2022 Hay Update

[Nesikep]

Nesi I will trade with you. It's hot down here. Hay is ready in no time though.

that's not too bad.. Last year at this time and you can add 9F more to that for the peak we saw

 

[1982vett]

A rake/baler combo is a time and fuel saver if it works in your climate. UP here we have to rake and wait 4-5 hours at a minimum before baling.

Up until a few days ago, the wind we have been getting lately would have "tedded" it before you got it baled.

Baling hay just isn't as much fun as it used to be.

 

[cowgirl8]

My replacement. Some employee coated the pto connection with too much paint so we were unable to get it going. But, we'll have it going this afternoon.. I'll be back to shredding this afternoon..

 

[sstterry]

Just rolled my first cutting. No fertilizer this year. The yield was off by about 1/3. It looks like some of mine will be going to freezer camp.

 

[Dusty Britches]

We are burning 500 bucks in diesel a day when we have 3 tractors running... Wednesday, we're getting a rake delivered that pulls in front of the baler.. I'll be out of a raking job, but, i'll get hooked to a shredder.. we do have some shredding to do also... excited about the rake though. Makes so much sense.

I've seen a lot of balers doing that in my area - rake and baler at the same time. I always wondered why more didn't do that from an efficiency and expense view.

I don't consider myself a hay producer but over the last few years I've been blessed with substantial rain to produce much more than I need. So I sold the extra. In the last 4 days, 3 people who bought some in the past asked me if I had any for sale. Nope. Thankfully I have what I need and my grass is still in decent shape but I sure could use some rain.

 

[cowgirl8]

We were so fortunate to get parts of the solar farm to bale. We do custom bale also, and in a round about way, i guess we do have a hay business..

 

[SmokinM]

Neat set up. Never seen one like that. All the ones I have seen the rake was on a carriage in front of the tractor.

 

[UpThatCreek]

I'm buying all I can afford. 4x4 4x5 5x5 hell I'll buy small square bales if price is right. Right now I've got enough to feed my whole herd till next spring but I'm putting up way more than I need as emergency hay

Are you still looking to buy hay?

 

[UpThatCreek]

We were so fortunate to get parts of the solar farm to bale. We do custom bale also, and in a round about way, i guess we do have a hay business..

Can I get info on your hay and location

 

[cowgirl8]

Can I get info on your hay and location

Its all sold. We rolled up 5000 rolls the past month. Sold mostly to local people. Put some out to see if our cows would eat it along with a roll of their usual hay. They chose the new stuff. So they'll eat it.

 

[DCA farm]

Are you still looking to buy hay?

My hay man is still baleing and delivering me hay he just dropped another load 2 days ago