For us permanent hay guys, short of nuking a field and starting over, we can get some cumulative broad leaf and annual grass challenges. Welcome to this forum where are you located Place ads desiring to haul hay on facebook or local farmer related bulletin boards Are you desiring to haul small sq, large sq or rd bales Do you have any previous experience hauling hay? With lighter hay (including 2nd and on cuttings), we may have doubled or tripled the windows (taking 2 or 3 mower passes together)
The more consistent the hay is feed into the bailer the better We want the hay to go into the uprights of the balewagon and just squeeze into the uprights with a small amount of pressure To long and it can be really hard on the sheet metal and pins holding the second table and even brake bale strings. I have been reading quite a few posts and other literature concerning what the ideal humidity is to rake and bale.but there doesn't always seem to be a consensus What are your rules of thumb in regards to humidity What humidity range do you like to take and bale within?
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 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. We almost never rake/bale high moisture hay so it’d seem there would only be very minimal dirt contamination I can see how high moisture hay could have more dust and dirt to adhere to it
😂 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!! I know there are a lot of threads on this topic I'm looking for current, real life experiences Here are some of the basics Orchardgrass is established stand that we have been drilling a small amount extra in the fall to fill in