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Re: Hay Making for Idiots or How Stupid is This Id
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on May 14, 2004 at 16:21:47 from (209.226.247.57):
In Reply to: Hay Making for Idiots or How Stupid is This Idea posted by Kirk Grau on May 14, 2004 at 04:28:50:
Kirk: You have recieved some good suggestions, however that land isn't going to produce great hay until you plow and seed it. Pasture grasses don't make good hay, plus in high humidity areas they are hard to dry. My suggestion is make the hay you have on the most of it and each year plow and reseed from 10 to 20 percent. I have baled as high as 35,000 bales per year for many years, that is my experience. Now here is my advise, until you bale more than 5,000 bales per year keep it simple. Mower, rake and baler only. Three guys with a 24 of beer and a pickup can have a picnic gathering up 1000 bales per day. Just dole the beer out gradually, so they have 12 for the end of the day. If you are in a climate where drying time is crucial, go for the mower conditioner, rather than mower. I would favour NH haying equipment followed by JD and IH. Don't ever buy a IH 45 baler though. Surprisingly they have not all been cut up for scrap.
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