For us permanent hay guys, short of nuking a field and starting over, we can get some cumulative broad leaf and annual grass challenges. Is it ruined or with drying will it be ok A little new to haying so just looking for some guidance from the experts here on the forum? Mike10 discussion starter 3,809 posts · joined 2011 #3 · sep 14, 2016 (edited by moderator) hay dog and hay dog spring service for an index with links of all the repair procedures in this thread, go to post #1 view attachment hay dogs 09112016.pdf With lighter hay (including 2nd and on cuttings), we may have doubled or tripled the windows (taking 2 or 3 mower passes together) Seeds will be orchard grass and timothy in hay, and orchard grass and clover in pastures
In the past i have just mixed seed into the. Here is one universal truth for hay Relative humidity 90% rh the hay will have no lower than 40% moisture The magic moisture for raking 70% rh the hay will be no lower than 18 to 20% moisture the magic moisture for small square baling 65% rh the hay will.
To further complicate things we have total moisture, stem moisture and leaf moisture. Hello everyone, i’m brand new, and excited to join this community and learn about hay farming I’m here to ask questions that’s probably been asked 1000s of time on this site My wife and i recently decided to get into hay farming to support our little horse farm in wv I read different post about wheel rake pros and cons One topic i often see is dirt in/on the raked hay
I must say that issue has never once been discussed within my family or circle of friends We almost never rake/bale high moisture hay so it’d seem there would only be very minimal dirt. 😂 i’ve been reading through some of the threads on the site and i think this will be the place i’ll find answers to some of my questions It is the bane of my existence!!
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