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I'd be suspicious of hay that was on the ground for 1-1/2 weeks, especially if it got rained on a few times. Probably poor quality, but may be okay for filler/roughage if you got good hay to mix it with.

Our winter pasture is one of 6 rotational pastures. We broadcast seed clover, timothy and oats, then lightly drag and cullipack. By the time the cows rotate back into this pasture there is a nice new stand of growth and a developing sod.

It's his social distancing device.

Double that price for lime here.

We were able to buy 4x5 grass/clover round bales for $40 and $45 each. Bought about 96 bales in June when we thought it would be a dry summer and we'd be short on hay. Then the July rains came and we got more second cutting bales then we've every baled. We are more than set now. I say hay is...

Is Fescue the major grass that's used for stockpiling and is it done more in the midwest/southern states? We're in NY and not many people stockpile here that I know of. I'm thinking its a weather thing and the cool weather grasses we have like timothy and orchard grass. Nothing really grows...

There's usually a couple each week at the local sale barn that come into the ring full of hell and brimstone. Auctioneer calls them "pure bred coyote control"

Instead of donkey, should you get meaner cows?

It looks something like this.

We use a drag to level out our winter pasture once the cows are out and it's dry enough. We use a broadcast seeder to spread oats, clover, and timothy seed, then go over it once more with the drag then coulipack. By the time the herd is rotating back to this pasture in about 4-5 weeks it has a...

This might be a dumb question, but why do you grind round bales? Is it to make it easier for the cows to eat and not pull long strand hay out of the feeder or trough and not waste? Or are you doing a TMR and ground hay is one ingredient and makes easier to evenly mix? Do you have to cover the...

We sell it for 25-30 dollars a yard around here.

Have your lawyer draw up a contract where they are liable for any long term damages from any unknown chemicals in the product they spread. See how confident they are in their free product then.

If you are worried about the barn burning down, then you are baling the hay too wet. Round bales should be as dry or dryer than square bales. A good tight round bale will not be able to breath out except on the very outside. The rest will heat and mold.

I would look for certified clover seed. It should have less weed seed in it. We bought some clover seed from a local farmer that he harvested. Used it to frost seed on some pastures. The clover came in well, but we also got some weeds that we've never had before. We are in the same area as you...

Tedded a lot of hay as a kid with one of these and a Farmall H. New Idea models raked and reversed to ted.

We ted most all of our hay in NY. We have to because it's hard to get three sunny days in a row between the rain around here. We have timothy, orchard grass with some alfalfa and clover. We try to cut hay about noon, then ted the next morning before the dew has fully burned off. PTO and ground...

85F Sunday, 40F by Wednesday.

We feed a second cutting baleage bale twice a week with 2 to 3 first cutting dry bales. We spread half of the baleage bale on the ground in 4 or 5 piles and the rest of the bale in a feeder, usually on what left of a first cutting hay. This gives all the cows a chance to get some. First cutting...

It will las at the center, but less and less around the outside. A neighbor had some 3 year old round bales along the woods that he was running low and had to use them. About 1/3 of the bale in the center was still good and the cows would eat.