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    Hayin like I've never hayed before....

    My bad angus cowman. Was trying to be helpful but guess missed the bine part. You do realize that people have put up hay for years and years here with nothing more than a sickle mower and a rake.
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    Hayin like I've never hayed before....

    I live in Northern Michigan and put up quite a bit of hay. Alfalfa grass mix. I know what a discbine is. I use a mower conditioner but your discbine will be just fine. Usually if the weather is good and dry you can bale it on the third day after you cut it. So, if you cut on Wed evening you can...
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    electric fence mystery help please

    Thank you very much fellows. I guess the reason this bothered me so much was I didnt understand how I could have something hooked up wrong and I thought it was probably robbing current from my fence. I guess that isnt the case. Think I will ground the barbed wire so if I have to work on it I...
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    electric fence mystery help please

    Farmer Z. When I had these plastic insulators on the fence I went around and stuck a rod in the ground and put my finger on the nail of each insulator. I found 2 nails that had some current that I could feel going through them. That is the reason I switched all them and replaced with porcelain...
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    electric fence mystery help please

    I have an interior fence, cedar posts and 4 strands of barbed wire. I decided to put 2 strands of electric on this fence also. I put one strand of electric above the top strand of barbed wire. The other strand of electric I put on the inside of the fence between the top strand and the second one...
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    Best Advice, Pasture Weeds?

    Milestone has no grazing restrictions.
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    Best Advice, Pasture Weeds?

    Milestone looks like a very effective herbicide for hard to kill weeds. From reading the label though I believe you wouldnt want to spray it on anything that has clover or alfalfa seeded into it. Ive asked before and might as well ask again. What do you spray that wont kill your grasses or your...
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    Herbicide for grass and alfalfa

    Does anyone have any recommendations for a herbicide that will kill spotted knapweed in an existing hay field of alfalfa and timothy? I have talked to many people about this and everything I come up with will either kill the alfalfa or kill the grass. Spotted knapweed is hard to kill and most...
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