Recent content by MarshallForage

The Deere's now are overpriced junk. There I've said it. That statement really hurts because there has never been any other brand tractor on this farm until this summer. My 4450 finally died pulling the seedhawk through sod this spring and I replaced it with an MT series Cat Challenger. The 7000...

Have a look at http://www.farmergps.com. It has a large as-applied map which makes it very easy to use on small or irregular-shaped fields. I use an old Toughbook laptop I bought on ebay for $200. Don't scrimp on the GPS though, sure it can use the input from those little 'mouse' gps's but they...

Well up here in Manitoba it's a story only the hay sellers with leftover hay (read: nobody) are going to like. Most of Manitoba had severe winterkill and most other growers are saying they have lost 50% of their stands. My 800 acres started growing furiously with little winterkill but just a...

Pretty close to the truth there, ALX. Honestly, and speaking as a decent-sized hay producer, I don't expect beef farmers to make a profit buying my hay and shipping it to Texas. I price my hay very reasonably to drought areas for it's quality but shipping more than doubles the end cost to the...

'be nice'? that's not what I typed...

Oh, plbcattle. You can get a really good estimate of bale weight by tee-ing a pressure gauge into the hydraulic line going to your loader lift cylinders. Weigh a bale or two on a scale, then lift them with your pressure gauge-eqipped loader. A couple 'calibration' lifts will easily get you...

Hiya Bill, how are you liking that alfalfa-orchardgrass? I browse the boards only infrequently but I gotta put my 2 cents in here. Buy your feed by the pound or the ton and don't worry about what each bale weighs. A cow eats pounds, not bales. I can't believe people still try to sell hay by the...

I still have a fair supply of premium horse and dairy hay available. I've been sending medium-square 3x3x8's into north Texas for around $185/ton delivered. This price is based on a 23 ton semi-trailer load. These are about 850 lb bales so that puts them around $79/bale. Take your pick from...