Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
Baleing hay
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="504RP" data-source="post: 1640406" data-attributes="member: 40335"><p>I am having bad luck this year baleing hay. Early Spring where i am. We had unusual amounts of rain. My hay fields had grass knee deep, growing lile gang busters. Just warm enough that grass would grow. But too wet with no window in sight to bale it.</p><p></p><p>It had been raining like that for months. I run out of hay. So i thought i would graze my hay fields down before i moved the cows to my summer pasture.</p><p></p><p>Didn't let them graze it down to nothing. But right after i moved them to my summer pasture. It quits raining, doesn't rain a drop for at least 2 months if not more. Temps have averaged upper 90's alot of time 104 degrees. Ungodly humidity. My hay fields don't hardly grow at all.</p><p></p><p>So i miss the first cutting. Don't even get enough rain to put out fertilizer. Finally got a little shower now and then, enough to get a little growth on the grass.</p><p></p><p>The grass was big enough i decided to bale and thought it was going to eventually start raining soon. Had no rain in the forecast. Lot of neighbors starting cutting hay. So did i. 2 hours after i finished cutting 60 acres of pretty decent grass. It rained about 2 inches on it.</p><p></p><p>I don't have a tedder. The next day the sun came out. Temp in the mid 90's, lots of humidity. I let it lay out to dry that day. Wind rowed it the next and let it dry again the next day. Baled 63 4x5's the next day before it started raining and has been raining since yesterday. And has an 80 % chance for tomorrow. I can't win for losing.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what to do with the 63 bales i baled or with what i am going have to still bale if for nothing else to get it off of the field. I don't know wether to try to feed it, dispose of it or what. </p><p></p><p>I baled it with a silage baler. It puts up a big bale for a 4x5, probably a 900 lb + net wrap bale. The moisture measured anywhere from 6 %, to 12% to 24% to wet.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="504RP, post: 1640406, member: 40335"] I am having bad luck this year baleing hay. Early Spring where i am. We had unusual amounts of rain. My hay fields had grass knee deep, growing lile gang busters. Just warm enough that grass would grow. But too wet with no window in sight to bale it. It had been raining like that for months. I run out of hay. So i thought i would graze my hay fields down before i moved the cows to my summer pasture. Didn't let them graze it down to nothing. But right after i moved them to my summer pasture. It quits raining, doesn't rain a drop for at least 2 months if not more. Temps have averaged upper 90's alot of time 104 degrees. Ungodly humidity. My hay fields don't hardly grow at all. So i miss the first cutting. Don't even get enough rain to put out fertilizer. Finally got a little shower now and then, enough to get a little growth on the grass. The grass was big enough i decided to bale and thought it was going to eventually start raining soon. Had no rain in the forecast. Lot of neighbors starting cutting hay. So did i. 2 hours after i finished cutting 60 acres of pretty decent grass. It rained about 2 inches on it. I don't have a tedder. The next day the sun came out. Temp in the mid 90's, lots of humidity. I let it lay out to dry that day. Wind rowed it the next and let it dry again the next day. Baled 63 4x5's the next day before it started raining and has been raining since yesterday. And has an 80 % chance for tomorrow. I can't win for losing. I don't know what to do with the 63 bales i baled or with what i am going have to still bale if for nothing else to get it off of the field. I don't know wether to try to feed it, dispose of it or what. I baled it with a silage baler. It puts up a big bale for a 4x5, probably a 900 lb + net wrap bale. The moisture measured anywhere from 6 %, to 12% to 24% to wet. I don't know what to do. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Grasses, Pastures & Hay
Baleing hay
Top