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I agree that working on quality is more important than quanity. I also think that a 50-60lb bale is a fair size. Funny thing is that when you really get down to weighing your squares or rounds it will hurt your feelings because it hardly ever what you thought it was anyway. Have you ever...

We started bailing our horse hay(fescue, orchardgrass, and rye) the first week of May. We only took 191 squares and then cut the rest two weeks later at the end of May and got 68 4x5 rolls all off 16 acres of pasture. However it looks mighty dry out their right now. Our hay pastures are in...

I am in Tennessee and we are behind in rain again. Last year we had a terrible drought and NO one had hay. Bad scene. If I had your field I would cut it , maybe get a sample to be tested by your local AG Extension to see it's value and then sell it. Take those funds and add fert. and lyme...

Yes the bar you have circled is the piece that keeps breaking. Not at the rivets but right after the fifth rivet from the end that drives the blade. That's a great picture. I have a manual that I have looked through several times with no luck as to the problem.

Iam breaking the piece that drives the bar it rivets to the knife bar

It didnt break untill i got into thich grass & the dew fell ,will wet grass cause in to clog up put to much pressure on it to break or poss to much speed .

The knifeback about halfway down were it rivots to cutter bar.

I currently own a John Deere 1219 sickle bar haybine and the bar has broken twice on me this season. Any comments, knowledge of this machine?

I need replacement equiptment. What are the pros and cons of either and which one do you guys like best?

I have gotten my results. We have 15 acres of hay pasture that we soil sampled and fertilized along with ammonim nitrate added in the spring. We had a horrible drought here last year so our fields are recovering from that. We have gotten 1.5 tons per acre this year verus .75 per acre last...

Taking Welfare from the state is not what it is called. It's called cost shares. It is a program designed to HELP farms with needed genetics, equiptment, sheds, etc. You have to be a real farmer with a premius I.D., sales tax number, a certain # head of cattle. Farmers have always be on the...

I will know tomorrow how many tons I have gotten per acre. I am have an Ag. Extension guy come over with scales and weigh my round rolls. I will post the results tomorrow. Have you thought about doing some soil samples to see if your soil needs something? I would also have my hay tested...

Coming from the heart of the drought last year. I love quantity. You can always have your hay tested to see if is lacking and supplement according but you can't change the weather to produce more hay. Water = hay period. What quality ? Some is better than none. Thank you Lord for the rain...

How many tons or rolls would be determined by the size and weight of your rolls. It's best to contact someone maybe an Ag. Extension officer to see if they have a set of scales that can be brought to your house so you can weigh a couple of your bales. As far as size you can always measure...

Stocker Steve, does your state have a cost share program? If so you may get financial help if you meet the qualifcations. I have used lots of cost share money since April of last year and am VERY, VERY thankful for it. I was able to get three automatic waterers, electric cross fencing w/...

They changed it to $1200.00 max this year if your a MBP. They changed some things this year. Wendy also said purchases could made in July BEFORE approval but didn't advise it unless you needed an item anyway and cost share money is not the only reason your buying it. But July receipts will...

I just came from a "Hay Day" sponsered by UT Ag. Extension. They told us you loose 30% of your hay sitting out in the open. 19% in the rap/webbing out in the open, 14% on palates or tires covered by a tarp, 12% on geotextile and rock base with a tarp covering, and 5% in a barn or hay shed...