boondocks
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Newbie question. I keep hearing this term but seems used differently in different contexts. What does it mean, technically?
dun":366fof8j said:It means to allow grass to grow and not graze it till a later time. Works best with cool season grasses that will have a growth period in the fall. Then it will be grazed during late fall or into winter.
boondocks":30fdzpsb said:dun":30fdzpsb said:It means to allow grass to grow and not graze it till a later time. Works best with cool season grasses that will have a growth period in the fall. Then it will be grazed during late fall or into winter.
Thanks, I knew it had a connotation of "saving it for later" but didn't know if it was cut or left to grow, and if cut, "piled" in some form or fashion! :lol:
We essentially do that, I guess. We have some fields we usually only get one cutting of hay from. We then let them grow into the fall then polywire them off until it starts to head into snow, or gets so wet that we don't want to ruin the field for hay. In the fall, we have problems with deer breaking thru the poly. Keep trying to get a nuisance permit (or better hunters!). Have a "resident herd" of about 25-30 deer. Or giant lawn rats as a friend calls them.
wbvs58":3t4y1mdz said:[
We have the same problem except with kangaroos, they are just big rats.
Ken
dun":3ixtqqur said:We do MIG ( not as intensive as we used to because I can;t do the work as much as I used to to) but we typically unless we get deep snow or ice don;t start feedig hay until late february or eraly march. Some years if the year before was good enough we don;t feed until april or may.
boondocks":2rkhy0g8 said:wbvs58":2rkhy0g8 said:[
We have the same problem except with kangaroos, they are just big rats.
Ken
Maybe we should trade! At least it would be amusing!
Do the kangaroos break fences? Maybe they're better jumpers? ;-)
You don;t really have to reduce your stocking rate. With proper management it isn;t required. It just takes more management to make it work.Stocker Steve":3lsbmjq6 said:dun":3lsbmjq6 said:We do MIG ( not as intensive as we used to because I can;t do the work as much as I used to to) but we typically unless we get deep snow or ice don;t start feedig hay until late february or eraly march. Some years if the year before was good enough we don;t feed until april or may.
Stockpiling is good but it is not free. Obviously you have to reduce your stocking rate to grow the stockpile, and perhaps also make a fall N application. How do you financially balance these choices?
boondocks":gyvh0n8h said:quote="Workinonit Farm"]boondocks, have you all had a chance to get any of your "new" hay equipment running yet? Tried any of it out?
This is why I bought my own equipment. I know that in parts of the country, hiring someone to put up hay or buy hay from is easy. That's just not the case here. These days it's nice getting into fall having gotten 2 or 3 cuttings done on all my fields. I know I can buy good hay THIS year, but it's not always available. And as long as not much breaks, I enjoy putting up hay.boondocks":15076a0k said:We are working on getting everything greased up and checked out. And reading manuals :lol:
Still looking for a used tedder. So far we find ones that are essentially scrap metal, or are nicer but about the cost of new, or are far too big.
We still have hay that's never been cut. We've finally gotten a long spell of dry weather but "our" hay guy just used the window to cut his own second cutting while our "first" (or whatever you'd now call the mess) is still in the field. :cry2: It may just have to be brush hogged. Looks like a lot of goldenrod. We just had that field reseeded last year so am not happy. If he'd just bailed on us (no pun intended) upfront, it would have been better...Kept believing him because everyone says he's a "good guy" and will stand by his word.
boondocks":10q3otwj said:quote="Workinonit Farm"]boondocks, have you all had a chance to get any of your "new" hay equipment running yet? Tried any of it out?
Workinonit Farm":335stwep said:boondocks":335stwep said:quote="Workinonit Farm"]boondocks, have you all had a chance to get any of your "new" hay equipment running yet? Tried any of it out?
We are working on getting everything greased up and checked out. And reading manuals :lol:
Still looking for a used tedder. So far we find ones that are essentially scrap metal, or are nicer but about the cost of new, or are far too big.
We still have hay that's never been cut. We've finally gotten a long spell of dry weather but "our" hay guy just used the window to cut his own second cutting while our "first" (or whatever you'd now call the mess) is still in the field. :cry2: It may just have to be brush hogged. Looks like a lot of goldenrod. We just had that field reseeded last year so am not happy. If he'd just bailed on us (no pun intended) upfront, it would have been better...Kept believing him because everyone says he's a "good guy" and will stand by his word.
dun":27wu34wt said:Ratherr then keep looking for a tedder, just consider raking it and extra time. Without rain that's what we did before we got a tedder.