dun":19ex6zyu said:What's the minimum height you would cut for hay?
1982vett":14c1ml3h said:Might be better to think in terms of tons per acre rather than bales since bale size and weights vary so much.
cfpinz":1akdpjok said:1982vett":1akdpjok said:Might be better to think in terms of tons per acre rather than bales since bale size and weights vary so much.
Roughly 800lbs/roll.
Don't recall ever saying my bales were anywhere close to that heavy1982vett":19ykxuo2 said:cfpinz":19ykxuo2 said:1982vett":19ykxuo2 said:Might be better to think in terms of tons per acre rather than bales since bale size and weights vary so much.
Roughly 800lbs/roll.
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Mine are around 1000 lbs
and AC's are around 18,000 lbs............... give or take
He can get the whole patch in one bale..... :lol2:
This field is KY31 with a mix of grease grass and some broomsedge and lots of clover. The fescue is around 8 inches tall. It;s one of those fields that can;t be grazed because of water avaialbility after we start getting freezgin nights. The back hay field will be grazed starting in a day or so, but it vcan;t be grazed after we start getting the freeszing crap either. May just run the weaned calves up to the front hay field and let them graze it till they leave.Angus Cowman":26mwbidr said:baled some last week that was about a ft tall bermuda and crabgrass and a couple of patches of Johnson grass that was pretty good
but in total 6 acres made 4 1/2 bales
this was 3rd time I cut it this yr last cutting was 3 1/2 bales per acre in early July, first cutting was 7 bales per acre
another field I cut for just the 2nd time didn't do to bad 19 acres made 65 bales
and was working on a 54 acre field for 2nd cut when discbine broke cut about 25-30 acres of it and it has made 85 bales so around 3 bales per acre
supposed to get my discbine back tomorrow and gonna try to get the rest mowed sometime this week
I am usually the same way but with no water in july and august and then a couple rains in Sept. and now nothing for 20 days and nothing in the forecast i decided to go ahead and mow these might be needing it next month the way things are lookingJogeephus":1zg4i890 said:Unless I'm really needing the hay I'm not going to cut any field if I can't get at least 3 rolls per acre.
I'm wondering how well just twine will hold together those short grass bales or if I should go a head and net wrap them.Angus Cowman":u13lojvl said:I am usually the same way but with no water in july and august and then a couple rains in Sept. and now nothing for 20 days and nothing in the forecast i decided to go ahead and mow these might be needing it next month the way things are lookingJogeephus":u13lojvl said:Unless I'm really needing the hay I'm not going to cut any field if I can't get at least 3 rolls per acre.
the ones that made the least hay are some I just needed to clean up or brushog down as I can't graze them
if it was alot more acreage I wouldn't of baled these either but since it was just a few acres and I was going thru I went ahead
Dundun":2hhv94f1 said:I'm wondering how well just twine will hold together those short grass bales or if I should go a head and net wrap them.
That's what I was thinking. I guess I'll pass on baling it and hopefully be able to graze some of it real early in the spring to get it down before it starts really growing for haying.Angus Cowman":1d9gujsr said:Dundun":1d9gujsr said:I'm wondering how well just twine will hold together those short grass bales or if I should go a head and net wrap them.
we have fed a couple of these bales that I baled last week I don't know if twine will hold very good or not
I do know thta when I cut the net they just seem to explode
I had one on the dew eze and by the time I got back in the truck there wasn't anything left on the rollers it was all over th ground with the cows knocking it with their heads it just exploded
dun":2fsd4574 said:This field is KY31 with a mix of grease grass and some broomsedge and lots of clover. The fescue is around 8 inches tall. It;s one of those fields that can;t be grazed because of water avaialbility after we start getting freezgin nights. The back hay field will be grazed starting in a day or so, but it vcan;t be grazed after we start getting the freeszing crap either. May just run the weaned calves up to the front hay field and let them graze it till they leave.