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Getting rid of uneaten wasted hay in pasture

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Kelly in tx

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When I feed round bales some of my weedy, moldy, rotten, etc. "hay" is uneaten.
If it sits there it seems to take too long to decompose and the grass doesn't grow good in the spring. I've thought about the old tractor pto powered grinder/mixers (hammermill types) I've seen sitting unused around various farms. I've thought of acquiring one, forking old hay into it and grinding it, then spreading back onto the land as "fertilizer". That's alot of effort for probably minimal benefit. What is best to do with round bale "butts" etc.? kelly
 
This is not a big issue with me but I have had it happen and (assuming you have one) I take a brushhog over it a couple times and it beats it up and spreads it around for quicker decomposition.
 
2 very good suggestions.If you have a garden,push it into the compost pile,if you don't have a garden,just shred it up with the brush hog.

Rock
 
I do exactly as Bruce, push it in a pile and let it compost. I also disc and reseed my feeding area each spring.
 
Thats why we grind our hay. Either with the haybuster or mixer tub. Cows don't leave any behind. I do understand that might not be an option for you too.
 
Weedy would limit my spreading it around, reseeding weeds is not best. Composting to black rotted will work. Jim
 
Kelly, I use to drag mine out across the "pasture" with a back blade. By spreading it out it broke down OK. I thought of you when I passed Yelvington Rd. going to 5 Mile Dam to take some pictures of the Blanco River. Sure is dry.
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I use my heavy chain harrows to break it up and work it in the pastures where the moos are fed,,
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this is just shots of a hay filed but shows the harrow
 
push it in a pile each time and let it rot . then u have fertilizer without the weeds. thats what i do.
 
don't feed in the same spot so long and you will be amazed how the grass grows there.
extra hay traps the moisture around here and is sometimes the only place grass grows well most of the summer.

we have rolled them down the hills and you can see exactly where the bales rolled for 3-4 years
 
I dont know how common old silage choppers are in your neck of the woods but an old pull type with a hay pickup might do the job. Just blow it up in the air. Facing the wind of course. Might have to rake it up first.
 
If you can do it without setting the whole countryside on fire a simple match can clean things up.
 
With a loader just load it into a manure spreader and spread on corn ground before planting. Will be gone and, things back like it never even happened as the ad goes.
 
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