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we did hay on a place that had a 2-3 acre patch of reeds canarygrass.I didn't know if there was a market for it(horses)so the owner used a bushog mower on it the first 2 cuttings.He said he had somebody wanting to buy the hay so for the 3rd cutting we round baled it up and it was heavy!He sold...

I really like OG hay.It is easy to dry for dry hay and yields are pretty good.It takes a year for it to really start yielding well.They say when grazing a hay type OG be sure to leave a 3-4" stubble or it won't last more than a few years.I would use the newer varieties from companies like...

try this site from Barenbrug grass seeds. http://www.bestforage.com They have different grass,alfalfa seeds.

a farm we made hay off of this summer had a patch of Reeds Canary grass.We really didn't have a market for it and the owner bush hogged it off the first 2 cuttings.Some local horse people wanted to buy some round bales of it so we made it for 3rd cutting.I guess the horse people still wanted it...

We were dry this summer especially the 2nd&3rd cuttings but nothing like all of you are dealing with this winter!We have around 1500 square bales from our 1st cutting to get sold.It sounds like I need to ship some out there.

I ended 2005 with 2 heifers shorthorn bull reg. angus cows.Then started 2006 by pulling a dead bull calf that had ripped its navel and died in the mom.He was a blue roan that made me feel even worse.

I probably have that article somewhere in my house.I'll try to find it.I thought it was somewhere in Georgia maybe?

Several years ago I bought a nethrexe(sp?)hay accumulater.The bales did all the tripping and you had no chains or hydr on it.We modified a few years back with hyd hoses so you can trip it from the tractor.It does 8 bales and we put the bale grab on a bobcat skidsteer.I bet we've put 20-25,000...

you can broadcast in early spring 6-8lbs of orchard grass and mix some timothy in also.Make sure you use varieties that are mature at the same time.Get a late maturing orchard grass and if you use timothy also make sure it's a early maturing type.If you use an early maturing o.grass if the...