestion: lower the haybine header first, tie a rope to the spring loaded tongue pin, and back up to take pressure off the pin with the header down, then pull forward to open the tongue up. Never leave the seat. That would drive me crazy.

paul · Aug 3, 2019

I finished yesterday sort of.

I have a swamp that grows good grass hay, but this year as the past 3, have been way too wet to get in before late August for first cutting. By then there is sure a lot of volume, but the quality is questionable. Actually some years it is on its second growth by itself, and you get a mix of old growth fiber and new growth energy, so it beats feeding snowballs.

It was so heavy last year in august I just mowed it with the 3pt disk mower and baled it a week later, no raking, no windrows. The side rake couldn?t have handled it.

Paul

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