We have one small field that we just finished, usually in the mid 20s for 5X5 bales, this year 19 4X4s. Last field to hay this year (no rain for a month) and put the baler and mower in the barn for the winter.
Bigfoot":119hzlp1 said:I finished rolling the last of my hay today. It only made about 60 percent of what it made last year. Spring came early, we had a late frost, had a lot of cool nights.
BB was that because your cutter was dull or because you wanted to leave it like that?bigbull338":1lrn3tmf said:we had a 13ac field produce 36 4 by 6 bales.an that was with the cutter leaving a 3in tall coushion of grass.
How has your rainfall been? Drier than normal here cutting yields some.Limomike":1z6tjohk said:Not being a braggart here.. but our yields were up quite a bit from last year. 80 acre field produced 575 4x5 bales, and another 13 acre field produced 62 4x5's. Best we have ever done, and that is with no fertilizing. Mostly fescue, lespedeza, vetch,some red clover, and the bermuda was about 6-8" high. Very pleased to say the least.
no the blades wasnt dull.he just forgot to lower the cutter all the way down an cutt it close.the goodthing is it gives the grass a start when it rains.Limomike":bmuhh699 said:BB was that because your cutter was dull or because you wanted to leave it like that?bigbull338":bmuhh699 said:we had a 13ac field produce 36 4 by 6 bales.an that was with the cutter leaving a 3in tall coushion of grass.
We got some really good spring rains.. which helped alot. I did not graze the 80 acre field last fall, so that might have helped, but I think it was just a really good spring, with good temps and rainfall.tom4018":11bvlsgx said:How has your rainfall been? Drier than normal here cutting yields some.Limomike":11bvlsgx said:Not being a braggart here.. but our yields were up quite a bit from last year. 80 acre field produced 575 4x5 bales, and another 13 acre field produced 62 4x5's. Best we have ever done, and that is with no fertilizing. Mostly fescue, lespedeza, vetch,some red clover, and the bermuda was about 6-8" high. Very pleased to say the least.
johndeerefarmer":14rtgs12 said:Here in my county they are now making us register all water wells, except for wells that are domestic in use (one well to provide water for a single family house only – no livestock or business use) or that only has the capacity to pump less than 40,000 gallons per day (27.77 gallons per minute). All new wells both domestic and agriculture must be approved by the Red River Ground Water Conservation District before drilling begins.
I have read that they plan on putting water meters on our wells and monitoring and maybe even charge us for our own groundwater. :???: