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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 34451" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Unless your hay baling is your "day job" (or a retirement job), you're probably money and effort ahead to buy your hay, stacked in your barn.</p><p></p><p>Assuming you get a good stand of "hay" in the first place, there is weed control, fertilizing, (blister bug control if you're in the horse hay market). Then, you're dealing with Mother Nature. Hay must be cut at the right time and windrowed, turned over in the windrows, and when the moisture content is about right, bale it. Then you have to get it out of the field. Weather plays a HUGE factor in hay baling. A shower at the wrong time can ruin the hay, delay it, etc., after it's cut. One of our area hay suppliers frequently has to bale his hay in the wee hours of the morning (before sunup) so the alfalfa doesn't shatter leaves. It hay sets too long and humidity is up or it rains on it in the field, then mold happens fast and it can be worthless for feeding to horses, and even pregnant cows.</p><p></p><p>Hay is not an easy way to the Bank!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 34451, member: 9"] Unless your hay baling is your "day job" (or a retirement job), you're probably money and effort ahead to buy your hay, stacked in your barn. Assuming you get a good stand of "hay" in the first place, there is weed control, fertilizing, (blister bug control if you're in the horse hay market). Then, you're dealing with Mother Nature. Hay must be cut at the right time and windrowed, turned over in the windrows, and when the moisture content is about right, bale it. Then you have to get it out of the field. Weather plays a HUGE factor in hay baling. A shower at the wrong time can ruin the hay, delay it, etc., after it's cut. One of our area hay suppliers frequently has to bale his hay in the wee hours of the morning (before sunup) so the alfalfa doesn't shatter leaves. It hay sets too long and humidity is up or it rains on it in the field, then mold happens fast and it can be worthless for feeding to horses, and even pregnant cows. Hay is not an easy way to the Bank! [/QUOTE]
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